From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Nov 19 00:24:18 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id AAA22729 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 00:24:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA22724 for ; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 00:24:16 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id SAA28360; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 18:53:49 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199611190823.SAA28360@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: split speed sio port? In-Reply-To: <199611190733.HAA03168@veda.is> from Adam David at "Nov 19, 96 07:33:02 am" To: adam@veda.is (Adam David) Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 18:53:48 +1030 (CST) Cc: davidn@blaze.net.au, hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 -- ]] 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 [[