With the popularity of information and life, the content of online games and online film and television on-demand is becoming more and more abundant, the attractiveness is becoming more and more great, and the user group is developing rapidly, forming a powerful consumption force. According to statistics, the biggest consumption of customers when they go to Internet cafes is online games, film and television on-demand and download services.
Different users gathered in Internet cafes will choose different online games or download services. It is precisely because different services are often provided through servers of different operators, so it is often possible that Internet cafes using telecommunications networks cannot or cannot log in to Netcom, or when accessing telecom servers on China Unicom's network, the connection speed is obviously affected due to network restrictions. Users who go to Internet cafes often do not understand the reasons for this situation. If the needs are not met, they will naturally complain, which will cause dissatisfaction or even loss of customers, which will cause great headaches for Internet cafe owners and network administrators. For a long time, the discussion on solutions to such problems was once active in several major Internet cafe technology forums in China.
Interoperability barriers plaguing Internet cafes
Through the following simple test, let’s first understand the response time when network interoperability between different operators or regions, and thus infer its impact on the connection speed of Internet cafes.
Network management can use Ping, a common job to test network responses, and ping a familiar site under the DOS command to test network speed. According to the test conducted by * router manufacturer Xianuo Technology in Shenzhen, it may not be pinged from Telecom to Railway Communications. Although Netcom can generally ping the problem between Telecom and Telecom and Netcom, there will be a difference of 600ms. Let’s look at the interoperability of servers in other places. Taking the DNS of Heilongjiang Telecom and Netcom as an example, it takes at least 600ms for different operators to ping the servers of each other, while our websites in the United States are usually only about 200ms. This can be clearly seen that interoperability between networks of different operators will make many operations very slow or even unable to connect, which has a great impact.
In this case, the inconvenience caused by the interoperability barrier of telecom operators is highlighted. The access form of a single line and a single operator access can obviously no longer meet the customer's requirements. If the user cannot connect to the required server in this Internet cafe, or the connection speed is very slow, it will naturally flow to other Internet cafes with the required operator network. In order to retain customers and develop new customer sources, Internet cafes must consider configuring access methods for multi-operators. Internet cafes or enterprises that use multiple WAN routers often apply for multiple network operators due to the need for line backup, such as using the ADSL broadband services of China Telecom and China Unicom at the same time. In this way, when a certain network operator is disconnected, at least another line can withstand it. But on the other hand, multi-WAN routers generally provide services and provide link backup by providing dual-line load balancing. Although the network speed can be significantly improved, if the flow of some games and download services is not configured and scheduled, the speed will still be affected by network mutual visits.
The author learned from several Internet cafes in Guangzhou that in response to the problem of speed impacted by network mutual visits, some network management practices are to separate Internet cafes in several areas and introduce different routes respectively. This can indeed allow users with designated needs to surf at high speed on the network and server they choose, but in doing so, different regions cannot share resources, which will lose the meaning of multi-WAN access, and abandon the functions of multi-WAN router load balancing and line backup; another method is to reconfigure the gateway or use gateway switching software to select the corresponding operator's network connection. Many network management feel extremely inconvenient for this approach, because reconfiguring the gateway or using gateway switching software cannot be done once and for all. This is because the DNS setting needs to be fixed. Therefore, if the DNS of Netcom has been set, when the gateway switches to telecom, it is still necessary to manually modify the DNS to telecom, which is very cumbersome and time-consuming.
Key issues are highlighted, and policy routing is solved
How can a router determine which traffic is to telecom and which traffic is to China Unicom? Let the telecom gateway go to the telecommunications movie server, and the China Unicom gateway go to the China Unicom movie server? The above problems have prompted Internet cafe owners and network administrators to consider how to build a more convenient network and create a better service environment. To this end, network administrators have summarized two questions - how to achieve automatic switching of two lines without adding external devices? If you do not reset the gateway, how can you automatically switch different operators according to the needs of the game, so as to achieve the best route to start the game and download service and ensure the results of the selected game and download service?
