Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 18:53:48 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: adam@veda.is (Adam David) Cc: davidn@blaze.net.au, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: split speed sio port? Message-ID: <199611190823.SAA28360@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199611190733.HAA03168@veda.is> from Adam David at "Nov 19, 96 07:33:02 am"
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Adam David stands accused of saying: > > Will FreeBSD allow this scenario currently? :) > (I know, I know. Try it and see ;) 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) > Adam David <adam@veda.is> -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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