Hi Albert, I'm using Netbarrier from Intego (but not their AV app) and I see this... ps axwwl | grep -i netbarrier 0 57 1 0 31 0 600172 168 - Ss ?? 0:00.01 /bin/sh /Library/StartupItems/NetBarrierKPI/load 0 89 57 0 31 0 87964 1800 - S ?? 6:49.25 /Library/StartupItems/NetBarrierKPI/NetBarrier Daemon X5.app/Contents/MacOS/NetBarrier Daemon X5 502 14803 134 0 46 0 419412 3672 - S ?? 19:03.23 /Applications/NetBarrier Monitor.app/Contents/MacOS/NetBarrier Monitor -psn_0_6948512 Rgds, Guy ... View more

Hi Kisito, The answer is "it depends" :-) If you are on a voice call and the packets are dropped, you're likely to hear a "click" or a pause. If a large number of packets get dropped, eventually the call will be dropped. If you are on a web browser looking at a web page, then the TCP session will detect the packet loss and the packet will be retransmitted. If there is sustained loss, then you'll most likely see the page will be delayed in coming up on your browser. If you're talking about email, the chances are that you won't ever notice. It will just be handled in the background when the congestion has gone away. Rgds, Guy ... View more

Hi Kisito, I'm not familiar with how these apply to UAC, but in general terms, what you're describing is a form of two rate three colour marking (with some bursts). Imagine that you define two rates (Rc and Rp). If we're talking leaky bucket mechanisms, then the rate is related to the size of the hole in the bucket (i.e. the rate at which traffic can be transmitted). While traffic is being transmitted at a rate below Rc, that is considered to be within the Committed Rate. Between Rc and Rp the traffic is considered to be above the Committed Rate but within the Peak Rate. Above Rp, the traffic is considered to be in excess. Going back to the leaky bucket mechanism, bursts are usually used to define the size of the bucket. So, you can fill the bucket up to the maximum burst size (i.e. instantaneously, you receive N packets, which fill the bucket. From that point on, you will empty the bucket at Rate and you can refill it at Rate, but if you exceed Rate at all, the packets are dropped. If you go below Rate for a period, then you have some of your burst back). Committed burst, Peak burst and excess burst are just the burst sizes that are available while you are in each of those states with your general traffic flow. With two rates, you can effectively get three colours (or classes) If Actual Rate = Ra, you have Ra < Rc = within Committed Rate Rc < Ra < Rp = within Peak Rate Rp < Ra = within Excess Rate With one rate, you can only create two colours (or classes) Ra < Rp = Within Allowed (peak) Rate Ra > Rp = Within Excess Rate. Hope that helps. Guy ... View more

Hi, I'm not sure what the process names would be for the ones you mention, but I thought I'd point out that neither Kaspersky nor AVG currently make AV for Mac. The other producer of Mac AV, in addition to McAfee, Norton and Sophos, is Intego. I personally use ClamXav, which is fine for my personal requirements. Rgds, Guy ... View more

Hi Sergio, I'm afraid I don't have any direct experience of the Huawei or 3Com switches, but the Trapeze Networks switches (some of which were OEMed by 3Com) use the same authorization parameters that most L2 switches use to identify the behaviour of the port. IIRC, it's something like Tunnel-Medium-Type (6 = IEEE-802), Tunnel-Type (13 = VLAN) and Tunnel-Private-ID, which is used to carry the VLAN tag. If there is any logging on the Huawei, try turning on logging of AAA authorization. That may also give you a hint as to what it believes is missing. Hope that helps, Rgds, Guy ... View more