Re: rate-limit

Yes. 1 rate policers work like this.
(Then there are 2 rate policers, which are different).

-Carlos

Lefe Meed @ 19/02/2011 12:22 -0300 dixit:
> 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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