[j-nsp] rate limiting question

[harry]

It seems that a default, which could be configured explicitly, would be
cool. No idea if there are any plans for such an enhancement.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard A Steenbergen [mailto:ras at e-gerbil.net] 
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 9:48 PM
> To: harry
> Cc: 'Wayne E. Bouchard'; juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [j-nsp] rate limiting question
> 
> 
> On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 03:39:56PM -0800, harry wrote:
> > Another rule of thumb, especially for high-speed links (> 
> OC-12c) is 
> > to set the max-burst to a value that represents 3-5 milliseconds of 
> > line rate transmission.
> > 
> > As you point out, a 20 M vs a 50 M limiter may well use the 
> same burst 
> > size parameter. The main concern is setting too small a 
> burst, which 
> > can make the policer seem broken because throughput is 
> measured below 
> > the configured bandwidth limit.
> 
> Is there some particular reason why there isn't an automatic setting 
> available for the max burst? :)
> 
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