Setting Up Traffic Shaper; Setting Up Tr Affic Shaper - D-Link NetDefend DFL-CP310 User Manual

Setting Up Traffic Shaper

To set up Traffic Shaper
1. Enable Traff ic Shaper for the Internet connect
Internet Setu p on page 63.
You can ena ble Traffic Shaper for incoming or outgoing connections.
• When enabling Traffic Shaper for outgoing traffic:
Specify a rate (in kilobits/second) slightly lower than your Internet
connectio n's maximum measured upstream speed.
• When enabli
Specify a t ra
connection'
It is recommended to try different rates in order to determine which ones
provide the b est results.
Note:
Traffic Sh
the Inte rnet; it can only affect the rate of incoming traffic by dropping received
packets . This makes the shaping of inbo
of outbound traffic. It is therefore recommended to enable traffic shaping for
incomin g traffic only if necessary.
2. If you are us ing NetDefend with Power Pack, you can add QoS classes
reflect your communication needs, or modify the four predefined QoS classes.
See Adding a nd Editing Classes on page 155.
Note: If you are using DFL-CP310, you have Simplified Traffic Shaper, and you
cannot add or modify the classes. T
CP310 with Power Pack, which supports Advanced Traffic Shaper.
3. Use Allow or Allow and Forward rules to assign different types of connections
to QoS classes.
Chapter 6: Using Traffic Shaper
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