User Guide Appendix
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Appendix 1 - Equalizing Parameters, Units, & Defaults
Key Equalizing Parameters
Parameter Unit
Default What you can set to… Tips
Ratio
(RATIO)
Percentage
85
1-100
Default of 85% works for most
networks. To be more aggressive, use
70 or 75%. To be less aggressive,
raise it to 90%.
Bandwidth Up
(TRUNK_UP)
Mbps
Preferences->
Configuration
Units = Mbps
15360
Mbps
Size of your
outbound
network
pipe. Traffic from the LAN to
the WAN (Internet).
Always set to your License Level or
lower. License Level is shown as ## in
the message “
The system is
authorized to pass ## Mbps
.
”
Bandwidth
Down
(TRUNK_DOWN)
Mbps
15360
Mbps
Size of your
inbound
network
pipe. Traffic from the WAN
(Internet) to the LAN.
Always set to your License Level or
lower. License Level is shown as ## in
the message “
The system is
authorized to pass ## Mbps
.
”
Hog Minimum
(HOGMIN)
Mbps
1
(1000
Kbps)
For networks of size:
< 50Mbps .5
>= 50Mbps & <200Mbps .75
>=200Mbps & < 1Gbps 1.0
>=1Gbps 2.0
Default of 0.5Mbps (500 kbps) is set
so that VoIP, email, web-based
applications, web surfing, and chat is
below Hog Minimum.
Equalizing
Rules
(DEFAULT_RULES)
On/Off toggle On
Leave at Default of "on".
Must be "On" for Equalizing to kick in.
Turn off during installation if you want
to run throughput tests.
Additional Equalizing Parameters
Maximum
Penalty
(MAX_PENALTY)
Hundredths of
seconds
140
Rarely changed from Default
value.
Should be greater than PENALTY UNIT
and less than 200.
Penalty Unit
(PENALTY_UNIT)
N/A
5
For networks of size:
>= 10Mbps to < 50Mbps 2 - 3
>= 50 Mbps 1
PENALTY_UNIT is the minimum
penalty that will be inflicted on a
packet when a penalty is set up on an
IP address. Values for this variable are
integers in the range 1 - 100, with 1
being the least restrictive.
Connection
Tracking Table
Size
(BRAIN_SIZE)
Number of
Connections
(IP pairs) to
track in one
(1) second.
10000
For networks of size:
< 100Mbps 20000
>= 100Mbps & < 1Gbps 30000
>= 1Gbps 40000
How many connections (IP pairs) to
keep track of at one time during any
given second.
Inactive Tics
(INACTIVE_TICS)
Hundredths
of seconds
200
100-800
Rarely changed from Default
value.
1 (100) to 8 (800) seconds. Time
something tracked in Connection
Tracking Table without activity.