Bandwidth Control Question
Dan Ellis
ellis at corp.ptd.net
Fri Dec 19 16:21:33 UTC 2003
Thanks. I not very familiar with the integrated DSU T3/E3 command set - still used to the good ol HSSI ports. I'll agree, this sounds like a better solution if you are using one of the integrated cards.
Yes - you are correct, in my solution both sides should always use a traffic-shape or other shaping QoS command. The rate limit is a final "police" in case the customer does try to send more than you would like them to. Again, agreed, obviously if you can control the port speed (above - DSU bandwidth), that's a better solution.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Michel Py [mailto:michel at arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us]
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 10:58 AM
To: Bryan Heitman; nanog at merit.edu
Subject: RE: Bandwidth Control Question
> Bryan Heitman
> Why not simply use configuration option Cisco gives
> you to set your DS3 to 6 meg dsu bandwidth X
That's what I do, works fine.
> Dan, your suggestion will unncessarily tax his equipment.
Not only that, but the rate-limiting on the input interface will likely force the customer to do some QOS at their end too; the discrepancy between what the customer's router thinks the bandwidth is and what it really is will cause packet loss. I like the solution of the sending interface to queue the egress traffic at whatever speed is available better.
Michel.
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