Bandwidth limiting policies

Use this page to configure bandwidth limiting policies. For example, to stop a user or group of users from overloading your connection to the Internet.
Notes:
  • Each step must be completed to create the policy. If you skip a step, the Smoothwall creates a policy folder in which you can store policies.
  • A user or group might be able to draw on bandwidth from several policies.

Creating policies

Tips:
  • Enter part of a name and the Smoothwall Filter searches for names of users and groups that match.
  • To select more than one user or group, hold down CTRL while selecting them.
  1. On the WEB PROXY menu, under the Web proxy submenu, click Bandwidth limiting, and then click Create a new policy.
  2. Under the Step 1: Who section, from the Available users or groups list, select the users, groups, or both to whom the policy will apply and click Add. When you've added all the categories or category groups, click Next to continue.
  3. Under the Step 2: What section, from the Available categories or category groups list, select what is to be filtered and click Add. When you've added all the categories or category groups, click Next to continue.
  4. Under the Step 3: Where section, from the Available locations list, select at what locations the policy applies and click Add. When you've added all the categories or category groups, click Next to continue.
  5. Under the Step 4: When section, from the Available time slots list, select when the policy will apply and click Add. When you've added all the categories or category groups, click Next to continue.
  6. Under the Step 5: Action section, enter the number of kilobytes per second to Limit bandwidth to when this policy is applied. If you want to share the bandwidth specified among all clients on the network, select the Shared between clients option.
  7. Make sure that the policy is turned on by making sure that the Enable Policy option is selected. Once you are satisfied, click Confirm.
  8. Review the settings and to create the policy, click Save.

Editing and reordering policies

On the WEB PROXY menu, under the Web proxy submenu, click Bandwidth limiting.

  • To place the bandwidth limiting policies in the order that you want them to be applied, click the policy and drag it to the order that you want it applied, and then click Save.
  • To edit a bandwidth limiting policy, find the policy, click Edit policy, make your changes, click Confirm and click Save to save the changes to the policy.
  • To delete a bandwidth limiting policy, find the policy that you want to delete, click Delete policy and click Delete.