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)
Bytes
per second
192000
(T1)
Size of your
outbound
network
pipe. Traffic from the LAN to
the WAN (Internet).
Convert Mbps or Gbps to Bytes per
second.
Conversion Formulas:
= Mbps/8 * 1,024,000
=(Gbps*1,000)/8 * 1,024,000
Bandwidth
Down
(TRUNK_DOWN)
Bytes
per second
192000
(T1)
Size of your
inbound
network
pipe. Traffic from the WAN
(internet) to the LAN.
Convert Mbps or Gbps to Bytes per
second.
Conversion Formulas:
= Mbps/8 * 1,024,000
=(Gbps*1,000)/8 * 1,024,000
Hog Minimum
(HOGMIN)
Bytes
per second
12000
(96
kilobits)
For networks of size:
< 50Mbps 20000
>=50Mbps & <100Mbps 30000
>=100Mbps &< 1Gbps 60000
>=1Gbps 100000
Default of 12000 (96kbps) is set so
that VoIP, email, chat, and web surfing
is below HOGMIN.
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
Moving
Average
(MOVING_AVG)
Number of
Seconds
8
Recommend you do not change
from Default value.
Used to determine network hogs.
Keeps NetEqualizer from penalizing
short bursts of activity.
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)
Hundredths of
seconds
2
For networks of size:
>= 10Mbps to < 50Mbps 2 - 3
>= 50 Mbps 1
The faster the trunk the less radical
the PENALTY should be and Penalty
Unit will adjust that. For example, 10
would delay all packets by 1/10 of a
second when a penalty is in effect.
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.
Penalty Time
(ANCIENT)
Seconds
20
Rarely changed from Default
value.
Should not need to change.
How long to keep a penalty in effect.
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.
Dynamic
Hogmin
(DYNAMIC_HMIN)
On/Off
OFF
ON or OFF. Use this to punish
P2P users more as they utilize
more bandwidth. Read more in
A Smarter Way to Limit P2P
.
See
Smart Connection Limits
to set
up.
When ON, bandwidth is allocated
based on the number of connections
used by a given IP.
Dynamic
Hogmin
Connections
(DHMIN_CONN)
Number of
Connections
(IP pairs) per
user.
10
Number of allowed connections
per user. Used with Dynamic
Hogmin. Value is ignored
unless Dynamic Hogmin=ON.
See
Smart Connection Limits
to set
up.
Defines the level where P2P users
are restricted more aggressively when
the network is under load.
