On 26 Jul 2004, at 8:39 PM, Brian Ernst wrote:

> There is a rule needed that Magic Shaper does not currently create for 
> Bit Torrent to be shaped properly in the downloading (incoming) 
> direction. Some BT clients connect from any port to ports 6881-6999 on 
> the local computer to send data. Therefore a rule such as WAN 
> incoming, TCP, source any, dest 6881-6999, Queue 7 (as Magic Shaper is 
> currently configured - whatever the hated download queue is).
>
> Without this rule only connections where the local machine has 
> initiated the connection will get shaped, but the BT protocol allows 
> for either machine to initiate the connection.
>

Argh I think my logic is backward. The current BT download rule shapes 
traffic from clients that originate the connection, but the local 
computer can also initiate the connection from ports 6881-6999 and the 
remote computer can use that connection to send data. It makes my head 
hurt. I hope I'm making sense.

> Probably a similar rule is also needed for BT uploads, but I have not 
> tested this yet.
>
> --
> Brian Ernst
>
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