December 2024
Beginner to intermediate
512 pages
13h 50m
English
Today, we review quality of service (QoS), which refers to the tools and techniques network administrators can use to prioritize traffic on a network.
Normal default operation for switches and routers is to process frames and packets in the order in which they are received. This first-in, first-out (FIFO) queueing mechanism does not discriminate between traffic types.
QoS tools are used to classify traffic types based on the following four characteristics:
Latency (delay): Latency, or delay, is the amount of time it takes for data to be sent to the receiver. ...
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