Re: Rate shaping with a Cisco 806?

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From: John Navas
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 15:39

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In <b3hppm$63d$1@reader1.panix.com> on Wed, 26 Feb 2003 07:19:18 +0000
(UTC), arnstein@panix.com (David Arnstein) wrote:

>I've got a little Cisco 806 router between my Windows 2000 PC and my
>cable modem.   I think that I'm seeing bitrate oscillations during
>heavy traffic (X-windows in particular) and I suspect that this is due
>to TCP/IP "slow starts."
>
>How does one configure traffic shaping (or RED, or whatever) to
>minimize slow starts?  The config file entries are probably the same
>for all Cisco routers, so I can just type the entries into my router
>and see if they have any effect.

Assuming your PC is configured correctly, "bitrate oscillations" are
almost certainly due to loading/capacity issues at your cable Internet
provider, which is something your router can't make better.

At most, traffic shaping might help if you were saturating your uplink
and thereby choking your downlink speed.

-- 
Best regards,
John Navas     <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/>
     CABLE MODEM/DSL GUIDE:  <http://Cable-DSL.home.att.net/>

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