RE: Bandwidth Control Question

[ken emery <ken () cnet com>]

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003, Stephen J. Wilcox wrote:

> On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, ken emery wrote:
> > On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Roy wrote:
> >
> > > Media converters are much cheaper than specialized FX cards like these.  A
> > > 10Mbps converters are just $99 each and 100Mbps is $150.
> >
> > Yes, but you need external power for these and they aren't
> > monitorable/configurable from any interface.  Thus if one goes down and you
> > can't physically see it you have no idea where the problem is until someone
> > gets onsite.
>
> This is true of any physical fault, if your cable stops working
> you still have to go and physically take a look...

But with something that is remotely monitorable (like a router)
and that is multiply connected the odds are alot higher that you
will be able to diagnose the problem.  Also if the interface is
part of the router there is no extra cabling power needed.  This
is a big plus IMHO.

bye,
ken emery

> > bye,
> > ken emery
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu]On Behalf Of
> > > Stephen Sprunk
> > > Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 10:13 AM
> > > To: Claydon, Tom
> > > Cc: North American Noise and Off-topic Gripes
> > > Subject: Re: Bandwidth Control Question
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thus spake "Claydon, Tom" <Tom.Claydon () DobsonTelco net>
> > > > Yep. There's plenty of fiber between the two buildings, so we may go that
> > > > route. Anyone know if there's any easy way to limit bandwidth on the
> > > > PA-POS-OC3 adapters?
> > >
> > > PA-POS-OC3MM    $6000/card    $38.71/Mbit
> > > PA-FE-FX    $3200/card    $32.00/Mbit
> > > PA-2FE-FX    $5000/card    $25.00/Mbit
> > >
> > > Why muck with SONET unless necessary?
> > >
> > > > Sounds like another job for rate limiting to me...
> > >
> > > Yes.
> > >
> > > !
> > > policy-map 6Mb-customer
> > >  class class-default
> > >   police 6144
> > > !
> > > interface foo
> > >  service-policy input 6Mb-customer
> > >  service-policy output 6Mb-customer
> > > !
> > >
> > > S
> > >
> > > Stephen Sprunk         "God does not play dice."  --Albert Einstein
> > > CCIE #3723         "God is an inveterate gambler, and He throws the
> > > K5SSS        dice at every possible opportunity." --Stephen Hawking