Chapter 22 Bandwidth Management

Table 73 Management > Bandwidth Management > Advanced (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

#

This is the number of an individual bandwidth management rule.

 

 

PrioritySelect a priority from the drop down list box. Choose High, Mid or Low.

 

High - Select this for voice traffic or video that is especially sensitive to jitter (jitter is

 

the variations in delay).

 

Mid - Select this for "excellent effort" or better than best effort and would include

 

important business traffic that can tolerate some delay.

 

Low - Select this for non-critical "background" traffic such as bulk transfers that are

 

allowed but that should not affect other applications and users.

 

 

CategoryThis is the category where a service belongs.

 

 

Service

This is the name of the service.

 

Select the check box to have the Router apply this bandwidth management rule.

 

 

Advanced

Click the Edit icon to open the Rule Configuration screen where you can modify the rule.

Setting

 

 

 

User-defined

Use this table to allocate specific amounts of bandwidth to specific applications or services

Service

you specify.

 

 

#

This is the number of an individual bandwidth management rule.

 

 

Enable

Select this check box to have the Router apply this bandwidth management rule.

 

 

DirectionSelect LAN to apply bandwidth management to traffic from WAN to LAN.

 

Select WAN to apply bandwidth management to traffic from LAN/WLAN to WAN.

 

Select WLAN to apply bandwidth management to traffic from WAN to WLAN.

 

 

Service Name

Enter a descriptive name for the bandwidth management rule.

 

 

Category

This is the category where a service belongs.

 

 

Modify

Click the Edit icon to open the Rule Configuration screen. Modify an existing rule or

 

create a new rule in the Rule Configuration screen. See Section 22.5.2 on page 165 for

 

more information.

 

Click the Remove icon to delete a rule.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your customized settings.

 

 

Reset

Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

22.5.1 Rule Configuration: Application Rule Configuration

If you want to edit a bandwidth management rule for a pre-defined service or application, click the Edit icon in the Application List table of the Advanced screen. The following screen displays.

Figure 114 Bandwidth Management Rule Configuration: Application List

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