Friday, September 30, 2011 - 14:57
Local area networks of any significant size, which almost certainly encompasses all those at educational organisations, are complex and unpredictable systems. The traffic flows produced within these networks, and the interactions between different flows within network components such as switches, are highly complex. Classifying, policing and priority queuing allow the network administrator some control over how these flows transit the network, and – crucially for voice and video traffic – allow time-critical traffic to have priority over other, less time-sensitive traffic.
