This paper will discuss development and testing of the Network Management Appliance (NMA), a protocol and bandwidth management device that has been developed and used by the U.S
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This paper will discuss development and testing of the Network Management Appliance (NMA), a protocol and bandwidth management device that has been developed and used by the U.S. Army V Corps as part of the tactical network management strategy. Previous capabilities have focused on aggregate bandwidth management using SNMP management tools such as the Multi-router Traffic Grapher (MRTG). Unfortunately, in the highly bandwidth-constrained tactical environment, tools such as MRTG only reveal the obvious—saturated links. V Corps required more visibility into what protocols, applications,and users were saturating the links. Based on this requirement, the NMA—a between a protocol analyzer and an RMON probe—was developed from COTS hardware and open source software. The information provided by the NMA has enabled V Corps to take a proactive stance in shaping bandwidth utilization and increasing the quality of service to the Warfighter.