5.5.1Add/Edit QoS Rule

You can assign packet classification criteria by its source IP range, destination IP range, traffic type, protocol, source port range and destination port range parameters. The parameters that you leave as blank will be ignored. The priority of this rule will be applied to packets that match classification criteria of this rule. You can limit bandwidth consumed by packets that match this rule or guarantee bandwidth required by packets that match this rule.

After press Add or Edit button in QoS screen, you will see the web screen below for user to setup their QoS rule.

Parameters

Description

Rule Name

Please give a name to the QoS Rule

 

 

Bandwidth

You can limit the maximum bandwidth consumed by this rule by selecting

 

“Maximum”. You also can reserve enough bandwidth for this rule by

 

selecting “Guarantee”. The unit of bandwidth is Kbps. When we download

 

data from Internet, the unit of download screen shows is KBps. 1KBps is

 

equal to 8Kbps. When you enter the bandwidth, please make sure the

 

number you enter is correct. For example, if you want to limit users

 

download speed to 50KBps from Internet, you will need to enter 400Kbps in

 

the configuration.

 

 

Local IP Address

Please enter the IP address of the local PC.

 

 

Local Port Range

Please enter the port range.

 

 

Remote IP Address

Please enter the IP address of the PC from remote site.

 

 

Remote Port Range

Please enter the port range.

 

 

Traffic Type

Select the traffic type of the packets that this rule will apply to. We list some

 

popular applications here to ease the configuration. You also can get the

 

same result by using other parameters, for example source or destination

 

 

 

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