Optibase MGW 2400 WMT - Manual (Page 132)

Appendix C • Optimizing your Network
not adversely affect other segments. In this case, clusters of
people will have access to resources from the same common
device that connects them to the backbone.
Exploit new Technologies for your Backbone
Your backbone should be larger than the pipes that connect to
it. If your network is entirely 100BaseT, a 100BaseT connection
is probably not going to be big enough for the backbone. Use of
ATM or Gigabit Ethernet will help you solve bottleneck
problems along the company backbone.
Use protocol shaping and Protocol Shapers
Protocol shaping is becoming more and more popular as a way
of controlling bandwidth use within organizations. Protocol
shapers are hardware devices that allocate network resources
according to specific protocols.
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