A wireless network administrator needs to limit guest user TCP traffic to no more than 50,000 kb/s, to conserve bandwidth on the guest WLAN.
To do this, the administrator configures the average real-time rate to 50,000 kb/s and the burst real-time rate to 60,000 kb/s.
Why does a test of the guest account show no restriction for the client TCP traffic?
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A. B. C. D.A.
In this scenario, the wireless network administrator wants to limit the guest user TCP traffic to a maximum of 50,000 kb/s. To achieve this, the administrator configures the average real-time rate to 50,000 kb/s and the burst real-time rate to 60,000 kb/s. However, when testing the guest account, there is no restriction observed for the client TCP traffic.
The most likely reason for this issue is that the administrator has configured the wrong parameters. The real-time rate parameters are not suitable for limiting TCP traffic. These parameters are designed to control the amount of bandwidth allocated to real-time traffic, such as voice or video.
Therefore, answer choice A is correct. The administrator should have configured the average data rate and burst data rate instead of the real-time rates. The average data rate is the amount of data that can be transmitted per second on average, while the burst data rate is the maximum amount of data that can be transmitted in short bursts.
Answer choice B is incorrect because there is no requirement for the average real-time rate and burst real-time rate to be equal.
Answer choice C is also incorrect because there is no requirement for the average real-time rate to be higher than the burst real-time rate.
Answer choice D is incorrect because the administrator needs to configure the burst data rate to limit short bursts of traffic, not the average real-time rate.
In conclusion, to limit guest user TCP traffic to no more than 50,000 kb/s, the wireless network administrator should configure the average data rate and burst data rate, not the real-time rates.