Re: Traffic Shapping

["Natambu Obleton" <no () frontier net>]

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Natambu Obleton - Network Administrator - Frontier Internet Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ehab Hadi <ehabh () hotmail com>
To: no () frontier net <no () frontier net>; jerry () freeside fc net
<jerry () freeside fc net>
Cc: nanog () merit edu <nanog () merit edu>
Date: Friday, April 24, 1998 11:03 PM
Subject: Re: Traffic Shapping


> I think traffic shaping is very importent. I agree to the point
> that the new traffic shaping approches tends to shape on near the
> edges, but that would not prevent applying such approches in the
> core especially if its an interprise net.
> The shapping implemintation preferred to be implemented in switch
> because the hardware is simply fast and efficient.
> Jeremy,
> Would you please specify what kind of Cisco platform that you are
> using?
>
> Ehab Hadi
> Northern Telecom.
> Interprise Networking
> Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4H7
> Canada
>
>
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> > To: "Natambu Obleton" <no () frontier net>
> > cc: nanog () merit edu
> > Subject: Re: Traffic Shapping
> > In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 23 Apr 1998 17:51:16 MDT."
> >             <072601bd6f12$b4f15050$3b8d2dc7 () hermosa frontier net>
> > Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 11:24:29 -0500
> > From: Jeremy Porter <jerry () freeside fc net>
> > Sender: owner-nanog () merit edu
> >
> >
> > Sure we do it all the time.  There are CPU limitations on the
> > amount of total traffic that can be pushed through a router that
> > is traffic shaping.  I'm assuming because all the shaped traffic is
> > process switched.  Also you will probably want to dedicate a router
> > to it.
> >
> > Typically these are only useful near the customer connection, as
> > you can really only shape outbound packets.  (unless you
> > traffic shape at your boarders, and have a "large" network, you've
> > already paid for the traffic by the time you discard it.)
> >
> > In message <072601bd6f12$b4f15050$3b8d2dc7 () hermosa frontier net>,
> "Natambu Oble
> > ton" writes:
> > > Has anyone here successfully implement the traffic shaping option on a
> Cisco
> > > router?
> > > --
> > > Natambu Obleton - Network Administrator - Frontier Internet Inc.
> > > 970 385 4177 - fax: 970 385 6745 - http://www.frontier.net
> > > 777 Main St. - Suite #201 - Durango - Colorado - 81301 - USA
> >
> > ---
> > Jeremy Porter, Freeside Communications, Inc.      jerry () fc net
> > PO BOX 80315 Austin, Tx 78708  | 512-458-9810
> > http://www.fc.net
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