Network Traffic: What's your Priority?

Virtually any business/enterprise network is likely to see situations in which network utilization spikes unexpectedly, resulting in congestion, 'slow access' and other types of interruption.

This pain is most commonly experienced at the Internet gateway. Someone discovers it's not really a good idea to send a 53MB video file to 107 of his closest friends, or a malware outbreak saturates the connection with spam relays or 'warez' downloads.

Using Cisco NetFlow to Monitor WAN Traffic

Wide Area Networks (WANs) are commonly used to connect businesses and institutions with remote branches and field sites. One of the chief advantages of WAN connectivity is the ability to locate key services at a central location, and share those resources with many other geographically-disbursed sites. Technical staffing requirements can be significantly reduced by allowing remote administration and systems management to take place entirely from the main site.