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Conference npss::gigaswitch

Title:GIGAswitch
Notice:GIGAswitch/FDDI Jan 97 BL3.1 914.0 documentation 412.1ion 412.1
Moderator:NPSS::MDLYONS
Created:Wed Jul 29 1992
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:995
Total number of notes:4519

994.0. "rate limit unicast traffic?" by RDMCS3::STUART (Scott Stuart - NPB SE - 410.315.9954) Mon Jun 02 1997 17:11

    Is there a way to limit the traffic sent out on a GIGAswitch port?  In
    other words to rate limit unicast traffic.
    
    What my customer wants to do is prevent a downstream neighbor from
    getting swampped from the load.  This is a non-full duplex, unicast
    traffic that might be going to a concentrator.
    
    I am not sure why the downstream node/nodes cannot handle the traffic?
    
    
    -scott
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994.1NPSS::MDLYONSMichael D. Lyons DTN 226-6943Mon Jun 02 1997 17:266
        There's no feature which allows this with existing firmware.
    
        As with many things, if there is sufficient business justification,
    it could probably be done.
    
    MDL
994.2NPSS::MDLYONSMichael D. Lyons DTN 226-6943Mon Jun 02 1997 17:282
    P.S. It would probably be more cost effective to just put something in
    between which does the rate limiting for you...