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by astute

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Hi,

We have a test lab with 15-20 machines connected to a 24port cisco 3500 switch which inturn connect to a router. Actually as part of our requirement we want to limit the in bound as well out going traffic (IP) bandwidth to predefined values like 2 Mbps or any desired value.
Some people actually suggested expensive solutions like packteer (packet shapping device) which do lot more than limiting bandwidth.

I would like to know your suggestions / inputs for some cost effective solution . I would also be happy to provide
any other info u require.

Thanks in advance
sharan

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by Member 33883071

What version on the IOS is running on the switch? What type of router is it and the IOS on it? Your best bet is to set per-port rate limiting on the switch, but it may not support it. You should also be able to set the rate on the router. The ios version will tell the tale, and if supported I can tell you the commands.

by astute

Hi Chris,

Thanks for your response.
The Cisco 3524XL switch is running IOS version 12.0(5.1XP),
Also the ISP mantains the router and I am not sure that they will allows us to
make any changes.

Thanks
sharan

by bruce

Dear Sharan,

I saw a demonstration of the Elron product Bandwidth Optimizer. If I recall it has to run on a Windows machine with two NICS, but the machine did not have to be strong.

Good luck,

Bruce

by shanghai sam

Thanks for u r answer,

This is what the site elronsoftware.com says

As of October 6, 2000, Elron Software will discontinue direct sales of the Bandwidth Optimizer and Bandwidth Analyzer products This decision has
been made in order to allow us to focus on providing a comprehensive set of Internet Policy Management (IPM) solutions for web access control

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