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The Web NMS Clients provide a graphical display of information, accessed from Web NMS Server. You can browse through the discovered devices in your network, view network and device information, monitor their performance, and identify faults in your network with ease using the graphically rich clients of Web NMS.
This topic helps you in understanding each type of Web NMS Clients. Based on this, choose the type of client that best suits your need.
The Application Client is a standalone client that facilitates viewing data on the fly by just installing the client-related files in your local machine. This is launched as a Java application from the local machine and contacts the Web NMS Server for data. As it is a standalone Client, the accessibility speed of the Client is enhanced thereby making user interaction easy and quick.
The Application Client can be installed in a separate machine and connected to a Web NMS Server running in a remote machine.
For information on installing the Application Client, refer to the Installation Guide and for information on launching the Application Client, refer to Bringing Up Web NMS Client.
Web NMS can be launched as an Applet Client. All you need is a Java-enabled Web browser using which you can connect to a Web NMS Server running in a remote machine. The look and feel and work area of the Applet Client is the same as Application Client.
For information on launching the Applet Client, refer to Bringing Up Web NMS Client.
See Also: Applet Security
The Web Start Client is launched using a Web browser or the Java Web Start Application Manager. To use this Client, you need to install Java Web Start in the machine where you are launching the Web Start Client.
For more information on launching and working with this Client, refer to Bringing Up Web NMS Client.
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User Experience - Difference between Application, Applet, and Web Start Clients
The end-user experience in using an Application Client, Applet Client, and Web Start Client differ based on the following aspects:-
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The Web Client is launched using a Web browser which does not require any Java plug-ins. The Web Client helps you in connecting to the Web NMS Server from any place and at any time. For more information, refer to Getting Started in the Working with Web Client chapter.
As it is imperative to access network information through a Client, you need to choose a Client that fits your working environment to provide you fast and efficient user interface. The following table provides the advantages of one Client over the other to enable you in choosing the Client that best suits your requirement.
Refer to the Installation Guide for complete information on the OS and Browser support.
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Application Client |
Applet Client |
Web Start Client |
Web Client |
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Installation Requirement |
Requires local installation of the Application Client.
Web browser not required. |
Requires a Java-enabled Web browser. |
Requires installation of Java Web Start Application.
Can also be launched using Web browser. |
Requires a Web browser (no plug-ins required). |
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On Startup |
Only configuration information is downloaded from the Web NMS Server to the Client.
Startup speed is good. |
Client-related jars (from the machine in which the Web NMS Server is running) is downloaded into the local machine.
Startup speed is good. |
The client-related jars are downloaded when the Web Start Client connects to the server for the first time.
The downloaded files are verified (for updates),every time the Client connects to the same server. [This Client occupies less than 15 MB storage space.]
As the caching mechanism is good the startup speed will be comparatively better than Applet Client. |
JSP pages are downloaded in the client side.
Startup speed is good. |
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Network Speed |
Requires high speed link of 1 Mbps or higher. |
Requires high speed link of 1 Mbps or higher. |
Requires high speed link of 1 Mbps or higher. |
Functions well even when the link is of low speed of a dial-up Internet connection at 64 kbps. |
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