Monthly Archives: July 2012

Classification and Marking Classify and mark as close to the ingress edge as possible. Mark or re-mark traffic when it reaches a trusted device in the network. There are only two IP QoS marking fields that are carried end to … Continue reading →

The difference between classification and marking is action. Classification tools categorize packets while marking changes packet headers. These tools lay the foundation upon which the rest of QoS is built. Classification — Perform classification closest to the source as possible … Continue reading →