Yes it's the percentage of BW available on the interface. With regards Kings
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Johan Bornman <[email protected]> wrote: > Kings, > > > > Is “External Rate Limit Percentage - It is police percentage” the > percentage of the interface bandwidth? > > > > Thanks > > > > Johan > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Kingsley Charles > *Sent:* 01 February 2011 08:13 AM > *To:* Mark Senteza > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [OSL | CCIE_Security] IPS & Interface Rate Limiting > > > > 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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