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Traffic Shaping for spesific user

Adnan Khan
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Hi,

Is this possible in traffic shaping to allow specific user IP or mac to use certain bandwidth and should not exceed beyond that for example 100 Mb link that user or device can go upto 10 or 15 Mbps.

Also how I can make policy to allow users to download files from internet can go upto 20 Mbps?

 

Thanks and waited for valuable response please.

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Joseph W. Doherty
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Depends on platform's QoS features.

Traffic shaping often supported on Cisco routers, not as often on Cisco switches.

When traffic shaping supported, often can be targeted to a specific IP (not so sure about a MAC).

That said, as you ask about downloading from the Internet, shaping is applied, only, on egress from your device.  Another option is rate-limiting/policing, which can be applied egress or ingress (if platform supports).

Lastly, controlling an inbound flow's rate, will fully control its rate as it passes through the controlling device, but how the "offered" rate is impacted, might not be as well controlled as desired.  I mention this, because in cases where you want to control Internet download usage, even when you control ingress rate on your device, the Internet link may still be congested by the "limited" traffic.

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