Re: using TOS as a key in route cache

From: Helge Hafting (helgehaf@idb.hist.no)
Date: Mon Dec 04 2000 - 05:42:20 EST


Rajeev Bector wrote:
>
> Guys
> I am looking for a reason as to why we want
> to have different route cache entries for
> different IP ToS types. Does anyone have
> any insight into this ?

Because you may want to route time-critical stuff like
video through a dedicated fast network and slow stuff like email
through another. Such a setup prevents an email burst from
disrupting video.

There are many similiar uses.

Helge Hafting
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