Ok, I've read through all the docs I could find via google and 
m0n0.ch/wall regarding shaping.  Let me break it down to a simple 
illustration and see if the responses I get will make it 'click'.

If I wanted to make sure traffic passed on port 54321 always gets 
prioritized, how would I setup my pipe/queue/rules?

Thanks for the help, I think I'm right on the edge of understanding, I 
just need pushed over by an example.

Steve Yates wrote:

>On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:22:10 -0500
>Bill Kervaski <bill at kervaski dot com> wrote:
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>>My http rules is are set to source port HTTP and dest port HTTP.  This 
>>is where I get confused - if I use a web browser, my source port could 
>>be something besides '80' so should I set that to 'any' and just make 
>>sure my destination port is '80'?  Because if I set them both to 'HTTP' 
>>it doesn't seem to prioritize.
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>	Right...downloads should be source port 80, destination port any. 
>To prioritize outgoing HTTP requests it would be the reverse.
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>	Shaping downloading isn't all that scientific, since we don't
>control what gets "shoved into the pipe."  In other words if the pipe is
>flooded you lose control over the shaping.
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