09-24-2015 02:47 AM - edited 03-05-2019 02:22 AM
Hi all.
I've been asked if I can setup a network for a weekend event. To achieve their requirements I'll need to guarantee 1 device (or VLAN) a minimum level of bandwidth. Below is a list of stipulations
The venue that's been hired has bandwidth of DL ~ 11.8Mbps UL ~ 0.88 Mbps (using speedtest.net)
1 device, can be separate VLAN, to stream video cast (e.g. twitch)
1 VLAN for wireless users
1 VLAN for LAN demo's
I have available a number of switches and routers from 1841 and 2960's to 2951 and 3850's, a single L3 would be neater but router and L2 would work.
The first device needs to be guaranteed a minimum probably at least 2 Mbps down, when in use, and critically 0.5Mbps up.
the VLAN for wireless users will be anything available, unless that first device demands bandwidth, then it's best effort from the remaining 9/0.3 down/up
the VLAN for LAN demos is anything left over, as it's LAN demo and internet access is "if it's there great if not it doesn't matter".
I've had a little experience with QoS on 2960s/1900/2900/CAT 6500E's. But this has been corporate on 100Mb - 10Gb connections, and only for VoIP traffic. So this is very new, to try and guarantee a minimum bandwidth for one device.
Thanks.
Spen.
09-24-2015 06:26 AM
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Your routers would have more QoS features than your L3 switches, and they can pretty easily meet your requirements for outbound traffic. However, even with their QoS features, managing inbound bandwidth doesn't work too well. What you need to do is manage the other side's outbound (i.e. your inbound), but at you mention Internet access, this is unlikely to be possible.
There are a couple of inbound techniques, you can try, but again, they often don't work as well as desired. You might police inbound traffic or you might shape outbound TCP ACKs.
For your outbound, you'll want a CBWFQ parent policy that shapes for the total uplink bandwidth (750 Kbps?), and they you can use a child policy to prioritize or set aside minimum bandwidths for your outbound traffic.
e.g.:
policy-map parent
class class-default
shape average 750000
service-policy child
policy-map child
class 1st-device
bandwidth percent 67
class wireless
bandwidth remaining percent 99
class class-default
bandwidth remaining percent 1
09-24-2015 06:41 AM
Thanks for the quick reply,
It's not so much the downstream traffic that I need to police. Due to being such limited upstream, and the venue will be having a video cast over the internet, I'm hoping to guarantee that individual streaming device 512k of the bandwidth, when needed. And when the streaming is paused the bandwidth is available for all.
I'll certainly test out the CBWFQ though.
09-24-2015 07:23 AM
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Ok, then what I 1st posted is what you want. (You'll need to define the class-maps to match the correct traffic.)
NB:Generally switches don't support shaping, and that's critical so you can manage congestion for the uplink (where the physical interface is much "faster").
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