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> I enabled the traffic shaper and the default magic shaper rules.  I noticed
> when downloading multiple files via http, that the first download gets what
> seems like 95% of the priority and downloads at 350kb/sec while other
> concurrent (but started later) downloads are puttering along, varying speeds
> at like 10-20kb/sec and occasionally pausing.
> 
> When the first one finishes, the next one kicks off at great speeds.  
> 
> Before enabling the shaper, the multiple downloads would balance out the
> bandwidth a bit more. 
> 
> Maybe I'm crazy?  Anyone else see this kind of thing or how I might remedy
> it.  
> 

Do you mean multiple downloads on the same machine?

I think the traffic is shared evenly between different machines only
(i.e. different source IP addresses). Can someone confirm?

-- Vincent

PS : I may be crazy, too. Who knows?