Hi all,
Fairly new to Linux. How does/can Linux accommodate buffering between networks of disparate speeds? That is, if I have a Gigabit Ethernet interface and want to forward data arriving at that interface to say a 10/100 network, how can one specify buffers of sufficient number in order to accommodate bursty traffic arriving on the Gigabit Ethernet interface? I'm assuming that the average rate of bursty data arrival is no greater than 10/100 rate so that no loss of data (buffer overrun) would occur if sufficient numbers of buffers were available to endure a burst of X seconds.
Thanks for any insight you could provide.
Fairly new to Linux. How does/can Linux accommodate buffering between networks of disparate speeds? That is, if I have a Gigabit Ethernet interface and want to forward data arriving at that interface to say a 10/100 network, how can one specify buffers of sufficient number in order to accommodate bursty traffic arriving on the Gigabit Ethernet interface? I'm assuming that the average rate of bursty data arrival is no greater than 10/100 rate so that no loss of data (buffer overrun) would occur if sufficient numbers of buffers were available to endure a burst of X seconds.
Thanks for any insight you could provide.