Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 00:35:23 +0100 (BST) From: Manar Hussain <manar@ivision.co.uk> To: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ETinc's Bandwidth limiter Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.93.970606003248.26623D-100000@stingray.ivision.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <3396FBEF.35C1@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>
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>This can be done, consult with Ethinc, they have FreeBSD hackers and the >last time I saw they were even re-selling FreeBSD. If "Ethinc" = my ETinc = www.etinc.com then I am well aware that "this can be done" - my question was in fact has anyone done it with this approach and if so what were there positive/negative experiences. >Manar Hussain wrote: >> >> >> Anyone got much experience of using this? We're thinking of using it to >> >> maintain levels of service for a web farm: 1Mb pipe out to the net shared >> >> across a set of machine on 100Mb ethernet (they talk to eachother as well). >> > >> >It looks like what you want (bw management, or probably better, >> >fair routing) should be done at the router, not at the server side. >> >So what are you using to drive your pipe out ? >> >> Looks like I've not explained myself too well: the idea is to use a FreeBSD >> box as a gateway (maybe even the router). >> >> i.e.: outside world >> | >> FreeBSD box >> | >> |---------------| <-- network with web servers on them Manar
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