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Traffic Shaping on DSL?

Posted by Cliff on from the applying-your-own-bandwidth-throttle dept.

jackla asks: "I'm now looking for software to do traffic-control on my Windows XP box. I am connected with DSL and my upstream is capped at 96kbit/s (down is 1.5Mbit/s) - this means that high(>70kbit/s) upstream utilisation KILLS my downstream: it just drops down to about 400kbit/s and stays there unless there's more upstream space. That said, I read alot about the Linux shaping solution (wondershaper or something) which sounds exactly right, except I need something that works for Windows. What I want to do is prioritize upstream ACKs (for example) so that my downstream isn't affected by upstream use. If anyone heard of a peace of software that can do this, I would love to hear about it." It would be nice if something like this existed cheaply for Windows. I am unaware of such, but maybe a few of you have ideas. Could such a traffic shaper be built using low powered computers? If so, how would you build and configure it so it would maintain compatibility for the single Windows machine, behind it? (Think: homebuilt traffic-shapping appliance)

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  1. hate to sound like a slashdot weenee by npietraniec · · Score: 0, Troll

    I hate to sound like a slashdot weenee, but use Linux. It's better suited for such things.

    Ok, you can all flame me now.

  2. its time by slugo3 · · Score: 0, Troll

    ok, I think its time for windows.slashdot.org

  3. xp doesn't allow you to format when it's running by silicon1 · · Score: 0, Troll

    I think it's obvious that this cannot be done due to the sole fact that Windows XP doesn't allow you to format the drive that it is running on while it is running.

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  4. Re:that's not interesting by Ilgaz · · Score: 0, Troll

    "That's some guy saying "I fucked up some settings on my computer and it started working right when I fixed them."

    If you will bitch, don't bitch under AC.

    NO, windows doesn'T come with those settings by default. Its a KNOWN fact... Fresh install windows, you will get stupid RWIN, MTU settings.

    Forgot what are NIC's for in fact? Corparate networks. Now, in DSL/Cable age, we use them at home.

    That post deserves credit since we are talking about Windows DSL performance problems here.

    Oh, btw, enable "passive ftp" for download on IE, DSL guys...