ZyXEL Communications NBG-417N User Manual

 Chapter 16 Bandwidth Management

NBG-417N User’s Guide

If you want to edit a bandwidth management rule for specific protocols on an IP or IP range, click 
the Edit icon in the Bandwidth Allocation table of the Advanced screen. The following screen 
displays.

Management > Bandwidth MGMT > Advanced: Allocation Setup 

The following table describes the labels in this screen

.

Management > Bandwidth MGMT > Advanced: Allocation Setup 

Active

Select this check box to turn on this bandwidth management rule.

Direction 

Enter whether you want to apply the rule to uplink or downlink traffic.

To LAN applies bandwidth management to traffic from WAN to LAN/WLAN (i.e., 
downlink). 

To WAN applies bandwidth management to traffic from LAN/WLAN to WAN (i.e., 
uplink). 

Select Both applies bandwidth management to traffic that the NBG-417N 
forwards to both the LAN and the WAN. 

LAN IP Range

Specify the range of IP addresses for which the bandwidth management rule 
applies. 

Protocol

Select the protocol (TCP, UDP, SMTP, HTTP, POP3, FTP or ALL) for which the 
bandwidth management rule applies. 

Port Range

Enter the range of ports for which the bandwidth management rule applies.

Policy

Select  Max or Min and specify the maximum or minimum bandwidth allowed for 
the rule in bits per second in the field below. 

Rate (bps)

Type or select the maximum or minimum bandwidth allowed (refer to the field 
above) for the rule in bits per second.

If you type the amount of bandwidth, the selection automatically becomes User 
Defined. If you select the amount of bandwidth, the field automatically displays 
the value in Kbps.

Apply

Click Apply to save your customized settings.

Reset

Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.