Prestige 334W User’s Guide

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

 

Table 18-4 Bandwidth Management Configuration

 

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Active

Select this check box to have the Prestige apply bandwidth management.

 

Enable bandwidth management to give traffic that matches a bandwidth rule priority over

 

traffic that does not match a bandwidth rule.

 

Enabling bandwidth management also allows you to control the maximum amounts of

 

bandwidth that can be used by traffic that matches a bandwidth rule.

 

 

WAN BW Budget

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

(kbps)

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.

 

 

#

This is the number of an individual bandwidth management rule.

Direction

Select To LAN to apply bandwidth management to traffic that the Prestige forwards to

 

the LAN.

 

Select To WAN to apply bandwidth management to traffic that the Prestige forwards to

 

the WAN.

 

Select To WLAN to apply bandwidth management to traffic that the Prestige forwards to

 

the WLAN.

Name

Use the auto-generated name or enter a descriptive name of up to 20 alphanumeric

 

characters, including spaces.

 

 

Service

Select a service for your rule or you can define your own in the Edit screen.

Dest Port

Enter the port number of the destination. See Table 18-3for a table of services and port

 

numbers.

 

 

Priority

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

Edit

Select a rule index number's radio button and then click Edit to set up this bandwidth

 

management rule on the Prestige.

Apply

Click Apply to save your customized settings.

 

 

Reset

Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.

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