PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual
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Appendix C.
Case Studies
C.1
Performance Optimization
C.1.1
Scenario
In this scenario, email and web browsing are the two main Internet services used by the
LAN users.
The mail server is external to the network.
The connections are ADSL (with slow uplink and fast downlink) and Metro Ethernet
(symmetric).
C.1.2
Solution
The solution is to individually set the WAN loading balance according to the service.
Web browsing mainly downloads data; sending e-mails mainly consumes upload
bandwidth.
Both connections offer good download speeds; WAN2 offers good upload speeds.
Define WAN1 and WAN2's inbound and outbound bandwidths to be 3M/512k and
4M/4M respectively.
For HTTP, set the weight to 3 : 4.
For SMTP, set the weight to 1 : 8, such that users will have a greater chance to be
routed via WAN2 when sending e-mail.
C.1.3
Settings
1.
Add a new load distribution rule for HTTP.
2.
Add a new load distribution rule for SMTP.
In general, to add a new load distributions rule:
Click on
Add Rule
to add a new load
distribution rule.
Select
Custom Outbound
Traffic Rules