[LARTC] What does tc shape?

[Andy Furniss]

PoltoS/ wrote:
> Does tc shape IP traffic only, or all traffic going out of interface (Ethernet 
> headers + IP data)? 

You can shape all types of traffic.

On eth interfaces the qdiscs see ip packets as ip length +14 (there are 
more than 14 overhead on the wire - with htb you can specify 
overheads/mpu) on ppp qdiscs see just ip length - not sure about others.

Andy.