Open Source Packeteer Equivalent?

I am looking for a free implementation of the Packeteer product,
specifically the WAN compression/"expander". Anyone know if such a
beast exists for Linux?



wczimmerman

wczimmerman <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I am looking for a free implementation of the Packeteer product,
> specifically the WAN compression/"expander". Anyone know if such a
> beast exists for Linux?

I don't know of one, but if all else fails, you may want to consider
using OpenVPN to route all your WAN traffic. It provides compression
(when the traffic stream allows).

Chris

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wczimmerman wrote:
| I am looking for a free implementation of the Packeteer product,
| specifically the WAN compression/"expander". Anyone know if such a
| beast exists for Linux?
|

do you mean the packet shaper Packeteer?

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Yes. I am not fully up to speed on what Packeteer does, but our
Network Team is interested in any alternatives from the open source
world.

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wczimmerman wrote:
| Yes. I am not fully up to speed on what Packeteer does, but our
| Network Team is interested in any alternatives from the open source
| world.
|

Linux has a traffic shaping feature. you wont get the pretty build-in
GUI that comes with the Packeteer product but can do some decent
shaping. dont know about compression as a traffic shaper (or bridge)
shouldnt really need to compress, it should just adjust the window size
or packet rate.

check out http://www.knowplace.org/shaper/ or any iproute2 doco.


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product we don't offer.

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