Network Traffic Checklist

You can use the following checklist to determine if you have completed all the steps for characterizing network traffic:

• I have identified major traffic sources and stores on the existing network and documented traffic flow between them.

• I have categorized the traffic flow for each application as being terminal/host, client/server, peer-to-peer, server/server, or distributed computing.

• I have estimated the bandwidth requirements for each application.

• I have estimated bandwidth requirements for routing protocols.

• I have characterized network traffic in terms of broadcast/multicast rates, efficiency, frame sizes, windowing and flow control, and error-recovery mechanisms.

• I have categorized the QoS requirements of each application.