Inbound/ Outbound Rate question

[derspot]

What is the result of setting "Inbound" and "Outbound" Rate at Gateway Properties/Topology/Edit Interface/ QOS ?

For exaample if i set the rate fot Inbound/outbound to 10 Kbps , does this mean that the gateway will never allow traffic to go above this limit ?


When i set Inbound/Outbound rate both being 50 Kbps then the Floodgate is limiting all traffic to around 100 Kbps. ( according to SmartView Monitor ). However it IS limiting the traffic. If I set the Inbound/Outbound rate to 100 mbps , the traffic reported increases to accomodate all necessary bandwidth. Everything seems to work however it is not Precisely enforced.

The limits/ Guarantees seem to work although not precisely enforced.

[chillyjim]

They are used to calculate the weighted rates and for %utilization reports. They do not restrict the actual usage if nothing is fighting for bandwidth.

Guarantees should always work unless there is a conflict (something higher up in the rulebase that isn't leaving enough bandwidth)

As for limits, they may only limit when its an issues, I don't remember for sure.

[derspot]

Originally Posted by chillyjim

They do not restrict the actual usage if nothing is fighting for bandwidth.

In my tests they did restrict the actual bandwidth , For example if i set the rate to say 50 kbps inbound outbound , i start many pings from remote machines i observe the gateway restricting the bandwidth ( the pings take a long RTT ) . If i change the rate back to 100 Mbps the bandwidth usage increases ( as SmartView Mon reports ) to accomodate all pings and they ( the pings ) return in a regular RTT.