Create Bandwidth Profiles - NETGEAR FVS318G Reference Manual

Create Bandwidth Profiles

Bandwidth profiles determine how data is communicated with the hosts. The purpose of
bandwidth profiles is to provide a method for allocating and limiting traffic, thus allocating LAN
users sufficient bandwidth while preventing them from consuming all the bandwidth on your
WAN link. A single bandwidth profile can be for both outbound and inbound traffic.
For outbound IPv4 traffic, you can apply bandwidth profiles on the WAN interface; for inbound
IPv4 traffic, you can apply bandwidth profiles to a LAN interface. Bandwidth profiles do not
apply to the DMZ interface nor to IPv6 traffic.
When a new connection is established by a device, the device locates the firewall rule
corresponding to the connection and allocates the traffic a bandwidth class as follows:
• If the rule includes a bandwidth profile specification, the device creates a bandwidth class
in the kernel.
• If multiple connections correspond to the same firewall rule, the connections all share the
same bandwidth class.
An exception occurs for an individual bandwidth profile if the classes are per-source IP
address classes. The source IP address is the IP address of the first packet that is
transmitted for the connection. So for outbound firewall rules, the source IP address is the
LAN-side IP address; for inbound firewall rules, the source IP address is the WAN-side IP
address. The class is deleted when all the connections that are using the class expire.
After you create a bandwidth profile, you can assign the bandwidth profile to firewall rules on
the following screens:
• Add LAN WAN Outbound Services screen for IPv4
• Add LAN WAN Inbound Services screen for IPv4
To add and enable a bandwidth profile:
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1. Log in to the unit:
a. In the address field of any of the qualified web browsers, enter https://192.168.1.1.
The NETGEAR Configuration Manager Login screen displays.
b. In the Username field, enter admin and in the Password / Passcode field, enter
password.
Use lowercase letters. If you changed the password, enter your personalized
password. Leave the domain as it is (geardomain).
c. Click the Login button.
The Router Status screen displays. After five minutes of inactivity, which is the default
login time-out, you are automatically logged out.
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