Use of Access Control List Application for Bandwidth Management among Selected Public Higher Education Institutions in Ethiopia

A cross-sectional survey on use of access control list application for bandwidth management among selected public higher education institutions in Ethiopia was conducted. The objective was to help academic institutions achieve sustainable quality of network service and bandwidth management. 100 information and communication technology staff of 3 directorates of universities and located at Haramaya, Dire Dawa and Odabutum were sampled, using purposive and simple random sampling techniques. Structured questionnaire, interview and observation checklist used for data collection and analyzed to answer the research question. Results revealed a set of procedures performed by hardware, software and administrators, to monitor access, identify users requesting access, record access attempts, and grant or deny access to resources on the internet was used as access control list application. Also, revealed was qualitative data analysis that allowed students to bring their own devices (no matter the number) to connect to the campus-wide network. The implication of results in the three universities was that they were not taking bandwidth management seriously, which was evidenced by the absence of access control list application. It concludes that access control list application for bandwidth management is a necessity and Graphical Network Simulator software version 3 was recommended as appropriate for implementation.