ISP Bandwidth Management (Traffic Shaping)

   

Scenario: Allocating particular amount of bandwidth for users in LAN

Step1>

We first need to configure the basic LAN and WAN settings on the firewall.

Step2>

 To define the bandwidth we need to go to,

FirewallàTraffic Shaperà Click on Create New

Give the appropriate name

Give the Guaranteed Bandwidth (It means that the amount of bandwidth given here will be the minimum which the users will share.)

Give the Maximum Bandwidth (It means that the amount of bandwidth given here will be the maximum which the users will share.)

Then click on OK

NOTE:

• If we have a line of 256 kbps and we have given 120 kbps guaranteed bandwidth between three users then the total amount of bandwidth that the three users will SHARE would be 120 kbps.
• We have defined maximum bandwidth as 131 kbps then the total amount of bandwidth that the three users will SHARE will never exceed 131 kbps.

Step3>

Now we need to define the bandwidth in the policy. To do so go to,

Firewallà Policyà Click on edit for the default policy

Click the check for Traffic Shaping and select the profile from the dropdown menu that you have already created.