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> Hi, > > Stephen Sprunk wrote: > > > I'm not sure how many TCP/IP stacks still set those bits; it may be > > necessary to have a router manipulate the bits after examining the port > > numbers of a connection. > > Looks like a good place to use access lists that choose packets based on > tcp, udp, and port number. If I could get a 45 Mbps circuit over high-latency > geosatellite, one-way, I could use it for http and "push" traffic. > The requests, outbound stuff, and interactive traffic would fit into a T1 > under the ocean. if you're interested in that, cisco's new CoS stuff uses precedence (extended access lists, mac address, ports numbers) to do just such a thing. it would be most useful if isp's could have concensus on the precedence "classes" to work across the multiprovider internet (may not be practical though). -brett
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