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Re: Open source traffic shaper experiences? (was Re: looking for areview of traffic shapers)

  • From: William Caban
  • Date: Wed Nov 26 11:41:11 2003 
Even though it compares more with WebSense, CensorNet does basic shaping
plus has some nice features. Free download. (Extra features (i.e. image
filter and blacklist updates) require a subscription.)

CensorNet
http://www.censornet.com/


-W

On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 13:38, [email protected] wrote:
> Note: delurk.
> 
> Some of the commercial traffic shaping devices reviewed here are tens of 
> thousands of dollars.  For a smaller ISP (i.e. less than a DS3 of 
> aggregate upstream bandwidth), that kind of expense doesn't make sense--
> but the need to control bandwidth consumption is still an issue.
> 
> For example, I work at an ISP in Central America where bandwidth costs are 
> quite high.  A 2Mbps dedicated link typically sells for over $4,000 per 
> month.  One can imagine how important it is to be able to throttle the 
> top P2P talkers in this kind of environment.
> 
> Is anyone on the NANOG list aware of a disk-less Linux solution? One might
> imagine a Knoppix-like bootable CD image (perhaps CD-RW, so config files
> could be updated) that would turn an inexpensive Linux box into an
> effective traffic shaping device, using tools like CBQinit, MRTG/RRDTOOL,
> and a Webmin-like admin interface. The closest thing to this I've seen is
> ETINC's BWMGR, but that's a closed-source solution and is still somewhat
> expensive.
> 
> -Andrew White
> 
> 
> On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, William Caban wrote:
> 
> > 
> > A resume of some of the answers I have received:
> > 
> > What's missing from (at least some) current traffic shaping appliances
> > http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~joe/what-shapers-need.pdf
> > 
> > Ten Odd Strategies for Picking Numerical Values for Your Traffic Shaper
> > http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~joe/picking-a-shaper-policy.pdf
> > 
> > The Case for Traffic Shaping at Internet2 Schools
> > http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~joe/i2-traffic-shaping.ppt
> > 
> > Bandwidth Management Strategies and Methodologies
> > http://rdweb.cns.vt.edu/~cgaylord/talks/20020507-i2bandwidth.pdf
> > 
> > Bandwidth Managers: Going With The Flow
> > http://www.bcr.com/bcrmag/2003/04/p32.asp
> > 
> > Reviewing Packet Shaping Products
> > http://www.net.cmu.edu/docs/arch/qospe-pre.html
> > 
> > Succesful Bandwidth Management at Crnegie Mellon
> > http://www.net.cmu.edu/pres/jt0803/
> > 
> > Bandwidth Management Technologies
> > http://www.etinc.com/index.php?page=bwcompare.htm
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks everyone.
> > 
> > 
> > -W
> > 
> > On Mon, 2003-11-24 at 17:36, William Caban wrote:
> > > I'm looking for a review/report on traffic/packet shapers products with
> > > a side-by-side comparison. Did any one has a clue where I can find one
> > > such report?
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > -W
> > 
-- 
William Caban <[email protected]>