Ok, i think i found the problem. The script below seems to be working. I need to do some testing now. Thanks for all the help in here. If anyone has any enhancements, feel free to comment please. #!/bin/bash #shaping passive ftp traffic # mark the outbound passive ftp packets on ports 50000-51000 iptables -t mangle -D POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MYSHAPER-OUT 2> /dev/null > /dev/null iptables -t mangle -F MYSHAPER-OUT 2> /dev/null > /dev/null iptables -t mangle -X MYSHAPER-OUT 2> /dev/null > /dev/null iptables -t mangle -N MYSHAPER-OUT iptables -t mangle -I POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MYSHAPER-OUT iptables -t mangle -A MYSHAPER-OUT -p tcp --sport 50000:51000 -j MARK --set-mark 20 iptables -t mangle -A MYSHAPER-OUT -p tcp --dport 50000:51000 -j MARK --set-mark 20 iptables -t mangle -A MYSHAPER-OUT -m mark --mark 0 -j MARK --set-mark 26 # clear it tc qdisc del dev eth0 root #add the root qdisk tc qdisc add dev eth0 root handle 1: htb default 26 #add main rate limit class tc class add dev eth0 parent 1: classid 1:1 htb rate 100mbps #add leaf classes tc class add dev eth0 parent 1:1 classid 1:26 htb rate 100mbps tc class add dev eth0 parent 1:1 classid 1:20 htb rate 38kbps #filter traffic into classes tc filter add dev eth0 parent 1:0 prio 0 protocol ip handle 20 fw flowid 1:20 tc filter add dev eth0 parent 1:0 prio 0 protocol ip handle 26 fw flowid 1:26 _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/