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A.2 Traffic Shaping
Traffic Shaping is the solution for managing and avoiding congestion where
the network meets limited broadband bandwidth. Typical networks use a 100
Mbps Ethernet LAN with a 100 Mbps WAN interface router, which is where most
bottlenecks occur.
A traffic shaper is essentially a regulated queue that accepts uneven and/or
bursty flows of packets and transmits them in a steady, predictable stream so
that the network is not overwhelmed with traffic. While traffic priority allows
basic prioritization of packets, traffic shaping provides more sophisticated
definitions, such as:
• Bandwidth limit for each device
• Bandwidth limit for classes of rules
• Prioritization policy
• TCP serialization on a device
Additionally, QoS traffic shaping rules can be defined for a default device. These
rules will be used on a device that has no definitions of its own. This enables the
definition of QoS rules on the default WAN, for example, and their maintenance
even if the PPP or bridge device over the WAN is removed.
A.2a Device Traffic Shaping
This section describes the different Traffic Shaping screens and terms, and
presents the feature's configuration logic.
1. Click Quality of Service in the Advanced screen, then click Traffic Shaping.
The following screen appears.
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