[c-nsp] Egress QoS on FE links with less than 100Mbps speeds

[Marian Ďurkovič]

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 08:40:10AM -0500, Lobo wrote:
> Hi Peter.  The reason why the radio only works at less than 100M is 
> because that's all the bandwidth it has.  This is licensed based 
> wireless technology for point to point shots between buildings.  
> Bandwidths can be anywhere from 18M to 400M depending on which frequency 
> you use and radio brand.  For that 400M radio we use Gig interfaces so 
> we would need to use the bandwidth limit command to make sure that it 
> only operates at 40% vs 100%.
> 
> So for the 2950s and 3550s it looks like we may not have much wiggle 
> room.  My recommendation might be to upgrade those all to 3750s.  :)

In fact a properly implemented sub-rate service should use ethernet
flowcontrol to signal real available bandwidth to the switch.
With flowcontrol working, no such tweaks are necessary.

   With kind regards,

       M.