SonicWALL – Bandwidth Management
Firstly create the address objects i.e. create the subnets that you want to bandwidth manage:
Optional: Then the object group to group them all together
Next go to BWM under Firewall Settings and BWM, then change the type to Advanced:
Next go to Bandwidth object and create an object and choose if you would like a guaranteed bandwidth and your max bandwidth:
Next create a Firewall Access Rule:
On the access rule,
From: i.e. where the traffic is coming from in this cause our internal LAN.
To: The internet or WAN
Any port and service,
Source: our new subnet group.
Destination: anywhere on the internet
Users Included: All
Users Excluded: None
Schedule: Choose a schedule to manage the bandwidth
Finally choose the logging and extra security:
Next go to BWM and choose your new Bandwidth object.
Note Egress is bandwidth “out” and Ingress is bandwidth “in”:
o confirm anything is in place you can check you access rules.
1. A filter symbol means BWM is apllied
2. A clock symbol means it is scheduled.
Also you can watch a GUI of statistics on Dashboard –> BMW Monitor
