Are you using any type of transparent proxy? I have been using IP Cop now
for a while, and it has a lot of rate limiting options and filtering. It is
OSS based and completely free. I use QoS for applications that demand
priority, such as VOIP(SIP) but wouldn't use it for the likes of HTTP,
mostly because it should be capable of handling disruptive network and
congestion. Apps that require low latency is where I apply QoS.
IP COP and Untangle may have redundant capabilities, and I am not an MS ISA
user, so not sure what its strengths and weaknesses are...
Hope that helps,
Cameron
On 2/10/10 7:14 PM, "Robert Bauer" <rbauer@aisgz.org> wrote:
> I need to find out approaches schools are using to manage bandwidth to
> users, particularly students. We run MS ISA 2006 and Untangle. Dropped
> Websense due to high cost, but am now biting my tongue as we are missing
> QoS features in Websense we never used, but now need.
>
> Anyhow, just curious what kind of kbp/s limits you may have set up for
> students. Or daily Mb quotas. Or if you are throttling certain web sites
> or outright blocking them because they chew up bandwidth and are not
> academically related.
>
> My school head wants to know how other schools are approaching the
> problem, especially if limiting traffic to "recreational sites" to include
> LLBean, LandsEnd or whatever a school might be throttling or blocking. I
> realize we're in China and many schools on this list are in US, but still
> would like to know how you handle it.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Bob
>
> .......................................................................
> Robert Bauer
> Information Technology Director
> American International School of Guangzhou
> Tel: (8620) 8735-3392 Fax: (8620) 8735-3339
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