Chapter 16 Bandwidth Management

 

 

 

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

Port Range

Enter the range of ports for which the bandwidth management rule

 

 

applies.

 

 

 

 

Policy

Select Max or Min and specify the maximum or minimum bandwidth

 

 

allowed for the rule in bits per second in the field below.

 

 

 

 

Rate (bps)

Type or select the maximum or minimum bandwidth allowed (refer to

 

 

the field above) for the rule in bits per second.

 

 

If you type the amount of bandwidth, the selection automatically

 

 

becomes User Defined. If you select the amount of bandwidth, the

 

 

field automatically displays the value in Kbps.

 

 

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your customized settings.

 

 

 

 

Reset

Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

 

16.5.3 Predefined Bandwidth Management Services

The following is a description of the services that you can select and to which you can apply media bandwidth management in the Management > Bandwidth MGMT > Advanced screen.

Table 58 Media Bandwidth Management Setup: Services

SERVICE

DESCRIPTION

FTP

File Transfer Program enables fast transfer of files, including large files

 

that may not be possible by e-mail. FTP uses port number 21.

 

 

WWW

The World Wide Web (WWW) is an Internet system to distribute

 

graphical, hyper-linked information, based on Hyper Text Transfer

 

Protocol (HTTP) - a client/server protocol for the World Wide Web. The

 

Web is not synonymous with the Internet; rather, it is just one service

 

on the Internet. Other services on the Internet include Internet Relay

 

Chat and Newsgroups. The Web is accessed through use of a browser.

 

WWW uses port 80.

 

 

Telnet

Telnet is the login and terminal emulation protocol common on the

 

Internet and in UNIX environments. It operates over TCP/IP networks.

 

Its primary function is to allow users to log into remote host systems.

 

Telnet uses port 23.

 

 

E-Mail

Electronic mail consists of messages sent through a computer network

 

to specific groups or individuals. Here are some default ports for e-mail:

 

POP3 - port 110

 

SMTP - port 25

 

 

VoIP (SIP)

Sending voice signals over the Internet is called Voice over IP or VoIP.

 

Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) is an internationally recognized

 

standard for implementing VoIP. SIP is an application-layer control

 

(signaling) protocol that handles the setting up, altering and tearing

 

down of voice and multimedia sessions over the Internet.

 

SIP is transported primarily over UDP but can also be transported over

 

TCP, using the default port number 5060.

 

 

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