Improving Device Performance
Upgrade the devices (routers) and computers that connect backbones to the WAN
- Select devices with lower “latency”
- Time it takes in converting input packets to output packets
Examine the routing protocol (static or dynamic)
- Dynamic routing
- Increases performance in networks with many possible routes from one computer to another
- Better suited for “bursty” traffic
- Imposes an overhead cost (additional traffic)
- Reduces overall network capacity
- Should not exceed 20%