On Thursday 25 September 2003 21:51, Walter D. Wyndroski wrote:
> 1) Why is RH a bad choice?
I think RH changes too much. If you you have a RH apache server and you want
support from the apache community, you are out of luck. The RH apache server
is so much patched that can't help you. And apt-get rocks :)
> 2) Why the sarcasm about not wanting to recompile the kernel? I love using
> Linux, and I have recompiled kernels before. However, in this application
> it may not be my best choice. You do not know my situation. I tried
> recompiling the kernel on this machine and had much trouble with the
> particular SCSI card in that machine. However, I felt this list was limited
> to routing issues and NOT kernel recompilation issues with a SCSI card.
If this is a closed binary, you still can recomile the kernel with the RH
kernel sources. I did this before. I wanted to use a closed source binary
to access tape drives on my debian server. I used the RH kernel sources and
the module loaded without any problem.
> 3) My boss prefers that we stay with the stock RH kernel. If that is not
> possible then I will recompile, but only if absolutely necessary.
I'm afraid a recompile is needed.
> 4) I'm not the qdisc or routing master, but from my reading I understand
> the following:
> -An egress qdisc applied to eth0 ONLY shapes traffic leaving eth0,
> NOT eth1, eth2, etc.
Indeed.
> -I don't want to write an egress qdisc for each of my 9 interfaces,
> plus I also want ingress control.
> -With that said, I want a subnet to be limited to speed X megabits
> no matter if traffic is leaving or entering eth0, eth1, or any other
> interface.
If it's only rate limiting, you can try filter + policers.
> 5) I have different types of customers on each interface, hence different
> traffic flows and speeds.
If you only need to limit speed and don't care about how bandwidth is divided,
the ingress qdisc + filters + policers can help you.
> 6) I have read this mailing list for well over a year now and enjoyed it
> quite a bit. I really appreciate all the members who help and give really
> good pointers.
Thx:)
Stef
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