traffic management question.

[ropefly]

Hi,

first of all I'm pretty noob regarding networking so..

So I'm using a zyxel GS1900-24 switch and I'd like to configure it for my 16 users.
If one user is occupied on the network he/she should have the full speed but once more users start using the network the speed should be shared between all current users.
Is this possible with my setup?

So far I found how to put download/upload limitations on each port (ingress/egress limit) which is fine I guess? But if it's possible I would like that if there's only one active user, he/she should have the full speed.

Thanks in advance !

 

[bill001g]

Not going to get that function without a server based solution. Even high end enterprise routers have limitations as to what traffic management they can do. This function is generic referred to as traffic shaping and companies like BIGIP sell outrageously expensive boxes called F5 to do function like this. The reason they get away with charging so much is this is not a simple thing to do efficiently.

Even very high end switches have very little ability to manage traffic. They generally do not have any feature that would slow traffic down while the switches transfers data. You are generally lucky if you can set the inbound traffic rates to some fixed value.

Many routers have more features but few if any can dynamically change the limitation as the load changes. It can be done partially on a commercial cisco router running IOS and the QoS function. It though is one of the most advanced forms of router configuration you can do, it is not even close to a beginner level project even if you could afford the router.

 

[ropefly]

Not going to get that function without a server based solution. Even high end enterprise routers have limitations as to what traffic management they can do. This function is generic referred to as traffic shaping and companies like BIGIP sell outrageously expensive boxes called F5 to do function like this. The reason they get away with charging so much is this is not a simple thing to do efficiently.

Even very high end switches have very little ability to manage traffic. They generally do not have any feature that would slow traffic down while the switches transfers data. You are generally lucky if you can set the inbound traffic rates to some fixed value.

Many routers have more features but few if any can dynamically change the limitation as the load changes. It can be done partially on a commercial cisco router running IOS and the QoS function. It though is one of the most advanced forms of router configuration you can do, it is not even close to a beginner level project even if you could afford the router.

Thanks for the fast reply !