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From: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com>
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Subject: Re: Networking strategy for -current
In-Reply-To: <353699BD.ABD322C@whistle.com> from "Julian Elischer" at "Apr 16, 98 04:52:29 pm"
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Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 21:35:48 -0400 (EDT)
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Julian Elischer once stated:

=One usage that people have often asked for is the ability to allocate
=bandwidth, and to re-visit the queuing strategies we use.

Yes! Absolute yes. This would be excellent! I could be downloading
some stuff over my modem while still working through ssh. Someone
could make sure the diskless workstations get their / and /usr
faster then then they talk to a Web proxy, etc. If the network is
indeed a computer, you must be able to prioritize it just like you
can prioritize processes.

Also, there is company which sells this software (for FreeBSD) for
like $600. Can some of the desing ideas be taken from there before
it is called stealing? They may like it, actually, if they do not
have to support this code themselves.

	-mi

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