WFQ vs. FIFO

[genevolpe]

Stupid question. If I have WFQ configured on one side of a PtoP T1 link, bare bones config, and FIFO on the other end, would the mismatch cause any problems with the circuit <bounces, errors, etc>? I donot believe that it would because I believe that queueing handles outgoing traffic only. Is this the case or does the queueing method apply to both incoming and outgoing packets?

Thanx in advance =P
-Gene

 

[stevep12000]

HI,

You're correct that the queuing behaviour is an egress fucntion and is Per Hop, ie both ends do not have to match.
I've never seen errors caused by this as the signal pins (DCD, RTS, etc) are derived at the physical layer. Some errors you may see are routing updates or hello's being dropped if the interface is completely saturated, but even then internal to the router Cisco signals that the control packet should not be dropped.

HTH