RE: Router with bandwidth management

[<ziggy at one2net.co.ug>]

etinc isnt a bad choice but i have had some bad experience with the older
version (version 1.004 FreeBSD 4.1) which worked fine for a long time
~2yrs, but then after i started noticing it was not giving me real-time
stats on client mrtg graphs, but for bandwidth management it does it very
well, no hiccups yet.

David

> John, I've had experience with Packeteer, and unless they cleaned up
> their act, they are no good with high load of multiple traffic
> variables and types.
>
> Have you heard of ETINC - www.etinc.com - although this would be a
> dedicated box. If Robert already has a Cisco router as specified
> earlier, it's a cheaper alternative.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark Tinka - CCNA
> Network Engineer
> Africa Online Uganda
> 5th Floor, Commercial Plaza
> 7 Kampala Rd,
> Tel:   +256-41-258143
> Fax:   +256-41-258144
> E-mail: mtinka at africaonline.co.ug
> Web:     www.africaonline.co.ug
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Tully [mailto:tully at mikrotik.com]
> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 2:39 PM
> To: mtinka at africaonline.co.ug; 'Robert'; afnog at afnog.org
> Subject: RE: Router with bandwidth management
>
>
> You could also use lower cost alternatives.
>
> Linux and BSD have some special builds that provide this for free.
>
> Also, RouterOS has some easy to use bandwidth shaping features -- $25
> for  an OEM license.
> http://www.mikrotik.com/Documentation/manual_2.7/Root/Queue.html
>
> There are also a number of boxes priced similar to Cisco -- Packeteer
> is  one example
>
> John
> www.mikrotik.com
>
> At 01:44 PM 5/17/2003 +0300, Mark Tinka wrote:
>>Well, if you choose to go with Cisco, they support some form of
>>bandwidth
>>management called rate-limiting.
>>
>>With rate-limiting, you can asign minimum, maximum and burst bandwidth
>>to
>>a specific IP address and/or network range. Here's a sample
>>configuration:
>>
>>conf t
>>  access-list 100 remark 32Kbps to Wireless Client XXX
>>  access-list 100 permit ip host 192.168.0.200 any
>>  access-list 100 permit ip any host 192.168.0.200
>>
>>  int e0/0
>>   rate-limit input access-group 100 32000 8000 16000 conform-action
>> transmit exceed-action drop
>>   rate-limit output access-group 100 32000 8000 16000 conform-action
>> transmit exceed-action drop
>>
>>As you can see above, the access list that matches your wireless
>>client's
>>IP address is placed onto the Ethernet interface that is connected to
>>your  wireless segment. In the rate-limit statement on the Ethernet
>>interface,  32000 is the bits per second allowed, 8000 is the normal
>>burst bytes and  16000 is the maximum burst bytes. As the last few
>>lines say, if the user's  IP address conforms to this setting, transmit
>>his packets through. If the  assigned capacity is exceeded, begin to
>>apply congestion control -  basically, drop packets exceeding allocated
>>capacity.
>>
>>Rate-limiting is supported on only the 2600 series chassis and above.
>>From
>>experience, it doesn't work on the 1600 nor the 1700 series Cisco
>>routers.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Mark Tinka - CCNA
>>Network Engineer
>>Africa Online Uganda
>>5th Floor, Commercial Plaza
>>7 Kampala Rd,
>>Tel:   +256-41-258143
>>Fax:   +256-41-258144
>>E-mail: mtinka at africaonline.co.ug
>>Web:     www.africaonline.co.ug
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: owner-afnog at afnog.org [mailto:owner-afnog at afnog.org] On Behalf Of
>>Robert
>>Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 9:50 PM
>>To: afnog at afnog.org
>>Subject: Router with bandwidth management
>>
>>Who can propose to me an entry level router with bandwidth mangement
>>for
>>my small wireless isp network?
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>Robert Longla
>
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