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Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 11:42:20 +0100
From: Helge Hafting <helgehaf@idb.hist.no>
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To: Rajeev Bector <rajeev@akamai.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: using TOS as a key in route cache
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Rajeev Bector wrote:
> 
> Guys
>  I am looking for a reason as to why we want
> to have different route cache entries for
> different IP ToS types. Does anyone have
> any insight into this ?

Because you may want to route time-critical stuff like
video through a dedicated fast network and slow stuff like email
through another.  Such a setup prevents an email burst from 
disrupting video.

There are many similiar uses.

Helge Hafting
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