WAN Acceleration Overview

The WAN Acceleration service allows you to accelerate WAN traffic between a central site and a branch site by using Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), Windows File Sharing (WFS), and a Web Cache. The SonicWALL WXA series appliance is deployed in conjunction with a SonicWALL NSA/TZ series appliance. In this type of deployment, the NSA/TZ series appliance provides dynamic security services, such as attack prevention, Virtual Private Network (VPN), routing, and Web Content Filtering. The WAN Acceleration service can increase application performance.

For detailed information about the WAN Acceleration service and configuration procedures, please refer to the SonicWALL WXA Administration Guide for SonicOS 5.8/5.9/6.1.