The Network Layer

The tests mapped to the Network layer reveal the following:

  • The availability of the equalizer and its responsiveness to requests
  • The quality of network connections to the equalizer;
  • The speed and bandwidth used by each of the network interfaces supported by the equalizer.

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Figure 1 : The tests mapped to the Network layer

Since all the tests displayed in Figure 1 have been dealt with extensively in the Monitoring Cisco Routers, let us proceed to the next layer.