[ale] b'bye

James Sumners james.sumners at gmail.com
Tue May 24 11:50:35 EDT 2005


I am interested in controlling the bandwith of specific protocols
across a whole network.

On 5/24/05, Jim Popovitch <jimpop at yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 11:09 -0400, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> > One topic that baffles me is QoS and how to set it up.  I'd love to see
> > a presentation on that.
> 
> from a routing or host perspective?  I do simple inbound/outbound "QoS"
> with iptables' TOS (type of service) flag (now superseded by DSCP), but
> on a router it would be much more different and detailed.  Still, from a
> single host standpoint TOS marking and "prioritization" can improve
> traffic flow across a busy interface.
> 
> Here is a good overview page from Cisco:
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/iosswrel/ps1839/products_feature_guide09186a0080087afb.html
> 
> I would be more than willing to do a ALE meeting on this, but it's not
> really all that much to cover. ;-)
> 
> -Jim P.
> 
> >
> > On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 10:55, ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> > > On Tuesday May 24 2005 07:57, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> > > > I wish there was a more
> > > > advanced Linux group in Atlanta for those like me that want to discuss
> > > > more then setting up Samba, printing, etc.
> > >
> > > Don't talk about it, BE about it. ;)
> > >
> > > Nothing stops you from doing presentations yourself, or bringing in people
> > > that can. The ALE would welcome the effort - not reject it. Because it is a
> > > volunteer group, the responsibility falls squarely on the shoulders of it's
> > > members.
> > >
> > > I've seen complex subjects discussed. The security presentation presented by
> > > Bob Toxen (related to IP tables) went over my head - especially once they
> > > started the verbal "flame war" over whether or not ipchains was better and
> > > adding information on "honey pots" and such.
> > >
> > > The same goes for this list. If you want a topic covered, post a question.
> > > Your results will vary of course. Not all posts get answered - even the ones
> > > from the less skilled; sometimes there is a more important flamewar going on.
> >
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