mars Portal is the network management solution especially tailored to the needs of networks in 'developing/emerging countries'. Often the lack of available bandwidth and unreliable power supply provides challenges unknown to 'out-of-the-box' 'western solutions' for 'developed countries'.
| Why | Know what your users are doing in your network |
| Steer/channel their traffic | |
| Keep your network alive for business-/mission-critical things | |
| Identify and isolate 'misbehaving devices' | |
| Where | Where Internet access is expensive, e.g. via satellite |
| Where demand for bandwidth is higher than available, e.g. many local devices | |
| Where you want to fully utilize a connection while keeping it functional | |
| Where your network contains devices from different vendors | |
| Where you expect an evolving and growing network | |
| How | Registry of connected devices (with username/password or by MAC address) |
| Categorization of devices, e.g. work, guests and private | |
| Per group and per device restrictions for speed levels (bandwidth), volume limits (data bundles) and Internet access | |
| Exceptions for local network services to bypass restrictions, e.g. allow local but block Internet access | |
| Distinction between during work and after work restrictions | |
| DNS-based blocking of Internet Domains (includes HTTPS), e.g. block access to Facebook or Youtube during work | |
| Filter inappropriate (adult) content | |
| Traffic accounting separated by up- and downloads for each device and as overview for Top 10 devices | |
| Realtime traffic monitoring with overall throughput and throughput for each device | |
| Optional: Transparent caching of Windows Updates | |
| Optional: Self-registration by user when device connects for the first time | |
| Email notification of important system events, e.g. scheduled reports, system restarts | |
| Custom hardware options: Appliance, 'use your own hardware', Low-/DC-power from batteries |
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