In a perfect world, all users on the network use the bandwidth fairly and everyone is happy. If there is a “PEST” on your network hogging all the bandwidth, then follow this guide to limit bandwidth for a particular IP address on your network.
Step 1 – Create download limiter
Create a firewall limiter for the download bandwidth you would like to limit the IP address to.
Firewall -> Traffic shaper -> Limiter -> Create a new limiter
Tick “Enable limiter and its children”. Give the limiter the name “DownloadLimit”
Step 2 – Create upload limiter
Create a firewall limiter for the upload bandwidth you would like to limit the IP address to.
Firewall -> Traffic shaper -> Limiter -> Create a new limiter
Tick “Enable limiter and its children”. Give the limiter the name “UploadLimit”
Step 3 – Create firewall rule
Create a firewall rule, which will apply the limiters created in steps 1 and 2 to the IP address in question.
Firewall -> Rules -> Click LAN tab -> Click "first little plus image"
Leave everything as is, and change the following:
Protocol | * *TCP / UDP |
Source | Change “Type” to “Single host or alias” and insert the IP address of the “PEST” |
Description | Enter “Limit PEST bandwidth” |
Save -> Apply changes
Ensure that this rule is above all other rules on the LAN interface.
That’s it! No more PEST ?