From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Joakim Recht god@cs.auc.dk Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 18:07:19 +0000 Subject: [LARTC] linux/tc vs packetshaper Message-Id: List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: lartc@vger.kernel.org 
Hi

I was wondering how a Linuxbox running iproute2 and tc to do bandwidth 
control on a 20 mbit internet connection compares? A Packeteer 
PacketShaper 4500 costs about $20,000, and a Linuxbox can be set up for 
much less, but can it be used for a network with some 1000 users without 
too much trouble?
Following that question, how is the latency affected by a Linux router? 
The PacketShaper should add no more than 50 msec pr packet, how does 
Linux compare to this?

If someone has experience with a machine connected to an 
internetconnection with the same bandwidth, I would like to hear about 
it very much.

Now, I realize that the Packeteer thing is much easier to configure, and 
also provides some pretty extensive statistical information, but that is 
not necessary for me.

yours,

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Joakim Recht
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