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Article #1876Re: Mixed traffic - x25 and Ethernet
From: Roland Acra
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 18:28
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 18:28
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Willi, Indeed, I had assumed that the output interface was a 2M leased line, NOT an X.25 @ 2M interface. Priority queueing over X.25 is not supported in current software. I have no answer yet on availability of priority queueing applied on an X.25 interface. Thanks for the clarification. Roland > > Hallo, > > in your E-Mail you are advising Lars Kalsen to look into using > priority queuing in his environment. > > The 9.0 router manual states on page '7-4': > > '... Also note that priority queuing does not operate > over X.25' > > This would mean that if Lars Kalsens router is connected to > a 2 Mbit X.25 access point and not to a leased line, > priority queing is not possible. > > Has this changed for 9.1 or is there any change intended in the future? > > > -- Willi Porten > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > E-Mail: Willi.Porten@gmd.de, Tel: +49 2241 14 3190 > GMD (German National Research Center for Computer Science) > Dept: ISA.NW, Rathausallee 10, D-W-5205 St. Augustin 1 (Germany) > > > From: Roland Acra <acra@cisco.com> > > Message-Id: <9301051512.AA24265@ash.cisco.com> > > Subject: Re: Mixed traffic - x25 and Ethernet > > To: dalk@login.dkuug.dk (Lars Kalsen) > > Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 7:12:10 PST > > Cc: cisco@spot.colorado.edu > > In-Reply-To: <dalk.725926686@login.dkuug.dk>; from "Lars Kalsen" at Jan 1, 93 > > 10:18 pm > > X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] > > > > > We are considering a new network which connect all of our different > > > sites through a WAN. We will probably buy some CISCO routers. > > > > > > The trafic which is routed through the CISCO equipment is split > > > in two > > > > > > - FTAM trafic based on x25 connections > > > > > > - Interactive terminal sessions based on TCP/IP on an Ethernet. > > > > > > Like this: > > > > > > IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII > > > FTAM/X25----------> I I > > > I CISCO ROUTER I------- 2 MBit ---> > > > TCP/IP/ETHERNET---> I I > > > IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII > > > > > > > > > The CISCO routers can mix these two kinds of input intp one 2Mbit channel > > > which connects the different sites. > > > > > > My concern is now : Will the interactive traffic suffer when a heavy > > > FTAM transport is taking place ?. Will the file transfers affect the > > > responsetimes for the interactive traffic to a large extend ?. > > > > > > If YOU have any experience with this please E-mail (or fax) me the > > > information. Or if you have a reference to the litterature about this > > > kind of setup I will appreciate that too. Or just youre opinion from > > > your experience. > > > > Hello Lars, > > > > You can apply the "Priority Queueing" mechanisms on your outbound > > interface on the router. With that, you can specify that, in case > > of congestion, your IP traffic should take precedence over your OSI > > traffic. > > > > Priorities can be set based on protocol (IP, CLNS, DECNET, etc), > > or application (specify TCP or UDP port numbers), or the interface > > through which the packets entered the router, or the packet sizes. > > > > Look for the keywords "priority-list" and "priority-group" in your > > router manual. > > > > Finally, please note that priority queueing is mostly useful on > > "low-speed" interfaces (+/- up to 64Kbps), which are likely to > > be congested. Be sure the extra overhead introduced by priority > > queueing is worth it on a 2Mbps link. > > > > Roland Acra > > Cisco Systems, Europe >
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.sys.cisco Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!boulder!recnews From: Roland Acra <acra@cisco.com> Subject: Re: Mixed traffic - x25 and Ethernet In-Reply-To: <9301061116.AA09299@z1wnsv.gmd.de>; from "wip@baloo.gmd.de" at Jan 6, 93 12:16 pm Message-ID: <726352426.10849@news.Colorado.EDU> Sender: news Date: 6 Jan 93 10:28:54 PST Approved: news X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] X-Note1: message-id generated by recnews X-Note2: mail msgid was <9301061828.AA18855@ash.cisco.com> Lines: 99