Re: rate-limit

So this is applicable to both policing and CAR.

On 02/19/2011 08:45 PM, Carlos G Mendioroz wrote:
> 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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