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On Sat, 22 Jul 2000 07:52:49 GMT, SystemCrash@removethis.thevortex.com
(SysCrash) wrote:

>I currently have a 10Base2 LAN consisting of 2 Winblows systems, one
>FreeBSD/Windows system and one RedHat 5.2 system. The 5.2 box is a
>Pentium 66 with 16MB of RAM and is currently using IP masquerading to
>share a 56k-based modem connection (PPP) with the other systems.
>
>Now, we're considering buying a cable modem, and I have determined
>that I'll be able to get it working under linux. I'm planning on
>upgrading the Pentium 66 to RedHat 6.2 and either running CBQ (Class
>Based Queueing) or basic traffic shaping on it, so an individual user
>can't hog the cable connection. (it's limited at 400kbit/s down,
>128kbit/s up unfortunately).
>
>My good ol' pentium has kept things going for a very long time and has
>worked incredibly reliably, but my main question is -
>What kind of a load would CBQ or traffic shaping put on a system like
>this? Bear in mind there'll only be 4 systems on the LAN (including
>the route/masqer/shaper itself).
>Does anyone have an opinion on whether the Pentium will handle this
>OK? Additionally, is packet shaping or CBQ known to work in
>conjunction with IP masquerading?
>
>Any info would be appreciated :-)
>
>~Crash

I've done a similar configuration. CBQ and Masq on a P75 with 640kb/up
128kb/down. With my 3 - 4 host network, the P75 was sufficient.

CBQ should work with masq, i had some trouble with u32 filters and
masq (posted an earlier message about this), but i've since got fwmark
filters work fine.

Braiden