On Mon, 2004-11-15 at 13:35 +0530, Ankit Jain wrote: > The bucket fills up with tokens at a specific rate. The packets get > transmitted only if there are token(s) in the bucket else they get > queued up. So, when you haven't transmitted anything for a few mins, > the bucket gets filled up, and you get higher speeds(the peak burst > speed can also be set) when u start sending now, but the tokens > quickly run out (few seconds?) and your packets start getting queued > up and basically sent out at the rate set by the admin (64kbps in your > case).
Hi, Thats a gr8 explanation. But that would mean this cant be utilized in downloading stuff, but is ok for browsing where people after a period, say 3 minutes, click on another link (by then the tokens fill up) & they get a burst. hmm... well, thnks makuchaku --- http://makuchaku.blogspot.com --- As to the Adjective: when in doubt, strike it out. -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
