In modern Enterprise Networks, there are many different types of traffic - VoIP, Streaming Media, Backup/Replication Traffic, Web Browsing, and normal day to day traffic just to name a few. All of these are competing for the same bandwidth and resources, which leaves us as network administrators at times to play the role of packet traffic cop. We direct traffic at key intersections within the Enterprise environment and even pass our desired priorities to other higher-level networks that are out of our control. Quality Of Service can either be a dedicated partner, or our worst nightmare ....

This session will cover learning to capture and filter QoS related information within packets and using it to identify and troubleshoot issues. By using real world captures to identify DSCP marked packets, we see how to ensure they are correctly configured to achieve the desired priorities. Putting our packet patrol hats on, we can keep traffic flowing smoothly inside and outside our networks.