Re: bandwidth for bkbits.net (good news)

From: Alan Cox (alan_at_lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: 08/31/03

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    To: Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@suse.de>
Date:	Sun, 31 Aug 2003 16:31:32 +0100

    On Sul, 2003-08-31 at 15:45, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
    > On Sun, Aug 31, 2003 at 02:15:12PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
    > > On Sul, 2003-08-31 at 03:56, Larry McVoy wrote:
    > > > I'm pretty convinced we can't solve the problem at our end. Maybe we can
    > >
    > > For bursts of traffic you can't.
    >
    > what's the difference of rejecting packets in software, or because the
    > link can't handle them? Assume the guaranteed bandwidth is much lower

    It doesn't work when you dont control incoming. As a simple extreme
    example if I pingflood you from a fast site then no amount of shaping
    your end of the link will help, it has to be shaped at the ISP end.

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