Re: rate-limit

That's because you are seeing the whole picture.
Now think about seeing only the first 4,
or the second four.

...- vs ..-- vs ....-

or

...- vs .... vs ----

They don't seem equal any longer, do they ?
And that's how a router sees, only one TC at a time.

How about you having the job of letting 2 people go across a
door per day. 3 come along, no go for one, right ?
But what if yesterday nobody came. Would you "remember" that
so you can allow some "burst" in "excess" ?

-Carlos

Lefe Meed @ 19/02/2011 10:25 -0300 dixit:
> Equal.
>
> On 02/19/2011 04:52 PM, Carlos G Mendioroz wrote:
>> I'm sure there are some rules to tell, but try to understand what the
>> excess burst is for. Then you will be able to answer your second
>> question yourself.
>>
>> Which of the lines below has more bandwidth, if a dash amounts to
>> 1k, a dot is 0 and each character is 100ms?
>>
>> ...-...-...-...-...-...-...-
>>
>> ..--......--......--......-.
>>
>> ....----........---.........
>>
>> -Carlos
>>
>> Lefe Meed @ 19/02/2011 02:59 -0300 dixit:
>>> It is recommended to use excess burst = 2*normal burst.
>>>
>>> What if we need to just drop excess traffic. can we use excess burst
>>> same as normal burst.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>

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