Application Prioritization

The Edge2WAN appliance supports several methods for prioritizing traffic, including URL shaping (where traffic can be prioritized based on the destination), and application shaping (where the traffic can be prioritized based on a defined application classification).

Administrative Shaping

These methods for controlling bandwidth are called administrative shaping controls. They allow the administrator to set more general rules for which traffic is preferred and which traffic has lower important for the organization.

Application Classification
The Edge2WAN includes a number of pre-defined applications from which to choose from however the network administrator can also define their own applications based on:

• Name
• Protocol
• Port (Source / Destination)
• and String Identifier

Application Prioritization
Once define an application can be set to one of 5 levels of prioritization within the shaping engine. By changing the queuing for each level the Edge2WAN platform is able to effect application responsiveness and smooth packet streams.

URL Prioritization
Similar to application shaping the Edge2WAN is also able to prioritize bandwidth based on the destination URL. This is useful if end-users go to a specific website and/or SaaS service. It can also be used for prioritizing certain FTP sites, or for Citrix and RDP users. Simply define the remote URL/network and assign the level of priority.