Use this page to assign destination cost factors to network address ranges or default cost factors to servers or LAN Area objects. These cost factors let WAN Traffic Manager compare the cost of traffic with certain destinations and manage it using WAN policies.
Cost
Assigns a cost to the destination address range.
Add TCP/IP
Specifies TCP/IP as the destination address type and lets you specify a new cost factor
for a network address or type of address. You must provide the actual address or provide
the start and end addresses for a type of addresses.
Add IPX
Lets you specify a new cost factor for a network address or type of address. IPX/SPX is
specified as the destination address type. You must provide the actual address or provide
the start and end addresses for a type of address.
Edit
Click this button to edit the cost of the selected destination address range.
Delete
Deletes the currently selected cost. This button is active only if a line is selected in
the Cost box.
Default Cost
Assigns a default cost to the server or LAN Area object. The cost entered here is used by
WAN policies when no specific cost factor has been assigned in the Cost field.
The cost must be a non-negative integer. If supplied, the default cost is assigned to all destinations on the server or in the LAN Area object that aren't in a destination address range with an assigned cost. For example, you might specify the cost in monetary units (such as dollars) or packets per second.
Example
This sample policy restricts traffic based on cost factor.
The policies in this group allow only traffic to be sent that has a cost factor below 20. There are two policies.
Cost < 20, NA
This policy prevents the checking of backlinks, external references, and login restrictions, the running of janitor or limber, and schema synchronization unless the cost factor is less than 20.
Cost < 20
This policy prevents all other traffic unless the cost factor is less than 20.
To prevent all traffic with a cost factor of 20 or more, both policies must be applied.