We upgraded the main campus PacketShaper to a 10 Mbps link size capability and upgraded the dorm network shaper to version 6.0.1 of the PacketWise software.
The 10 Mbps upgrade will allow us to use our planned bonded T1 lines (two total, for a 3 Mbps link size). Previously we were limited to 2 Mbps - sufficient for a single T1.
The new PacketWise software includes more sophisticated traffic shaping and a number of management enhancements. We will be installing it on the main campus shaper early next week at a low usage time (it will take only a couple of minutes to upgrade the software).
Update, 8/12/03:
The main campus PacketShaper is now running the latest PacketWise software as well. In addition, I adjusted the rules to completely block all Windows file sharing protocols in response to the W32/Blaster worm and MS RPC calls.
Posted by Rowan Littell at August 08, 2003 12:37 PM, updated 08:53 AM August 12, 2003Would this allow the addition of more T1s, or is a bonded channel limited to two channels? I remember hearing last spring about a grant that would allow Earlham to procure another T1 for multimedia purposes, and that there might be more T1s added at that time.
Posted by: Skylar Thompson on August 10, 2003 07:45 PMThis will allow up to 10 Mbps of traffic, which in this instance is multiple T1s. As of this week, we do, in fact, have two T1s on this line in a fully load balancing configuration.
Posted by: Rowan Littell on September 23, 2003 09:36 AM