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| 3847.1 | | NETCAD::DOODY | Michael Doody | Wed Sep 11 1996 10:31 | 8 |
| I don't understand the question. You want to rate limit
particular MAC adresses? As opposed to the switch port?
The part I'm having trouble with is
"match their WAN connection speed to the host it is connected to"
md
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| 3847.2 | <--- re:-1 wants to throttle specific nodes..... | NETCAD::BATTERSBY | | Wed Sep 11 1996 10:48 | 11 |
| Mike, it sounds like a customer wants to be able to throttle the
traffic to/from specific nodes that are attached to a particular
port. This can't be done currently....although *if* there was
enough of a business justification, such a feature could probably
be done. Notwithstanding the business justification, from a practical
standpoint, it would make more sense to provide those "noisy" nodes
with their own dedicated bandwidth path that routes its traffic
through a dedicated subnet portal, so it wouldn't impinge on the
other traffic in the rest of the customers LAN/WAN.
Bob
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| 3847.3 | | STRWRS::KOCH_P | It never hurts to ask... | Wed Sep 11 1996 13:25 | 13 |
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Geez, Bob, I didn't realize you could mind read more than 10 miles
out... ;)
Yes, the customer would like the ability to throttle a system based on
MAC address. However, to do this we might have to throw away packets on
a shared LAN. If we had the system connected to a dedicated switch
port, it might be "simpler" to throttle at this point by doing
something as "simple" as holding carrier high.
I only have 1 ISP requesting this feature, but it seems like this is a
generic kind of request that most ISPs would need. More research will
be required to come up with a business justification.
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| 3847.4 | RE: Virtual thinking as an enterprise tool.... | NETCAD::BATTERSBY | | Wed Sep 11 1996 13:50 | 10 |
| >Geez, Bob, I didn't realize you could mind read more than 10 miles
>out... ;)
Yes 10 miles is about my limit. :-) Actually didn't you feel anything
when when I did a "virtual" mind-meld earlier today? :-)
Bob
PS: It would appear that you spend a significant amount of time
thinking about vacations in far-away places. But don't we all. :-)
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