RE: Allocate bandwidth

Phil Taylor (Phil@lansystems.co.uk)
Thu, 28 Aug 1997 15:38:14 +0100

If you are looking at a PC based solution, Emerging Technologies
(www.etinc.com) do a pretty good one and they also provide software for
unix (Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD) that will limit bandwidth on a per
port/per address/ per line basis as well. They will either sell ready
boxed Pentium grade machines fully configured with T1 cards and
everything or they will sell just the cards.

Cheers

Phil
No I don't have anything to do with Emerging Technologies.

> ----------
> From: Charles Scott[SMTP:cscott@freeway.net]
> Sent: 28 August 1997 15:15
> To: Gary
> Cc: portmaster-users@livingston.com
> Subject: Re: Allocate bandwidth
>
>
> Gary:
> That's funny, I told Packeteer the same thing, the Packetshaper
> costs
> way too much. They returned with a comment that they were looking at a
>
> lower end unit, but that thing is already only a dual 10BastT unit
> with
> pretty basic functionality. Considering that you can take an old
> system
> that's going out of service, like a P75 or some such thing, load Linux
>
> and some bandwidth limiting software on it and have the same thing as
> a
> Packetshaper that can also do other services (like routing, seconday
> DNS
> or something), why would you spend the 7K for the Packetshaper? for
> $2000
> you can do the same thing with a faster machine and stick a T-1 card
> right in it.
>
> Chuck Scott
>
> On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, Gary wrote:
>
> > How do I restrict one of my customers to 1/4 or 1/2 of a T1? Here's
> my
> > current setup (t1-wise):
> >
> > T1 ---> Prelude CSU/DSU ---> PM2ER ---> the rest of my network
> >
> > The customer in question has his own class C. Is there a Livingston
> > product that will allow me to "chop up" my bandwidth? I'm looking
> for
> > something that will cost less than $2000.00 (USA). I've seen the
> > Packetshaper from Packeteer, and it's exactly what I want. But it
> costs
> > too much. If I bought a "real" router (sorry Livingston, you know
> what I
> > mean), could I do what I want to do?
> >
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