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Appreciate the offer! I am willing to get my hands dirty, and it has, likewise, been a while. The problem comes in handing it off to others who aren't willing or can't. :) Definitely a project worth considering! Thanks, Carol Carol Bean [log in to unmask] On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 2:27 AM, Francis Kayiwa <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On 2014-08-04 16:07, Carol Bean wrote: > >> Thanks, Scott. I appreciate the details. I hadn't thought of >> investigating firmware hacks. I have heard Cisco routers are being >> used to manage bandwidth, and are, as expected, a pricey "solution". >> > > > If you are willing to get your hands dirty. One does not need to ever deal > with Cisco unless you have deep pockets as you correctly point out. > Depending on how much of your network you control you should consider using > OpenBSD's PF. Yes I am a well known shill for this OS so grab ya grain of > salt. ;-) That said this is a tale of savings and performance. Sometimes > you can have both. > > http://www.skeptech.org/blog/2013/01/13/unscrewed-a-story-about-openbsd/ > > As always YMMV but I actually enjoy this sort of thing so if you need > someone who has done this *granted a good while back* I'm your Huckleberry. > ;-) > > ./fxk >