Figure 12-5 Maximize Bandwidth Usage Example - ZyXEL Communications PRESTIGE 650H User Manual

Prestige 650 Series User's Guide
The following figure shows the bandwidth usage with the maximize bandwidth usage option enabled. The
Prestige divides up the unbudgeted 2 Mbps among the classes that require more bandwidth. If the
administration department only uses 1 Mbps of the budgeted 2 Mbps, the Prestige also divides the remaining
1 Mbps among the classes that require more bandwidth. Therefore, the Prestige divides a total of 3 Mbps
total of unbudgeted and unused bandwidth among the classes that require more bandwidth.
In this case, suppose that all of the classes except for the administration class need more bandwidth.
Each class gets up to its budgeted bandwidth. The administration class only uses 1 Mbps of its
budgeted 2 Mbps.
Sales and Marketing are first to get extra bandwidth because they have the highest priority (6). If
they each require 1.5 Mbps or more of extra bandwidth, the Prestige divides the total 3 Mbps total
of unbudgeted and unused bandwidth equally between the sales and marketing departments (1.5
Mbps extra to each for a total of 3.5 Mbps for each) because they both have the highest priority
level.
R&D requires more bandwidth but only gets its budgeted 2 Mbps because all of the unbudgeted and
unused bandwidth goes to the higher priority sales and marketing classes.
The Prestige does not send any traffic that is not defined in the bandwidth filters because all of the
unbudgeted bandwidth goes to the classes that need it.
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Figure 12-5 Maximize Bandwidth Usage Example

Bandwidth Management