Re: Traffic Shapping

["Neil J. McRae" <neil () domino org>]

On Fri, 24 Apr 1998 11:24:29 -0500 
 Jeremy Porter <jerry () freeside fc net> wrote:

FWIW, the Ascend GRF-400 traffic shapes very well.  

> Sure we do it all the time.  There are CPU limitations on the
> amount of total traffic that can be pushed through a router that
> is traffic shaping.  I'm assuming because all the shaped traffic is
> process switched.  Also you will probably want to dedicate a router
> to it.
>
> Typically these are only useful near the customer connection, as
> you can really only shape outbound packets.  (unless you
> traffic shape at your boarders, and have a "large" network, you've
> already paid for the traffic by the time you discard it.)
>
> In message <072601bd6f12$b4f15050$3b8d2dc7 () hermosa frontier net>, "Natambu Ob
le
> ton" writes:
> > Has anyone here successfully implement the traffic shaping option on a Cisco
> > router?
> > --
> > Natambu Obleton - Network Administrator - Frontier Internet Inc.
> > 970 385 4177 - fax: 970 385 6745 - http://www.frontier.net
> > 777 Main St. - Suite #201 - Durango - Colorado - 81301 - USA
>
> ---
> Jeremy Porter, Freeside Communications, Inc.      jerry () fc net
> PO BOX 80315 Austin, Tx 78708  | 512-458-9810
> http://www.fc.net





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