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Bandwidth Management

Use these commands to configure bandwidth management (BWM) settings on the ZyXEL Device.

6.1 Command Summary

The following table describes the values required for many commands. Other values are discussed with the corresponding commands.

Table 14 Bandwidth Management Command Input Values

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

interface

The bandwidth management interface name includes lan, wan, dmz, and wlan.

 

The interfaces to which you can apply bandwidth management vary by ZyXEL

 

Device model.

 

 

class-name

This is a class name. Enter a descriptive name of up to 20 alphanumeric

 

characters, including spaces.

 

 

class-number

This is a class number. Each class for each interface has an unique number. The

 

number format is "xx.xx.xx.xx ... xx" and the range of xx is from 01 to 98. Each

 

".xx” is a subclass. And the length of "xx.xx.xx.xx ..." is the depth of this class.

 

Different model supports different class depth.

 

 

The following section lists the commands for this feature.

Table 15 Bandwidth Management Commands

COMMAND

 

 

DESCRIPTION

bm class <interface> <addmod>

Adds or modifies a class for the specified interface with the specified

<class-number> <bandwidth

bandwidth. You can also configure the name, priority, and whether or

<bandwidth>> [name <class-name>]

not the class can borrow bandwidth from its parent class.

[priority <

priority

>] [borrow

addmod: Add or modifies the class. When you delete a class, it

<onoff>]

 

 

also deletes its sub-classes.

 

 

 

bandwidth: The unit is bps and its minimum is 30 Kbps. You can

 

 

 

add “K” (or “k”) to specify Kbps or “M” (or “m”) to specify Mbps. If you

 

 

 

do not specify the bandwidth, the default value is 100 Mbps.

 

 

 

class-name: Specify a descriptive name of up to 19 alphanumeric

 

 

 

characters.

 

 

 

priority: Sets the class priority ranging from 0 (the lowest) to 7

 

 

 

(the highest).

 

 

 

borrow <onoff>: Enables or disables bandwidth borrowing.

bm class <interface> del <class-

Removes the specified class from the specified interface. When you

number>

 

 

delete a class, it also deletes its sub-classes.

bm config [loadsaveclear]

Loads, saves, clears BWM configuration from/to the permanent

 

 

 

memory.

 

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