Chapter 26 Bandwidth Management

See Appendix F on page 301 for commonly used services and port numbers.

26.6 Monitor Screen

Use this screen to view the amount of network bandwidth that applications running in the network are using.

The bandwidth is measured in kilobits per second (kbps).

The monitor shows what kinds of applications are running in the network, the maximum kbps that each application can use, as well as the percentage of bandwidth it is using.

Figure 128 Management > Bandwidth Management > Monitor

26.6.1 Predefined Bandwidth Management Services

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

Table 82 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.

 

 

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.

 

 

E-MailElectronic mail consists of messages sent through a computer network to

 

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

 

 

 

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