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You define user bandwidth limits by configuring bandwidth control settings on the Applications 
Visibility and Control page of Access Policies. You can define the following types of bandwidth controls 
for users in Access Policies:

Default bandwidth limit for an application type. In the Global Access Policy, you can define the 
default bandwidth limit for all applications of an application type. For more information, see 

Bandwidth limit for an application type. In a user defined Access Policy, you can override the 
default bandwidth limit for the application type defined in the Global Access Policy. You can 
configure no bandwidth limit or a different bandwidth limit value. For more information, see 

.

Bandwidth limit for an application. In a user defined or Global Access Policy, you can choose to 
apply the application type bandwidth limit or no limit (exempt the application type limit). You might 
choose no bandwidth limit for an application to exempt the application from the bandwidth limit 
established that application type. For more information, see 

.

To configure the default bandwidth limit for an application type:

Navigate to the Web Security Manager > Access Policies page.

Click the link in the policies table under the Applications column for the Global Access Policy. 

The Applications Visibility and Control page appears.

In the Default Actions for Application Types section, click the link next to “Bandwidth Limit” for the 
application type you want to edit.

The Applications Visibility and Control page expands, allowing you to specify the bandwidth control 
settings.

Select Set Bandwidth Limit and enter the amount of traffic to limit in either Megabits per second (Mbps) 
or kilobits per second (kbps). See 

 for details on how to do this.

Click Done.

Submit and commit your changes.

You can override the default bandwidth limit defined at the Global Access Policy group in the user 
defined Access Policies. You can only do this in Browse view.

To override the default bandwidth limit for an application type:

Navigate to the Web Security Manager > Access Policies page.

Click the link in the policies table under the Applications column for the user defined policy group you 
want to edit.

The Applications Visibility and Control page appears.

Choose Define Applications Custom Settings in the Edit Applications Settings section.