Chapter 14 Bandwidth Management

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 58 Bandwidth Management: Advanced

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Upstream

Enter the amount of bandwidth in kbps (2 to 100,000) that you want to allocate for

Bandwidth (kbps)

traffic. 20 kbps to 20,000 kbps is recommended.

 

The recommendation is to set this speed to be equal to or less than the speed of

 

the broadband device connected to the WAN port. For example, set the speed to

 

1000 Kbps (or less) if the broadband device connected to the WAN port has an

 

upstream speed of 1000 Kbps.

 

 

Application List

Use this table to allocate specific amounts of bandwidth based on the pre-defined

 

service.

 

 

#

This is the number of an individual bandwidth management rule.

 

 

Enable

Select this check box to have the ZyXEL Device apply this bandwidth

 

management rule.

 

 

Service

This is the name of the service.

 

 

Priority

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

 

 

Advanced Setting

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

 

the rule.

 

 

User-defined

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

Service

and/or subnets.

 

 

#

This is the number of an individual bandwidth management rule.

 

 

Enable

Select this check box to have the ZyXEL Device apply this bandwidth

 

management rule.

 

 

Direction

Select To LAN to apply bandwidth management to traffic that the ZyXEL Device

 

forwards to the LAN.

 

Select To WAN to apply bandwidth management to traffic that the ZyXEL Device

 

forwards to the WAN.

 

Select To WLAN to apply bandwidth management to traffic that the ZyXEL Device

 

forwards to the WLAN.

 

 

Service Name

Enter a descriptive name of up to 19 alphanumeric characters, including spaces.

 

 

Priority

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

 

 

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 14.9.2 on

 

page 145 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.

 

 

14.9.1 Rule Configuration with the Pre-defined Service

To edit a bandwidth management rule for the pre-defined service in the ZyXEL Device, click the Edit icon in the Application List table of the Advanced screen. The following screen displays.

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