Staselog Diplomat

Staselog Diplomat is an easy-to-use congestion elimination device for IP networks. Staselog Diplomat can be quickly installed into a network, and it requires no administration. It's optimal for shared residential networks (e.g. Ethernet, HomePNA, or local DSL), and small office networks.

Purchasing
Our European customers can order Staselog Diplomat at web shop and pay with PayPal or major credit cards. The delivery time is 1-6 weeks. Staselog grants one year guarantee regarding material and workmanship. All products are carrier grade, used by professional internet operators and housing associations. Staselog Diplomat's solid-state design deploys a steel plated casing made in USA with external power unit and no moving parts. All units are individually tested before packaging. The package includes the main unit, a power unit, an RS-232 serial consol cable, a network cable for 10/100 Mbit/s local area networks, an installation manual, and a paper copy of the licence agreement. The price is 451.40 euros (22 Mbit/s) or 573.40 euros (35 Mbit/s) plus 53.85 euros for shipping and handling. For models with other throughput ratings, please contact Staselog. All prices include 22% tax.

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Staselog Diplomat's key benefits

Guarantees a fair share of the bandwidth for all users
Doesn't require limiting the maximum available bandwidth of each user
Usually the network latency is halved and the jitter is reduced by an order of magnitude.
Easy installation
Automatic congestion elimination
Ensures VoIP traffic
P2P can be used without blocking others
Requires no administration after installation

Example of typical usage
A residential network has a connection to the Internet with bandwidth of 8 Mbit/s. The network serves 40 apartments, so there is 200 kbit/s of bandwidth available for each. The use of banking services via a web browser requires about 20 kbit/s. Despite the available bandwidth, the network is unresponsive especially in the evenings. This is most likely caused by someone transferring movies, music, or other large files with peer-to-peer networks and is using all the available bandwidth. In this case Staselog Diplomat can be used to guarantee at least 200 kbit/s for everyone whenever it is needed, thus enabling smooth operation. The fair sharing of bandwidth allows the network uplink throughput to be lowered, while still maintaining good quality of service. Hence, Diplomat will save money. However, the key benefit is good quality of service for every user of the network.

Principle of operation
If there is enough bandwidth for everybody, there is no adjustment required. When there is a lack of bandwidth, the user consuming most of the bandwidth must give some to the others. Thus, the one with the largest bandwidth consumption has the lowest priority and vice versa. Everybody gets as much bandwidth as needed except the one(s) with the largest request. This adjustment is dynamic and it adapts continuously to the traffic. Only if all users request more bandwidth than is available, everybody gets the same amount.

Installation
Installation requires a host computer (laptop) with a serial cable connector and a terminal application program (e.g., Hyperterminal). Use RS-232 serial cable -with an USB adapter if necessary- to connect Staselog Diplomat to a (laptop) computer. Then start a terminal program, such as HyperTerminal at Windows:
Start ->Programs ->Accessories ->HyperTerminal.

Once HyperTerminal starts up it will ask for a description for the connection. You can type "Diplomat" or anything else you like there. After this, you will be prompted for connection properties. Under "Connect using" select your computers console port (usually "COM1"). Check for the correct port settings:
-Bits per second: 9600
-Data bits: 8
-Parity: None
-Stop bits: 1
-Flow control: None

Using the menu that appears, set the download and upload speeds 5% below the actual connection speeds in and out, respectively.