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Re: Rate Limiting on Cisco Router


From: Bret Clark <bclark () spectraaccess com>
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:41:31 -0400

Agree...when you rate limit verse shaping you can actually cause more traffic because the packets need to be retransmitted to deal with those that got dropped.


On 07/08/2010 06:43 PM, Murphy, Jay, DOH wrote:
traffic-shape rate 75000000 90000000 90000000 1000 for example. Your rate limit will police your traffic and drop it 
all.

Traffic shaping produces a queue, and does not completely junk a packet. It becomes q'd, and produces a smoother output.

~Jay Murphy
IP Network Specialist
NM State Government




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