At this time, choosing a strategic router will be a very simple and practical solution. It is understood that there are currently some multi-WAN access routers with strategic routing functions on the market, and * Xianuo Technology is a representative of a developer and manufacturing company. These products can be combined with different access solutions. You only need to find out the IP addresses of different operator servers, and you can automatically analyze all the drivers on the entire network through binding protocols or specified routing settings, and bring the analyzed traffic to the corresponding operator servers.
According to Mr. Zhang Jianqing, an engineer at Xianuo Technology, there are two methods for policy routing configuration: one is to use the binding protocol method, and set the respective operators' WAN lines according to the IP address of the telecom server; the other is to use the specified routing settings, and set the external gateway and WAN lines of the telecom server according to the IP address of the telecom server. Both methods can achieve the purpose of policy routing. The biggest difference is that the general binding method can allow a smaller number of settings, while the binding method can allow a larger number of settings. Users can choose a method according to their needs or use it in conjunction with each other. When connecting to the game or movie server of different operators through the same router, you can specify specific applications to surf the Internet to a specific WAN port to regulate the flow of different games and movie servers so that these services can achieve the best results. General resources can continue to use the load balancing function provided by multi-WAN routers to share bandwidth.
In this way, through simple settings of the router, different users in Internet cafes can freely choose different online games or download services, enjoy flexible and smooth connections, and ensure the smooth connection of Internet cafes without the need to add dedicated lines, no hard partitioning, no need to constantly configure gateways or install gateway switching software, and ensure the smooth connection of Internet cafes to different customers. In addition, network management can also understand the connection and traffic situation through supervision, and promptly deal with emergencies.
Conclusion
The problem of broadband network interconnection is different across the country. At the same time, many special servers on the network usually have access restrictions. The problem of poor network access caused by this is impossible to avoid in a short period of time. After the boot function is realized through multi-WAN routers with policy routing functions, the impact caused by network interoperability barriers between telecom operators can be minimized. In fact, many Internet cafes or universities do this now.
Internet cafes use routers with strategic routing functions to build Internet cafe networks and provide games and service support for different telecommunications operations freely, so as to create a better service environment for customers, solve users' requirements from reality, and effectively improve the quality and attractiveness of Internet cafes.
Different users gathered in Internet cafes will choose different online games or download services. It is precisely because different services are often provided through servers of different operators, so it is often possible that Internet cafes using telecommunications networks cannot or cannot log in to Netcom, or when accessing telecom servers on China Unicom's network, the connection speed is obviously affected due to network restrictions. Users who go to Internet cafes often do not understand the reasons for this situation. If the needs are not met, they will naturally complain, which will cause dissatisfaction or even loss of customers, which will cause great headaches for Internet cafe owners and network administrators. For a long time, the discussion on solutions to such problems was once active in several major Internet cafe technology forums in China.
Interoperability barriers plaguing Internet cafes
Through the following simple test, let’s first understand the response time when network interoperability between different operators or regions, and thus infer its impact on the connection speed of Internet cafes.
Network management can use Ping, a common job to test network responses, and ping a familiar site under the DOS command to test network speed. According to the test conducted by * router manufacturer Xianuo Technology in Shenzhen, it may not be pinged from Telecom to Railway Communications. Although Netcom can generally ping the problem between Telecom and Telecom and Netcom, there will be a difference of 600ms. Let’s look at the interoperability of servers in other places. Taking the DNS of Heilongjiang Telecom and Netcom as an example, it takes at least 600ms for different operators to ping the servers of each other, while our websites in the United States are usually only about 200ms. This can be clearly seen that interoperability between networks of different operators will make many operations very slow or even unable to connect, which has a great impact.
In this case, the inconvenience caused by the interoperability barrier of telecom operators is highlighted. The access form of a single line and a single operator access can obviously no longer meet the customer's requirements. If the user cannot connect to the required server in this Internet cafe, or the connection speed is very slow, it will naturally flow to other Internet cafes with the required operator network. In order to retain customers and develop new customer sources, Internet cafes must consider configuring access methods for multi-operators. Internet cafes or enterprises that use multiple WAN routers often apply for multiple network operators due to the need for line backup, such as using the ADSL broadband services of China Telecom and China Unicom at the same time. In this way, when a certain network operator is disconnected, at least another line can withstand it. But on the other hand, multi-WAN routers generally provide services and provide link backup by providing dual-line load balancing. Although the network speed can be significantly improved, if the flow of some games and download services is not configured and scheduled, the speed will still be affected by network mutual visits.
