cbq through multiple routers

[dkii]

Will the CBQ on star-os manage the bandwidth of multiple subnets even if they are not directly connected to that star-os box? Eg. I want to manage all of the bandwidth on my network from my central star-os box. Lets say my staros is 192.168.1.1/24 and I have 192.168.2.0/24 and 192.168.3.0/24 connected to it through other star-os boxes. Will I only be able to control bandwidth on the 192.168.1.0 subnet, or will I be able to control it on the others as well.

like
qshape 100 bw 1500k 768k 192.168.1.200 on $client
would limit the entire network on the staros box at 192.168.1.200 which is the gateway for 192.168.2.0 to 1500/768
But also

qshape 101 bw 768k 256k 192.168.2.5 on $client
would limit the bw of 192.168.2.5 through the gateway at 192.168.1.200 even though it is on a seperate subnet, without limiting the other users on that subnet.

Will it work that way?

[tony]

Yep, you can shape any traffic going through the machine regardless of subnet.

Thanks!

[dkii]

what type of machine would I need for my central staros box? do I need ram, or hd space, or processor power, or all the above. Also how much of a benefit do you think the squid is? It seems like a lot of trouble to me, when generally web browsing is not the bandwidth hog.

[Steve]

The Squid proxy on our network is saving us approximately 25% in outgoing traffic. I would think that would be advantage enough.

Steve
Northcc.net

[Jester]

Would only having CBQ on a central router cause a network bottleneck if you have multiple segments? IE you have a main station with your internet feed, which cannects to multiple point ot point links which provide service in different areas. If you have 1 - 3 hops between the customer and your main StarOS would that cause a bottle neck?