WANaccel_TCP

WAN Acceleration > TCP Acceleration

The WAN Acceleration > TCP Acceleration page provides an overview of how to configure and monitor the TCP Acceleration service. The details of this page include configuration, statistics, and connections.

Figure 85:30   Configuring TCP Acceleration

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Name

Description

Configuration Tab

Enable the TCP Acceleration service and selects the mode, service object, and exclude objects. The WAN Acceleration feature must be enabled before you can enable or configure the TCP Acceleration service. Enable WAN Acceleration in the WAN Acceleration > Status page. See Configuration Tab for details.

Statistics Tab

Displays egress and ingress data for the TCP Acceleration service. See Statistics Tab for details.

Connections Tab

Displays a detailed list of the TCP Acceleration connection results, such as start and end time stamps, source IP address and port, and destination IP address and port. Use these results to monitor the performance of your TCP Acceleration service. See Connections Tab for details.

Configuration Tab

Figure 85:31   TCP Acceleration Configuration

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Name

Description

Enable TCP Acceleration

Enables or disables the TCP Acceleration service. This is selected by default.

TCP Acceleration Mode

Selects exceptions to the TCP Acceleration service.

TCP Acceleration Service Object

Selects service objects to exclude from the TCP Acceleration service. To add new service objects to the drop-down list, navigate to Network > Address Objects. Note: The option for choosing a TCP Acceleration service object is grayed out if the TCP Acceleration mode does not support it.

Address object always excluded from TCP Acceleration

Selects address objects to always exclude from the TCP Acceleration service. To add an address object to the drop-down list, navigate to Network > Address Objects.

Statistics Tab

Figure 85:32   TCP Acceleration Statistics

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Name

Description

Covering Period

Click the Covering Period drop-down list and select the period of time the data displays on the Statistics tab.

Refresh Actions

Refreshes the WAN Acceleration > Statistics tab. The refresh interval can be entered in the text field. The interval can be increased to a maximum of 600 seconds.
Click the Refresh symbol to manually update the Statistics tab.
Click the Pause button to stop updates on the page.

Data and Graphs

Displays read-only data for the following:

  • Egress/Ingress Total Data Reduction percentage

  • Egress/Ingress WAN capacity increase factor

  • New Connections

  • Closed Connections

  • Egress/Ingress data illustrated with bar graphs

Connections Tab

Figure 85:33   TCP Acceleration Connections

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Name

Description

Remote Node

Select the remote node that your SonicWALL WXA series appliance is associated with.

# Entries

Select the number of entries to display in the Connections tab.

Refresh Actions

Refreshes the WAN Acceleration > Connections tab. The refresh interval can be entered in the text field. The interval can be increased to a maximum of 600 seconds.
Click the Refresh symbol to manually update the Connections tab.
Click the Pause button to stop updates on the page.

Start Time

Indicates the starting time of a connection.

End Time

Indicates the ending time of a connection.

Initiator

Displays what type of network initiated the connection.

Remote Node

Displays the node that is receiving the connection request.

Src IP

Displays the IP address where the connection started.

Src Port

Displays the port number that the connection request was sent from.

Dest IP

Displays the destination IP address.

Dest Port

Displays the destination port number.

Egress

Displays a bar graph that represents outgoing traffic on the network.

Ingress

Displays a bar graph that represents incoming traffic on the network.

Filter by

Filter the results by entering text into the appropriate input box. A combination of fields can be filtered.