Is there any sense in traffic shaping??

From: Stefan Grey (examplebrain@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Jan 25 2007 - 07:00:02 ART

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Hello guys!
I just thought about this and still can't define for myself the answer on
this.
Imagine folowing situation:

router1-router2. You have got for example a frame-relay link with defined
cir. Router1 is the edge router of your company.. you configure the shaping
to 128k on the outgoing interface. Router2- is the edge router of the
provider closest to you... he configures policing 128k on the incomping
interface.... So shaping is needed to smooth the transmission and reduce the
number of tcp resets. So if there is some excess packet my router would
permit it to go out of the interface but the provider router would just drop
it. Is it what is excess burst agreement for??

Thanks.

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