The author learned from several Internet cafes in Guangzhou that in response to the problem of speed impacted by network mutual visits, some network management practices are to separate Internet cafes in several areas and introduce different routes respectively. This can indeed allow users with designated needs to surf at high speed on the network and server they choose, but in doing so, different regions cannot share resources, which will lose the meaning of multi-WAN access, and abandon the functions of multi-WAN router load balancing and line backup; another method is to reconfigure the gateway or use gateway switching software to select the corresponding operator's network connection. Many network management feel extremely inconvenient for this approach, because reconfiguring the gateway or using gateway switching software cannot be done once and for all. This is because the DNS setting needs to be fixed. Therefore, if the DNS of Netcom has been set, when the gateway switches to telecom, it is still necessary to manually modify the DNS to telecom, which is very cumbersome and time-consuming.
Key issues are highlighted, and policy routing is solved
How can a router determine which traffic is to telecom and which traffic is to China Unicom? Let the telecom gateway go to the telecommunications movie server, and the China Unicom gateway go to the China Unicom movie server? The above problems have prompted Internet cafe owners and network administrators to consider how to build a more convenient network and create a better service environment. To this end, network administrators have summarized two questions - how to achieve automatic switching of two lines without adding external devices? If you do not reset the gateway, how can you automatically switch different operators according to the needs of the game, so as to achieve the best route to start the game and download service and ensure the results of the selected game and download service?
At this time, choosing a strategic router will be a very simple and practical solution. It is understood that there are currently some multi-WAN access routers with strategic routing functions on the market, and * Xianuo Technology is a representative of a developer and manufacturing company. These products can be combined with different access solutions. You only need to find out the IP addresses of different operator servers, and you can automatically analyze all the drivers on the entire network through binding protocols or specified routing settings, and bring the analyzed traffic to the corresponding operator servers.
According to Mr. Zhang Jianqing, an engineer at Xianuo Technology, there are two methods for policy routing configuration: one is to use the binding protocol method, and set the respective operators' WAN lines according to the IP address of the telecom server; the other is to use the specified routing settings, and set the external gateway and WAN lines of the telecom server according to the IP address of the telecom server. Both methods can achieve the purpose of policy routing. The biggest difference is that the general binding method can allow a smaller number of settings, while the binding method can allow a larger number of settings. Users can choose a method according to their needs or use it in conjunction with each other. When connecting to the game or movie server of different operators through the same router, you can specify specific applications to surf the Internet to a specific WAN port to regulate the flow of different games and movie servers so that these services can achieve the best results. General resources can continue to use the load balancing function provided by multi-WAN routers to share bandwidth.
In this way, through simple settings of the router, different users in Internet cafes can freely choose different online games or download services, enjoy flexible and smooth connections, and ensure the smooth connection of Internet cafes without the need to add dedicated lines, no hard partitioning, no need to constantly configure gateways or install gateway switching software, and ensure the smooth connection of Internet cafes to different customers. In addition, network management can also understand the connection and traffic situation through supervision, and promptly deal with emergencies.
Conclusion
The problem of broadband network interconnection is different across the country. At the same time, many special servers on the network usually have access restrictions. The problem of poor network access caused by this is impossible to avoid in a short period of time. After the boot function is realized through multi-WAN routers with policy routing functions, the impact caused by network interoperability barriers between telecom operators can be minimized. In fact, many Internet cafes or universities do this now.
Internet cafes use routers with strategic routing functions to build Internet cafe networks and provide games and service support for different telecommunications operations freely, so as to create a better service environment for customers, solve users' requirements from reality, and effectively improve the quality and attractiveness of Internet cafes.