Analisis Pengaruh Penggunaan Internet Download Manager pada Load Balancing di Mikrotik

Abstract

Internet Download Manager (IDM) is one of the popular applications used by users to download various types of files from the internet. Load balancing is a technique used to increase the efficiency of using network resources by distributing data traffic evenly across several connection lines. This research aims to determine the extent to which IDM influences the effectiveness of load balancing as well as the influence of using Internet Download Manager (IDM) in the context of load balancing using the Policy-based Load Balancing (PCC), Equal Cost Multi-Path (ECMP), and Next-Hop Target methods. (NTH) on the MikroTik RB751 device. In this research, we used the PPDiOO method for systematic data collection and Quality of Services (QoS) analysis as a parameter for network data collection techniques. The research subject is the system or user who uses the device, while the research object is the impact of using IDM on load balancing performance. The main independent variable is the use of IDM, while the dependent variable is load balancing performance with different methods. Our findings show that using IDM consistently provides significant improvements in network performance compared to not using IDM.