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Bandwidth Limiting |
Bandwidth Limiting determines the way in which the data is sent to/from your
host. The purpose of bandwidth limiting is to provide a solution for limiting
the outgoing/incoming traffic, thus preventing the LAN users for consuming all
the bandwidth of internet link. Bandwidth Limiting for outbound traffic will
be done on the WAN interface. The bandwidth limiting for inbound traffic will
be done on the LAN interface for all WAN modes.
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Example: When a new connection is established via the device, the device will
locate the firewall rule corresponding to the connection. If the rule has a
bandwidth profile specifications, then the device will create a bandwidth
class in the kernel. If multiple connections correspond to the same firewall
rule, they will share the same class. An exception is in case of individual
type bandwidth profile in which the classes are per source IP. The "source IP"
is the source IP of the first packet of the connection. So for the outbound
rules the source IP will be LAN side IP and for inbound rules the source IP
will be the WAN-side IP. The class thus will be deleted when all the
connections using the class expire.
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Bandwidth Profile Table |
This table lists the currently defined bandwidth profiles: |
Name: Displays the user-defined name for this bandwidth profile. |
Outbound Bandwidth Range:
Displays the range for bandwidth profile in Outbound Direction. |
Inbound Bandwidth Range:
Displays the range for bandwidth profile in Inbound Direction. |
Type: Displays the type for bandwidth profile. |
Direction:
Displays direction with respect to traffic i.e. inbound or outbound traffic. |
Add Bandwidth Profile |
Name: Specify easily identifiable name for the profile. |
Direction: Specify the direction with respect to traffic
i.e. inbound or outbound traffic or in both the directions for the profile. |
Outbound Minimum Bandwidth:
Specify the minimum bandwidth value in Kbps for the profile for Outbound Direction. |
Outbound Maximum Bandwidth:
Specify the maximum bandwidth value in Kbps for the profile for Outbound Direction. |
Inbound Minimum Bandwidth:
Specify the minimum bandwidth value in Kbps for the profile for Inbound Direction. |
Inbound Maximum Bandwidth:
Specify the maximum bandwidth value in Kbps for the profile for Inbound Direction. |
Type: Specify the type for the profile. |
Edit Bandwidth Profile |
The following fields of an existing profile can be modified: |
Direction: Specify the direction with respect to traffic
i.e. inbound or outbound traffic or in both the directions for the profile. |
Outbound Minimum Bandwidth:
Specify the minimum bandwidth value in Kbps for the profile for Outbound Direction. |
Outbound Maximum Bandwidth:
Specify the maximum bandwidth value in Kbps for the profile for Outbound Direction. |
Inbound Minimum Bandwidth:
Specify the minimum bandwidth value in Kbps for the profile for Inbound Direction. |
Inbound Maximum Bandwidth:
Specify the maximum bandwidth value in Kbps for the profile for Inbound Direction. |
Type: Specify the type for the profile. |
Click Apply
to save the settings when you are done changing them. |
Click Reset
to discard any changes and revert to the previous settings. |
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