Cisco 1601, What does this command do??? 1

[LedZepRock]

Hi

Thanks for looking

I have just had my bandwidth increased to 2Mb, but it looks like our router is slowing the traffic (ISP said all OK there end). Now looking at the config (its was setup before my time), it has the following lines that look like they could be the problem, but what do they mean, and what should I change them to??

Its the traffic-shape command that I am unsure of.....

interface Ethernet0
ip address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 255.255.255.192
no ip proxy-arp
traffic-shape rate 512000 512000 1024000 1000
!
interface Serial0
ip address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 255.255.255.252
encapsulation ppp
bandwidth 2048
traffic-shape rate 512000 512000 1024000 1000

Thanks again

 

[LedZepRock]

I have had a quick poke around the internet, so I made a change, changing the traffic-shape rate to

traffic-shape rate 2048000 51200 51200 1000

and I now get far better bandwidth, but is that the correct setting for a 2Mb leased line???

Thanks

 

[andf1]

My understanding is that you do not need the command. One of the uses of traffic shaping is to restrict outbound traffic to the Internet so as to comply with service provider contracts. It is usually used on frame relay, T1 or DS3 links where you are allowed to burst above your committed information rate for short durations. Since you have a leased line with fixed bandwidth, you do not need the command at all.

andf1

 

[LedZepRock]

Thanks andf1

Funny you should say that, I have already deleted from the config as I decided that it was doing nothing (except being in the way).

But thanks for confirming my thoughts.

Thanks