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Once your BBSM server has been set up and configured, you may want to configure additional parameters or customize your system. This chapter guides you to this information.
For complete information and instructions on customizing or creating page sets, refer to the Cisco BBSM SDK Developer Guide. In the Preface to this document, see the Obtaining Documentation section.
BBSM allows service operators to define various free access links to specific web sites. This functionality is known as Walled Gardens.
A Walled Garden offers the end-user valuable services and also generates incremental revenue or reduces costs for the operator. As an added dimension, the Walled Garden can be targeted using BBSM's location-based policies to present different links to users in different physical locations, such as the club floor of a hotel. The following are typical Walled Garden links:
To add walled garden links to your start page, contact your web developer.
BBSM Bandwidth Management allows the administrator of the BBSM server to control the bandwidth allocated to end users.
This section explains how to configure and use the BBSM Bandwidth Management feature. Figure 8-1 shows BBSM Bandwidth Management on the BBSM server.
BBSM bandwidth management is located on the internal interface of the BBSM server. Because all packets pass through the internal interface, the BBSM Bandwidth Management feature can be used with any network topology.
Follow these steps to activate the Bandwidth Manager feature.
Step 2 Click the Server button.
Step 3 Check Bandwidth Manager.
Step 4 Click Update.
Step 5 Closes WEBconfig.
If you are accepting the default settings for the parameters listed in the following table, you do not need to do anything more. However, if necessary, you can fine-tune BBSM Bandwidth Manager by changing parameter settings in the Windows 2000 registry on BBSM.
The parameters listed below can be adjusted. These parameters should be sized based on the peak number of users expected on the BBSM server. If this maximum is occasionally exceeded, performance is impacted but BBSM continues to operate correctly.
Table 8-1 BBSM Bandwidth Management Configurable Parameters
To change a parameter value, you must edit the AtNat parameters in the Windows 2000 registry. If you are accepting the default values, you do not need to edit the registry. Note that you can only make these changes locally, not from a remote server.
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Caution Incorrect registry settings can render your BBSM server unusable. Alter only the parameters listed in Table 8-1. Always backup the registry before making any changes. |
The following procedure gives an example of how to change the registry to optimize Bandwidth Manager.
Step 2 Enter regedit.
Step 3 Click OK. The Registry Editor window appears. (See Figure 8-3.)
Step 4 To back up the file before making any changes, choose Registry > Export Registry File.
Step 5 Double-click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
Step 6 Navigate to System > CurrentControlSet > Services > ATNAT > Parameters.
Step 7 Right-click anywhere in the right pane of the Registry Editor window.
Step 8 From the New > drop-down menu, select DWORD Value. (See Figure 8-4.)
Step 9 Rename the entry to the parameter name you want to change. For applicable parameter names, see Table 8-1.
Step 10 Double-click the new parameter name. (See Figure 8-5. Note that BTWQueueSize is shown here only as an example.)
The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. (See Figure 8-6.)
Step 11 Click Decimal.
Step 12 In the Value data field, enter the new value in the appropriate units for that parameter name. See Table 8-1 for a list of parameters.
Step 14 To make other changes or additions, do one of the following.
Step 15 When done, close the Registry Editor window.
Step 16 Select Start > Shut Down > Restart.
Posted: Fri Mar 7 14:49:37 PST 2003
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