Knowledge Base for Bandwidth Manager

1.Start Bandwidth Manager installer.
2.Accept licence agreements and press Next button.
3.Choose Install Path. Default install path is C:\Antamedia\Bandwidth Manager\
4.Use Install button to install bandwidth Manager software.
5.Installation requires server computer restart. Please use Reboot button from the installer.

1.Close Bandwidth Manager software.
2.Start Bandwidth Manager installer.
3.Accept licence agreements and press Next button.
4.Press Uninstall button.
5.In the new popup menu with the question "Uninstall Antamedia Bandwidth Manager and delete database ?". Choose "Yes".
6.To complete uninstallation of the software please restart the server computer.

Few basic network topology examples are available on Antamedia web site:
http://www.antamedia.com/manuals/bandwidth/topology1.htm
http://www.antamedia.com/manuals/bandwidth/topology2.htm
http://www.antamedia.com/manuals/bandwidth/topology3.htm

Bandwidth Manager uses port 80. Be sure that port 80 is free and not used by any other software.
If You get the message 'Error: port 80 is use', please close application which uses port 80 before start of the Bandwidth Manager.
To find which software uses port 80 in command promt (cmd.exe) use command netstat -abn
If You use Windows 2000 or Windows 2003 please disable IIS server.

In the Bandwidth Manager software - Setup - Network page select network interface.
That is network card on the server computer used for connection with the client computers.
In Server IP field type IP address of this network card. Save settings.

Press Start button located in the Bandwidth manager software - Setup - Network page.

Select option "Autostart software for selected interface" in the Bandwidth Manager software - Setup - Network page.

Press Stop button located in the Bandwidth manager software - Setup - Network page.

Set "Maximum connections" option located in the Bandwidth Manager - Setup - Network page.

First configure after how much time computer will be disconnected from the internet.
Option is located in the Bandwidth Manager software - Setup - Network page.
By default inactivity logout is set to 180 seconds.

Second step is to enable "Inactivity logout" option to the account.
Choose the account from Bandwidth Manager - Accounts - Accounts page and enable "Inactivity timeout" option.
If You use Autologin option, enable "Inactivity logout" in the Bandwidth Manager software - Accounts - Autologin page.

Specify MAC address of the computer which should pass to the internet without bandwidth control in the
Bandwidth Manager software - Setup - Whitelist page.

In the Bandwidth Manager startup login page choose Administrator as username and type Administrator password.
Please note that default Administrator password is blank.

Specify Administrator password in the Bandwidth Manager software - Setup - Options page. Save settings.

Account access control can be based on: IP address, MAC address or both (IP and MAC address):

1.If computers have fixed IP addresses You might choose to control login based on IP addresses.
2.However if you use DHCP and IPs are different, you should select MAC based login verification.
3.For highest security, you can enable third option. If both IP and MAC are found in the database, and these match computer that tries to login, access will be granted. If any of these mismatch, login will not be possible.

Action Log database option is located in the Bandwidth Manager - Statistics - Action page.
To see all actions for Specified account, type username or client computer IP or MAC address and press Show button.
Action Log database can be filtered per time period (today, yesterday, this week etc.) and type of the action (start, stop, login, logout, new account etc.)

Accounts are specified by IP address, MAC address or both (IP and MAC address). Please define all account details in Bandwidth Manager - Accounts - Accounts page. Here's the explanation:

'IP'- Client computer IP address
'MAC'- Client computer MAC address
'Download' - Limit download rate in kb/s
'Upload' - Limit upload rate in kb/s
'Quota' - Total amount of data in MB available
'Enable unlimited quota' - Unlimited quota (if you wish to limit only download/upload rate)
'Time' - Time left (If you wish to set limited time per session)
'Enable unlimited access time' - Unlimited time option
'Only allow access' - Set allowed access hours for login
'Inactivity timeout' - Computer will be automatically logged out if there is no network activity within a specified time
'Active' - Account can be temporary disabled

By default all database files are stored in c:\\Antamedia\Bandwidth Manager\Database folder. Close Bandwidth Manager and copy Database.

By default all database files are stored in c:\\Antamedia\Bandwidth Manager\Database folder. Close Bandwidth Manager and copy archived database files to the default database folder.

In the Bandwidth Manager main page, right mouse click on the account you want to stop. In new popup window choose "Stop Account" button.

Autologin option enables access to the Internet for the client computers without creating of the account.
All client computers in the network will access to the Internet. But access to the internet will be limited for all users.
Enable "Auto login users with default rates" in the Bandwidth Manager - Accounts - Autologin page and set limitations (Download and upload speed, access time to the Internet bandwidth quota).

Option to allow integration of Bandwidth Manager with Antamedia Internet Caffe software is located in Bandwidth Manager - Setup - Accounts - ServerControl page. This option allows fully automated process if you already use Antamedia Internet Caffe software in your cybercafe.
As soon as customer login in Internet Caffe clients, Bandwidth Manager will grant him access based on his member account or default values specified in Internet Caffe software. At the end of the session, Bandwidth manager disables Internet access to the client computer, preventing any program to access Internet resources. Online games, viruses, worms etc will not be able to generate undesired traffic.