Here's a good example of how to politely and courteously request for assistance on a mailing list.
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On 12/5/06, Tom Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm in the process of replacing a Novell server that had a single NIC
and routed traffic from our local network to either the Internet or to the Corporate office. I have this configuration working now but we've run in to some bandwidth problems. The server that I have set up now is Linux. It uses a different IP for Samba than for the DNS/DHCP and routing (different VMs in VMware Server). What I'd like to do is configure the traffic control to do several things: 1) It needs to be able to control traffic leaving our local network and going to either Corporate (via point-to-point T-1) or the Internet (via fractional T-1). 2) It needs to be able to control traffic coming IN TO our network from remote VPN connections. 3) Telnet and SSH traffic should be real time. 4) All other local traffic (that is, traffic not leaving our local network) needs to be real time AND at local network speeds. It there a good way to achieve these goals given that the router only has one NIC in it? Or might there be a better way of doing this? Thanks, in advance, for your help. ~ Tom (end excerpt)
As usual, the excerpt above follows the ff. format: 1. state your current project 2. describe the project and what it does 3. what the project needs to accomplish or things that you need assistance with 4. further questions that you would like answered. 5. thank the list subscribers for taking time to read your post (and ultimately hoping they'd help you). The excerpt by the way was taken from the LARTC (Linux Advanced Routing and Traffic Control) mailing list. My one cent. -- "A dog that has no bite, barks loudest." Registered Linux User #400165 Subscribed to: LARTC, Open-ITLUG, PRUG, KLUG, sybase.public.ase.linux
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