PacketController

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What PacketController can do?

PacketController is dedicated, flexible and cost effective traffic shaping solution, and it has the good Layer 7 application inspection plus flexible traffic shaping and comprehensive reporting, it provides a wealth of information on the network such as heavy users, bandwidth consumption by application and traffic pattern.

PacketController can speed up your network performance:

  • Optimize your network usage and performance
  • Move best effort delivery to a predictable service
  • Dedicates the correct amount of bandwidth to your users and applications
  • Increase user productivity, satisfaction and performance of all your applications
  • Enforce service level agreements with effective management of your bandwidth
  • Reduce management, support and maintenance costs
  • Allow the business to eliminate and delay costly bandwidth upgrades

    • How does the PacketController differ from other bandwidth management alternatives?

    PacketController is scalable bandwidth management solution based on net neutrality methodology.

  • Scalable to 520G link with 128K QoS policies loaded on one 2U appliance
  • Manage users fairly without constant application signatures upgrade
  • Manage bandwidth in both directions from a single policy
  • End to end management controlling bandwidth to CPE before wireless bandwidth is consumed
  • Manage all traffic types effectively including UDP
  • Integrated With External Cache
  • Cost effective

    • What Features are Available?

    PacketController represents the new generation of bandwidth management in policy enforcement. It provides all the features you need to control the amount of bandwidth with stunning performance.

    The unique features are:

  • Ability to classify both inbound and out bound traffic using a single policy
  • Fine grained control of Bandwidth Inbound, Outbound or total
  • VOIP bandwidth management
  • Automatic P2P bandwidth usage throttling

    • Where should I deploy PacketController on my network?

  • The PacketController operates as a Layer 2 switch (transparent mode) or a Layer 3 gateway (route mode).
  • L3 Gateway Mode: PacketController deployed as L3 gateway between Edge Router and Core Switch, one typical installation is to use dynamic routing protocols to redistribute the NAT pool. OSPF is used between the aggregation router and the PacketController device; BGP is configured between the BGP peering router and the PacketController device. The BGP peering router injects a default route towards the PacketController device and the PacketController device injects the configured NAT pool subnets.
  • L2 Switch Mode: It is pretty standard L2 switch transparent deployment; You can set up bridge on single Ethernet ports or a trunk which is a set of multiple ports configured as a single logical link.

    • Why do I need PacketController?

    The simple answer is convergence!

    There are essentially four main reasons why a corporation or organization should use PacketController:

  • Congestion: Bottlenecks can happen anywhere where traffic meets - at a server or a hub or at the point between the LAN and the WAN. PacketController specializes in managing the bottleneck between the LAN and WAN however it is also designed to be helpful across the entire network and can manage traffic to a server or other congestion points as well.
  • Prioritization: Not all data is equal in importance and data can vary in importance, PacketController lets you prioritize the traffic that is important to you.
  • Measurement and Accounting: Bandwidth is usually a very expensive and important resource and it is becoming more and more part of our lives. In order for a company to be able to correctly manage its asset we first need to measure it. This needs to be done in a way that the measurements can be accessed and reported on in a sensible way. With PacketController, measurement and accounting is a breeze.
  • ROI: A clear and short return on investment is a compelling reason in today's tough markets.

    • What are the business benefits for ISP?

    The key business benefits for ISP:

  • Manage your bandwidth investment, increase application performance
  • Increases network throughput & performance
  • Secure your network while optimizing & saving expensive bandwidth
  • Provides extensive visibility and control over internet usage
  • Manage all WAN connectivity e.g.: Fiber, ATM, MPLS, Diginet, Wireless and Satellite
  • Limit or remove unwanted or malicious traffic from the network
  • Provides detailed analysis and diagnostic support for networks

    • Does PacketController support Failover?

  • Yes, all PacketController platforms are shipped with built-in hardware failover NICs to eliminate download time caused by power off and firmware failure.
  • N+M Clustering (Active-Standby, Active-Active)

    • How much traffic could PacketController handle?

    520 Gigabit in full duplex on one 2U appliance and 4TB in N+M Clustering