On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 11:55:59 +0200, "R.M. Evers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> hi everyone, > > i work for a small ISP, and not too far from now, we are going to move > all our colo- and web-servers to another datacenter/colocator. when > doing this, i would like to add a traffic shaper to our configuration. > now, i'm not exactly what you would call a networking guru, so i find > this pretty difficult. i was searching for an easy-to-manage hardware > appliance, but not with much luck. i've heard suggestions to create a > 'bridge' using either debian w/ qos or freebsd w/ dummynet. i would > prefer to do this with debian, because i know nothing of bsd, and do > practically everything with debian since it's my favorite dist. the > setup would be something like the following (we've got one routable IP > C-class, say 1.2.3.0/24): > > > colo internet connection > | > | > bandwidth shaping bridge > ??? IP ??? ..ip's are not needed here. I use a 3'rd wire for config etc, with ip etc inside my gateway. > | > | > switch ..you _could_ stuff a pc box chock full of these 4-nic cards: http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/products/pro1000mt_quad_server_adapter.htm http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/products/server_adapters.htm ...and make a throttling switch. > | > | > --------------------------------------- > | | | | > ourcolo1 ourcolo2 web1 web2 ..etc > 1.2.3.100 1.2.3.101 1.2.3.102 1.2.3.103 > > > there may be things missing from this nice ascii art. > if so, please let me know :-). > > does anyone have any suggestions on how i should go about this? does > it matter what IP the bridge has? does anyone know of any good > documentation which covers this kind of setup, or what software i > should use? .._I_ could use feedback and a web gui for this: http://fmb.no/ipcop/setup-cbq-0.0.4.tar.bz2 -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case.