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rantou
join:2002-06-04
Wylie, TX

rantou to abenyukh

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Re: Question on Bandwidth Management

said by abenyukh:
Oh, but also, why are all the bandwidth management units separate servers if they cant alleviate over the air bandwidth?
Just to cover this, the way that TCP/IP works, it does not send more data until it has received an acknowledgement. Of course UDP is much different, but few things truly run on UDP. I wouldn't use a UDP p2p application, because there would be no error correction! However, what this does mean, and I have executed it flawlessly here, is that I control all bandwidth on my end of the connection. I have wireless customers, DSL customers, all running at 2mbps-11mbps, depending on where they are at, and I use a Mikrotik box to control the bandwidth. They are not flooding the wireless channel, because of TCP/IP's acknowledgements, so it works fine. As far as limiting on the far side, the Karlnet software does have bandwidth management built into it, however, it is a flat asynchronous speed, so you will not be able to set separate up/down rates.

Just as a tip: Study the TCP/IP protocol more, and you will find that it is a very smart protocol, capable of overcoming most every problem you could imagine.

aSic
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join:2001-05-17
Wakulla, FL

aSic

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said by rantou:
Just as a tip: Study the TCP/IP protocol more, and you will find that it is a very smart protocol, capable of overcoming most every problem you could imagine.
Yeah..every problem `cept how to get broadband out at my house. :\