External Rate Limit Percentage - It is police percentage. Rate - No in seconds
With regards Kings On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Mark Senteza <[email protected]>wrote: > A question concerning "External Rate Limit Percentage" vs "Rate" > > If for instance, the requirement is to limit offending ICMP traffic to 25 % > of the interface bandwidth, would this be the correct way of tuning the > signature ? > > Engine > > Flood Host > Event Action Settings > Request > Rate Limit > External Rate Limit type: > Percentage > External Rate Limit Percentage: 25 > Rate: > 25 > Protocol: > ICMP > > > Am I right in saying that: > > "External Rate Limit Percentage" is the percentage of the interface > bandwidth > > while, > > "Rate" is the number of packets per interval or maybe its the number of > packets that are seen before rate-limiting is triggered. Not entirely sure > about this particular value, and need clarification on this. > > Why would I need to define "25" for both options ? Would not defining the > "External Rate Limit Percentage" be all I need to meet the requirement > > Thanks again, > > Mark > > > > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > >
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