ZyXEL N4100 Guia Do Utilizador

N4100 User’s Guide

You can set the N4100 to limit the amount of bandwidth each user can use. This 
prevents one user from consuming a disproportionately large amount of 
bandwidth and helps ensure that every user gets their fair share. If there is a lot 
of unused bandwidth, however, this feature is not necessary and slows down users 
who could use the extra bandwidth to upload or download large amounts of 
information more quickly.

The N4100 separates bandwidth into upstream bandwidth and downstream 
bandwidth. Upstream bandwidth is used when users send information to the WAN, 
and downstream bandwidth is used when users receive information from the WAN. 
This distinction is helpful when you might want to set limits one way but not the 
other. For example, if your users download a lot of MP3 files, you might set a limit 
on downstream bandwidth but not set a limit on upstream bandwidth. In other 
situations, however, you might put the same limit on upstream and downstream 
bandwidth.

Use the Bandwidth screen (

) to configure the N4100 to 

limit the amount of upstream and downstream bandwidth each user can use.