Specifications

Bandwidth Control
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Bandwidth Control
The bandwidth control settings are used to place a ceiling on the transmitting and receiving data rates
for any selected port.
To view this window, click QoS > Bandwidth Control:
In this window, the following parameters can be configured:
Click on the Apply button to accept the changes made.
Traffic Control
On a computer network, packets such as Multicast packets and Broadcast packets continually flood the
network as normal procedure. At times, this traffic may increase due to a malicious endstation on the
network or a malfunctioning device, such as a faulty network card. Thus, switch throughput problems
will arise and consequently affect the overall performance of the switch network. To help rectify this
packet storm, the Switch will monitor and control the situation.
The packet storm is monitored to determine if too many packets are flooding the network, based on the
threshold level provided by the user. Once a packet storm has been detected, the Switch will drop
Parameter Description
From Port/To Port A consecutive group of ports may be configured starting with the selected
port.
Type This drop-down menu allows you to select between Rx (receive), Tx
(transmit), and Both. This setting will determine whether the bandwidth ceiling
is applied to receiving, transmitting, or both receiving and transmitting packets.
No Limit Use the drop-down menu to specify the selected port has limited or unlimited
bandwidth.
Rate (64–1024000) This field allows you to enter the data rate, in Kbits per second, that will be
the limit for the selected port. The value must be a multiple of 64, between 64
and 1024000.