[LARTC] traffic shaping , where?

[Andy Furniss]

thebet@tin.it wrote:
> Hi
> I would want to use the patch for squid released by patrick mcHardy, but
> it requires that squid is located on the same machine that does traffic
> shaping.  My configuration is different:
> i have the screening HDSL router directly connected to a multi-ethernet
> firewall and the proxy located on a DMZ box.
>  i would want the firewall doing traffic shaping.
> 
>            Internet
>                  |
>  -------------------------
>  -   HDSL ROUTER   -
>  -------------------------
>                  |
>                  |
>  -------------------------                 -----------------
>  -       FIREWALL       -  ---------- -   PROXY     -
>  -------------------------                 -----------------
>       
> 
> 
> To the point:
> have sense to make traffic shaping on a dmz box that it's not directly controlling
> the internet link?

I would shape on the firewall.

Andy.