How to Accelerate your Internet: A Practical Guide to Bandwidth Management and Optimization using Open Source Software

Access to sufficient Internet bandwidth enables worldwide electronic collaboration, access to informational resources, rapid and effective communication, and grants membership to a global community. Therefore, bandwidth is probably the single most critical resource at the disposal of a modern organisation.

The goal of this book is to provide practical information on how to gain the largest possible benefit from your connection to the Internet. By applying the monitoring and optimisation techniques discussed here, the effectiveness of your network can be significantly improved.

You will learn how to:

  • Establish a network access policy that balances users' needs and logistical necessities;
  • Implement extensive and informative network monitoring using free and open source tools;
  • Make changes to your network configuration, including web caching and protocol tuning, to drastically improve access times;
  • Optimise VSAT connections to reduce latency penalties and achieve the maximum possible performance;
  • Eliminate viruses and spam from your network, freeing up wasted bandwidth for good use.

The book was sponsored by INASP, and was produced in association with the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (http://www.ictp.it/), Aidworld (http://www.aidworld.org/), and Hacker Friendly LLC (http://hackerfriendly.com/).

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Publication and ordering details

Published jointly by INASP and CTP
299pp, 235x158mm
£5.95
ISBN-10: 0 9778093 1 5
ISBN-13: 978 9778093 1 8
Publication date: 2006
To order a print copy of the book, email inasp@inasp.info
A limited number of complimentary copies of this publication (in print) are available to libraries in developing and emerging countries. To request a free copy, please email inasp@inasp.info

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