On 8/9/2005 8:40 AM,Seth Martin wrote:
> We are on an full T1 with a /27 subnet.  I have two pipes and 2 rules
> setup (which work but cause latency) one filters all traffic to and from
> a terminal server at 192.168.11.14 and one that filters all traffic NOT
> to or from the terminal server at ip 192.168.11.14.  It works fine, I
> can watch on m0n0mon the bandwidth when a load is put to the TS being
> restricted to 250k, and other bandwidth to like say the mail server
> being trunked off at 1000k.  We get 1.54 megs with the T1 so I'm well
> under the bandwidth I can use as I wish up or down.  We have a data
> server that hosts up half a TB that syncs between locations so I like to
> leave the 1000k pip open to flow in either direction as files have to be
> synced.

If your T1 comes to you as DSL then it's probably an asynchronous 
connection - you're not going to get 1.544Mbps upstream bandwith. In my 
experience, providers ususally limit this to 512kbps.

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