I have a 6509 (MSFC2) runing native (IOS) mode with 12.1(11b)E4. I am connected via 100Mbps Dot1q L2 trunking to a non Cisco service provider. I am using several VLAN's and the service provide is 'policing' each VLAN to 10Mbps inbound into his equipment which is causing havoc for my data. Each VLAN averages around 3-7 Mbps of Tx traffic over 15Mins. I tried to traffic-shape outbound on the 6509 virtual interfaces but even thought the commands are accepted, they don't seem to function. The rate-limit function works but that just moves the 'policing' problem into the 6509 without helping. If I replace the 6509 with a hardware router such as as 2600, I can shape ok. Any ideas?