Bandwidth is the rate at which data can be transmitted across a network in a fixed amount of time, usually measured in Megabits per second (Mbps). Users of the essensys network are allocated an amount of bandwidth on shared or dedicated pipes at each of their sites for uploading data to or downloading data from the internet.
Tip: An internet connection with a larger bandwidth moves a set amount of data much faster than an internet connection with a lower bandwidth. You can use the bandwidth reports in the essensys Platform to monitor the bandwidth usage at a site, on particular pipes, and for a specific occupier either on shared or dedicated pipes. This lets you identify any issues relating to contention or over-use, and act accordingly. For more information, see Bandwidth usage reports.
Note: Pipes are also often described as "services" in networking.
Rules about pipes and bandwidth connections
At most essensys sites, there are three available pipes. The shared pipes standard and superfast, and the dedicated pipe.
Note: The naming of these pipes is agreed when your network is initially created, and may not exactly match the preceding names.
Regardless of whether the occupier is using wired or wireless connections, the bandwidth allocation is always set to the pipe they have been allocated to.
Where Telephony services are managed by essensys, the associated bandwidth usage is not included in the bandwidth usage reports.
Internet connections are synchronous on the essensys network. This means that connections offer the same upload and download speeds.
Note: This affects thresholds on the bandwidth usage reports. The thresholds reflect the capacity for each connection and not the combined capacity. Thus, if the lines on your graph represent upload and download speed, and the threshold is 20Mbps (say), the upload capacity is 20Mbps and the download capacity is also 20Mbps.To upgrade an occupier from the standard to the superfast pipe, or from the superfast to a dedicated pipe, you should upgrade their internet service.
Tip: To ensure that there is no service disruption, essensys recommends that you assign them the new (upgraded) service, and only remove their old service once the new service is activated.
Standard pipe
This is the shared bandwidth pipe at the site with the standard bandwidth allocation.
Info: The speed will depend on the number of people sharing the pipe.
Type: | Shared |
Example approximate capacity: | 100-500Mbps |
Superfast pipe
This is the shared bandwidth pipe at the site that is configured to offer better speeds.
Info: The speed will depend on the number of people sharing the pipe.
Type: | Shared |
Example approximate capacity: | 200-1,000Mbps |
Dedicated pipe
A client on a dedicated pipe has an allocation of bandwidth to themselves. This means that bandwidth usage by other occupiers should not impact their service.
Info: The speed is flexible. If you have a larger company, you will probably want a larger capacity.
Type: | Dedicated |
Example approximate capacity: | Custom. Typically, between 20 and 1,000 Mbps. |
