[ale] QOS Packet Filtering Solution in Linux

[Bob Toxen]

1. Linux is great at this.  I'm doing this for a client with 6 internal
   subnets and TWO Internet feeds (of different sizes, naturally).  It
   works great.  Admittedly, I had to learn a bit how to use it and I
   did enhance the script but we're adjusting by time-of-day, day of
   week (it's a school), and other cool stuff.

2. Packeteers are broken, in my professional opinion.  When one client
   installed one over a Linux solution (due to the head jerk, I mean,
   head of IT in London), backups over the network started failing.
   The stupid packeteer simply dropped packets (on a path that was
   NOT supposed to be limited).  Boat anchor in my opinion.

Bob Toxen
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On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 19:24 +0000, mmillard1 at comcast.net wrote:
> What's the general feeling out there for using a Linux solution over
> something like Packeteer?  We've been debating it for awhile and
> really would like to know what kind of solutions might be out there in
> Open Source or a cheaper but stable solution under Linux.  Does anyone
> out there have any advice or suggestions of packages to look at based
> on experience?