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Traffic Shaper Comparison Chart

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Medusa provides a range of enterprise network appliances and patented “smart” technologies that offer extremely simplicity, continued reliability, and amazing functionality at a fraction of the cost of other technology solutions.

Medusa’s modular design allows an organization to ensure that the appliance meets 100% of their technology needs. Medusa philosophy falls back to the idea of keeping everything simple while delivering powerful results. A single Medusa appliance can provide a turn-key solution to a large organization delivering:

• Enterprise, Hosted Telephone System
• Firewall
• Traffic Shaper/Bandwidth Management
• WI-FI Controller
• Network Management Server

Network Role	Medusa	NetEqualizer	Packeteer
Appliance Cost	$1200.00	$4000.00	$9800.00
Traffic Equalizing
Router Functionality
Graphic User Interface
User Friendly Web Interface
Shape Traffic by hard limitation
Shape Traffic based on VLAN
Shape Traffic by Hard Limitation with Burst
Shape Traffic by defining bandwidth quotas
Guarantee Bandwidth
Generate Tiered Service Plans
PPS Traffic Limitation for Accuracy
Documentation Database
VLAN Management
Public IP Allocation and Management
Built-in DHCP Server
Built-in DNS Server
Built-in e-mail abuse detection
Basic Reporting Functionality
Packet-Queue Reporting Functionality
Dynamic Log E-mail Reporting Functionality
Bandwidth Slice based Functionality
Generate Billing Reports
Parsed Graphic Reports with User Selection
Volume Usage Reports
WiFi Management and Usage Reports
Hot Spot Functionality
User Account Authentication System
Router Level QoS and Management
Generate QoS Channel Based graphs
Remote Switch Configuration
Remote Access Point Configuration
Implement and Maintain Load Balancing
Implement and Maintain Fail-Over Functionality
Single-Click Configuration backup restore
Complete Network Monitoring
Client Management by Client Name
Single Click Public IP Assignment
Basic Firewall
Advanced Individual Client Firewall
Mail Server Services
Lookup Connections by Room
Easy-to-Use Troubleshooting Toolkit
Client Device Monitor
Real Time Client Bandwidth Monitor
Traffic Log Reporting
Single-Click Client Configuration and Provision
Little or no recurring cost or labor
Basic Reporting by behavior used to stop abuse
Low Entry Cost

Does your Traffic Shaper provide answers to the following questions?

1. How much bandwidth is sufficient to meet my current users' demands?
2. How much bandwidth is used at peak times?
3. How much bandwidth is used at off-hours?
4. How are the users using the internet?
5. Which users are using large amounts of bandwidth and at what times?
6. Do I have enough bandwidth to sell dedicated slices?
7. Do I have enough bandwidth to support my next user?
8. How much bandwidth do I need over the next three years?
9. Can I see a real-time display of what traffic is passing through my network according to each user?
10. Can I stop certain users from abusing the internet?
11. Am I maximizing my internet revenue by creating internet service plans?
12. Do I have a way of running internet billing reports automatically based on service groups or internet usage?
13. What users are currently bypassing my phone services by using third-party solutions such as skype, vonage?

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