Date: Thu, 09 Jan 1997 12:55:46 -0500 From: dennis <dennis@etinc.com> To: mika ruohotie <bsdisp@shadows.aeon.net> Cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dedicating bandwidth? Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970109125544.00aace80@etinc.com>
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At 09:58 PM 1/8/97 +0200, you wrote: >> > tounge just right, problem. Or, they are not familiar enough with what >> > the operating system is already designed to do. >> Good point. > >hmm... > >> In this specific case, though, it is true that it is easy to >> saturate a PPP link pumping data from an Ethernet. The TCP congestion > >exactly. > >> Having a small amount of reserved bandwidth helps a lot in this case >> (or you can assign priorities depending on type of traffic, such as >> some version of iijppp is supposed to do, and some actually do). > >since i'm on leased 57600 line (might be 115200 next week, certainly >something faster in next 6 months of time) and it's not dialup, i >use kernel ppp... The ET/BWMGR for FreeBSD and BSD/OS can allocate, guarantee or limit the bandwidth usage of any host or service, precisely to specific user-defined bandwidth limits. It can also provide high-performance inline firewalling/filtering. Info is available at http://www.etinc.com/bwmgr.htm Dennis Emerging Technologies, Inc. Router cards for BSD/OS, FreeBSD and Linux Standalone Routers Bandwidth Allocation/Limiter Manager http://www.etinc.com sales@etinc.com (516) 271-4525
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