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Speed limitations and traffic quotas

UserGate allows for setting speed limits, traffic quotas, and the amount of time a user is allowed to be online. There are two different ways to set a traffic speed limit in UserGate – creating a traffic rule and using the Bandwidth Manager.

Speed limitations

One way to set a speed limit in UserGate is to specify it for a particular user or user group. This can be easily done by creating a ‘set speed’ rule in the Traffic Policy module, and then picking that rule in the properties for a particular user or user group. In addition, you can specify optional parameters that define how the rule is to be applied. For example, you can set the rule to activate at a certain time of day or on a certain day of the week. It is also possible to set a speed limit directly in a user’s properties, which comes in handy when creating an entire traffic rule is not necessary.

Another way to restrict connection speed is provided by the Bandwidth manager. The rule created in the Bandwidth manager sets the speed limit for a specific network adapter, traffic direction, source and destination IP address, protocol, and/or port. If there are several rules, they are processed according to their priority.

Traffic quotas

UserGate allows administrators to set daily, weekly, or monthly quotas on traffic consumption. User Internet access can be blocked ,or the billing plan changed, upon reaching a set download or upload limit. The option to specify which particular protocol to include in the traffic rule adds extra flexibility to the rule. For example, a user can continue using e-mail (POP3 and SMTP protocols) after their limit on the HTTP traffic has been reached.

Speed limitations and traffic quotas can complement each other, allowing administrators to apply a certain speed limit when exceeding a particular volume of downloaded or uploaded data, or reaching a specified balance on the user’s account.

Time restrictions

In addition to speed and traffic limits, an administrator can specify how much time a user is allowed to spend online, a particular time of day, and a day of the week when the traffic rule should be applied.

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