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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. |
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. |
Bandwidth Range: Displays the range for bandwidth
profile. |
Type: Displays the type for bandwidth profile. |
Direction: Displays direction with respect to
traffic i.e. inbound or outbound traffic. |
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Add Bandwidth Profile |
Name: Specify easily identifiable name for the
profile. |
Minimum Bandwidth: Specify the minimum bandwidth
value in Kbps for the profile. |
Maximum Bandwidth: Specify the maximum bandwidth
value in Kbps for the profile. |
Type: Specify the type for the profile. |
Direction: Specify the direction with respect to
traffic i.e. inbound or outbound traffic for the profile. |
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Edit Bandwidth Profile |
The following fields of an existing profile can be modified: |
Minimum Bandwidth: Specify the minimum bandwidth
value in Kbps for the profile. |
Maximum Bandwidth: Specify the maximum bandwidth
value in Kbps for the profile. |
Type: Specify the type for the profile. |
Direction: Specify the direction with respect to
traffic i.e. inbound or outbound traffic for the profile. |
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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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