Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 12:53:40 +0000 (GMT) From: Adam David <adam@veda.is> To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: davidn@blaze.net.au, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: split speed sio port? Message-ID: <199611191253.MAA03409@veda.is> In-Reply-To: <199611190823.SAA28360@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from Michael Smith at "Nov 19, 96 06:53:48 pm"
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> Adam David stands accused of saying: > > > > Will FreeBSD allow this scenario currently? :) > > (I know, I know. Try it and see ;) Mike Smith says: > Why do people keep trying to do bandwidth-throttling with hardware? It's > far too much of a pain in the backside! > > Use the spiffo 'divert socket' stuff and write a management program that > tracks how much data it has forwarded for each of the classes in a given > period. This gives you total flexibility, and saves us from trying to > second-guess harebrained ideas 8) This is all very well, but when upstream is not (yet?) willing to implement such measures themselves and will not trust software that is located outside of their direct control, one has to make do with what is available. Of course, a proven product might catch their interest in terms of suitability. -- Adam David <adam@veda.is>
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