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8.4.1
Add/Edit Policy Forwarding
Click
Add new Policy Forward Rule
in the
Policy Forwarding
screen or click the
Edit
icon next
to a policy. Use this screen to configure the required information for a policy route.
Figure 71
Policy Forwarding: Add/Edit
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
WAN
This is the WAN interface through which the traffic is routed.
Modify
Click the
Edit
icon to edit this policy.
Click the
Delete
icon to remove a policy from the Device. A window displays asking you to
confirm that you want to delete the policy.
Table 43
Network Setting > Routing >Policy Forwarding (continued)
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Table 44
Policy Forwarding: Add/Edit
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Policy Name
Enter a descriptive name of up to 8 printable English keyboard characters, not including
spaces.
Source IP
Enter the source IP address.
Source Subnet
Mask
Enter the source subnet mask address.
Protocol
Select the transport layer protocol (
TCP
or
UDP
).
Source Port
Enter the source port number.
Source MAC
Enter the source MAC address.
WAN
Select a WAN interface through which the traffic is sent. You must have the WAN
interface(s) already configured in the
Broadband
screens.
Apply
Click
Apply
to save your changes.
Cancel
Click
Cancel
to exit this screen without saving.
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8.5
RIP
Routing Information Protocol (RIP, RFC 1058 and RFC 1389) allows a device to exchange routing
information with other routers.
8.5.1
The RIP Screen
Click
Network Setting > Routing >
RIP
to open the
RIP
screen.
Figure 72
RIP
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 45
RIP
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
#
This is the index of the interface in which the RIP setting is used.
Interface
This is the name of the interface in which the RIP setting is used.
Version
The RIP version controls the format and the broadcasting method of the RIP
packets that the Device sends (it recognizes both formats when receiving). RIP
version
1
is universally supported but RIP version
2
carries more information. RIP
version
1
is probably adequate for most networks, unless you have an unusual
network topology.
Operation
Select
Passive
to have the Device update the routing table based on the RIP
packets received from neighbors but not advertise its route information to other
routers in this interface.
Select
Active
to have the Device advertise its route information and also listen for
routing updates from neighboring routers.
Enabled
Select the check box to activate the settings.
Apply
Click
Apply
to save your changes back to the Device.
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C
HAPTER
9
Quality of Service (QoS)
9.1
Overview
Quality of Service (QoS) refers to both a network’s ability to deliver data with minimum delay, and
the networking methods used to control the use of bandwidth. Without QoS, all traffic data is
equally likely to be dropped when the network is congested. This can cause a reduction in network
performance and make the network inadequate for time-critical application such as video-on-
demand.
Configure QoS on the Device to group and prioritize application traffic and fine-tune network
performance. Setting up QoS involves these steps:
1
Configure classifiers to sort traffic into different flows.
2
Assign priority and define actions to be performed for a classified traffic flow.
The Device assigns each packet a priority and then queues the packet accordingly. Packets assigned
a high priority are processed more quickly than those with low priority if there is congestion,
allowing time-sensitive applications to flow more smoothly. Time-sensitive applications include both
those that require a low level of latency (delay) and a low level of jitter (variations in delay) such as
Voice over IP (VoIP) or Internet gaming, and those for which jitter alone is a problem such as
Internet radio or streaming video.
This chapter contains information about configuring QoS and editing classifiers.
9.1.1
What You Can Do in this Chapter
• The
General
screen lets you enable or disable QoS and set the upstream bandwidth (
Section 9.3
on page 141
).
• The
Queue Setup
screen lets you configure QoS queue assignment (
Section 9.4 on page 142
).
• The
Class Setup
screen lets you add, edit or delete QoS classifiers (
Section 9.5 on page 144
).
• The
Policer Setup
screen lets you add, edit or delete QoS policers (
Section 9.5 on page 144
).
9.2
What You Need to Know
The following terms and concepts may help as you read through this chapter.
QoS versus Cos
QoS is used to prioritize source-to-destination traffic flows. All packets in the same flow are given
the same priority. CoS (class of service) is a way of managing traffic in a network by grouping
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similar types of traffic together and treating each type as a class. You can use CoS to give different
priorities to different packet types.
CoS technologies include IEEE 802.1p layer 2 tagging and DiffServ (Differentiated Services or DS).
IEEE 802.1p tagging makes use of three bits in the packet header, while DiffServ is a new protocol
and defines a new DS field, which replaces the eight-bit ToS (Type of Service) field in the IP header.
Tagging and Marking
In a QoS class, you can configure whether to add or change the DSCP (DiffServ Code Point) value,
IEEE 802.1p priority level and VLAN ID number in a matched packet. When the packet passes
through a compatible network, the networking device, such as a backbone switch, can provide
specific treatment or service based on the tag or marker.
Traffic Shaping
Bursty traffic may cause network congestion. Traffic shaping regulates packets to be transmitted
with a pre-configured data transmission rate using buffers (or queues). Your Device uses the Token
Bucket algorithm to allow a certain amount of large bursts while keeping a limit at the average rate.
Traffic Policing
Traffic policing is the limiting of the input or output transmission rate of a class of traffic on the
basis of user-defined criteria. Traffic policing methods measure traffic flows against user-defined
criteria and identify it as either conforming, exceeding or violating the criteria.
The Device supports three incoming traffic metering algorithms: Token Bucket Filter (TBF), Single
Rate Two Color Maker (srTCM), and Two Rate Two Color Marker (trTCM). You can specify actions
Traffic
Time
Traffic Rate
Traffic
Time
Traffic Rate
(Before Traffic Shaping)
(After Traffic Shaping)
Traffic
Time
Traffic Rate
Traffic
Time
Traffic Rate
(Before Traffic Policing)
(After Traffic Policing)

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