Here's a question (or 3).... My T-1 router is routing at "wire speed" due to the fact that the routing is hardware based, not software based.
If you use software to do bandwidth limiting, you are therefore doing software routing, and in effect slowing down your overall speed. My questions are this: 1. Is there a way to measure exactly how much latency is added by doing software based routing?? 2. Which of all the different types of bandwidth limiting software is the fastest? I have also enabled both firewall filters (stateless) and the stateful firewall within my T-1 router. This is obviously software based and therefore is already slowing my line speed down. I am sure it is negligible...but the reason I bring it up is this. 3. Being that I am already using software based products in line (firewalls), would adding the software based routing (bandwidth limiting) add to that latency or be negligible?? I truthfully don't have a clue on how to measure this down to the level where it would truly show the difference in speeds. I also don't know if or when it would ever matter?!?!? Sully -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lars Gaarden Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 6:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Bandwidth Limiting Software Greg Sims wrote: > The smartBridge system doesn't seem to have a way to limit the bandwidth > available to any specific client. If you are familiar with Linux, and are comfortable with the command line and recompiling kernels, you can use the built-in bandwidth control features of the Linux kernel - http://lartc.org/howto/ In addition, you might take a look at arbi - http://www.apconnections.net/ Microtik supports bandwidth control. I believe it only includes the same features you can get for free with Linux, but it comes in a preconfigured package, and Eje provides good support. ;-) The *BSDs also include bandwith management features for free - ALTQ. At least some Cisco routers have built-in support for bandwith control. Etinc is definately an option - good price, lots of features. However, if you buy the software only package expect to spend some time on reading the documentation, because support isn't included (and Dennis will tell you so in rather rough terms). http://www.etinc.com/ And then you have Allot, Packeteer, Sitara, Lightspeed, Radware, Checkpoint Floodgate and lots of others. -- LarsG The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
