My point was simply that the average user cannot utilize any more bandwidth than is available to them at the point where the wireless network becomes the Internet, so it makes sense to manage it there.
-----Original Message----- From: Nigel Ballard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 11:02 AM To: 'Fred Weston' Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: How Can I control the customers bandwidth I've been reading the thread, and I thought the original posting was quite clear, perhaps I misunderstood his question. Firstly there's no 802.11b network on this planet through putting 11Mb over the air interface. Still, whatever the 'real world' throughput there is often a desire to manage it as opposed to leaving it wide open. In a commercial environment it is prudent to meter the bandwidth, especially when you have a finite amount of it, and one kiddie on Kazaa can suck the life out of it and ruin it for everyone else. Paying customers demand and expect a certain level of service. If you aren't a Linux hacker, then there are black boxes that will do it, they cost a few bucks. A good example is the YDI bandwidth Control Unit, they take all the programming out of the equation and give you a nice user interface. If Joe only wants to pay for 128k up/downstream then that's all Joe gets etc. http://www.ydi.com/products/bcu.php Cheers Nigel Nigel Ballard [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.joejava.com -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
