Home and Small Office Solutions
With the rise of broadband and internet sharing, line congestion has become a major issue for network administrators. Connections are often swamped by large downloads, P2P file sharing, games and other network applications. This disrupts normal internet usage for the rest of the organization, resulting in lost time and frustrated users.
To address the issue we have introduced Bandwidth Controller. With over five years of research, testing and development, Bandwidth Controller combines powerful QoS and traffic shaping features without sacrificing ease of use or performance. Using automated traffic distribution and speed limiting, the product allows you to take full advantage of your line speed, enforcing fair and efficient usage across the entire organization.
Bandwidth Controller Standard contains many useful features for home and small office networks. It brings high performance traffic shaping to the desktop in a small, easy to use package. No server or gateway computer is needed as the product is designed for networks with a direct connection to the modem or router.
Prioritization
Give applications a boost using traffic prioritization. This feature delivers maximum throughput for time-sensitive network software including games, VoIP and video.
Speed Limiting
Speed limits allow you to cap the transfer rate for high bandwidth applications such as web downloads, peer-to-peer applications and FTP. Because the product operates at layer 3 in the TCP/IP stack, speed limits are protected from users and cannot be altered or exceeded in any way.
Traffic Monitoring
Internet usage is viewed using the built-in traffic monitor. It displays the amount of bandwidth being used, and the protocol, direction, user, port and traffic statistics.
Enterpise and ISP Solutions
Bandwidth Controller Enterprise is a scalable traffic shaping solution for corporate networks and service providers. It provides Layer 3 transaction processing for high performance, low latency bandwidth management across the entire organization.
The product can be installed on any internet gateway or server computer giving network administrators access to all internet streams for both upload and download directions. By using this architecture, bandwidth rules and product configuration are guarded against modification from end-users, with the additional benefit of transparent operation (i.e. client-side installation is not required).
Kernel level processing provides extra performance for high speed networks, with support for line speeds up to 8,000 Mbps. Real-time traffic such as VoIP and video is handled by the kernel processor using a combination of prioritization (QoS) and guaranteed service levels (SLAs), resulting in high quality network streams.
Guaranteed Bandwidth Levels
Service Level Agreements are implemented using rules that specify a minimum allocation for applications and protocols. These guaranteed bandwidth levels provide a consistent stream for applications such as VoIP that require a minimum level of bandwidth to function correctly.
Percentage Allocation
Bandwidth can be assigned on a percentage or ratio basis, giving specified users and protocols a greater allocation depending on their needs and characteristics. With this feature it is not necessary to set hard limits as the internet bandwidth is divided based on the available bandwidth at the time.
Dynamic Batch Rules
The dynamic rule feature makes it possible to process an entire group of users with just a single entry. This saves manually creating separate rules for each user, saving time and reducing complexity for administrators. It also provides automated bandwidth distribution policies for user groups, giving each user equal bandwidth only while they are actively using the internet resource.
Changelog:
(Bandwidth Controller version 1.21 beta 6)
- Fixed server lockup when maximum number of statistics were reached (1000)
- Changed traffic window so that inter-LAN connections are displayed. In previous versions they were only shown when there was a rule that covered the traffic stream
- Removed address range 10.0.0.0 to 10.255.255.255 from the list of private address ranges
- Fixed local and remote port columns not being displayed in the traffic window
