Personally, all I have seen are last generation. What I'd like to know is which have evolved to tackle the trends of newer network designs. How many support multiple outbound paths correctly? Are any multi-layer yet, from the perspective of doing bandwdith management per sector attached to it, and in aggregate out the backbone. When networks are build redundantly or with parallel paths to allow greater scale with links limited in capacity individually ("Mesh") it gets complicated for a bandwdith manager to consider all the factors. Bandwdith manager doesn;t work without a bottle neck, and it generally cant be configured accurately if one can;t define what the outbound speed is, as many designs today ahve variable available capacity upstream. For example a backbone link used to be a backbone from other cell sites as well as a shared backbone for the existing sectors at the cell. How do you tell how much capcity is being used for the other cells versus the local cell? Can it dynamically learn so any available bandwdith can be used to its fullest when available?
First genration bandwdith managers and shappers had a static design where the bottle neck was the single connection to the Internet backbone which was the oversubscription point. And then the front end (last mile) was intended to not be over subscribed. This doesn't work for WISPs, where the oversubscribption point is often the front end connection. Any of them smart enough yet? Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Tetherow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 9:28 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Net Equalizer Anyone? > I'm sure you don't want to turn this into a why you should use X thread, > but I am curious what you are having problems limiting with the other > devices you have tried? > > Sam Tetherow > Sandhills Wireless > > John Scrivner wrote: >> I have been considering the Net Equalizer as a possible platform for >> bandwidth management. I know that topics like this often lead to a >> myriad of posts about bandwidth management normally. If possible I would >> like to hear feedback from people who have actually used this one >> appliance to hear about any advantages or disadvantages to use of this >> device for managing bandwidth in WISP networks. I appreciate hearing >> from any past or present users of the Net Equalizer platform. >> All the best, >> John Scrivner >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/