16
Bandwidth Management
16.1 Overview
This chapter contains information about configuring bandwidth management and editing rules.
ZyXEL’s Bandwidth Management allows you to specify bandwidth management rules based on an application.
In the figure below, uplink traffic goes from the LAN device (A) to the WAN device (B). Bandwidth management is applied before sending the packets out to the WAN. Downlink traffic comes back from the WAN device (B) to the LAN device (A). Bandwidth management is applied before sending the traffic out to LAN.
Figure 82 Bandwidth Management
-> HTTP
-> Chat, Email
AB
You can allocate specific amounts of bandwidth capacity (bandwidth budgets) to individual applications (like VoIP, Web, FTP, and
16.2What You Can Do
•Use the General screen (Section 16.4 on page 150) to enable bandwidth management and assign uplink/downlink limits.
•Use the Advanced screen (Section 16.5 on page 151) to configure bandwidth management rules for the
