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| Example 1: You have a network connected to the Internet through a Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 based server. Users access the Internet through the server with ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) or NAT (Network Address Translation). You would like to limit internet access speed for some or all users. |
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Install the SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager service on the Windows based server and create rules via the GUI. For example, if your network IP address range is 192.168.0.x your rules might look something like this:
Rule #1: Protocol TCP/UDP, Source: 192.168.0.1, Destination: Any IP Address.
Rule #2: Protocol TCP/UDP, Source: 192.168.0.2, Destination: Any IP Address.
Rule #3: Protocol TCP/UDP, Source: 192.168.0.3, Destination: Any IP Address.
In this case, a rule has been defined for three specific users and each rule would have an appropriate data rate limit. Any other network users would have internet access with no speed limit. If you need to restrict internet access speed for larger numbers of users it might be more convenient to use rules that apply to source address ranges.
This set of rules applies to any connection from selected network users to any IP address. If users access the Internet through a proxy server then example 2 applies.
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| Example 2: You have a network connected to the Internet through a Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 based server. Users access the Internet through the proxy server. You would like to limit internet access speed for some or all users. |
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Install SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager service on the Windows based server and create rules via the GUI. If your network IP address range is 192.168.0.x, your rules might look something like this:
Rule #1: Protocol TCP/UDP, Source: 192.168.0.1, Destination: local host, proxy server port.
Rule #2: Protocol TCP/UDP, Source: 192.168.0.2, Destination: local host, proxy server port.
Rule #3: Protocol TCP/UDP, Source: 192.168.0.3, Destination: local host, proxy server port.
This set of rules applies to any connection from selected network users to the proxy server port. For access to the Internet through the server with ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) or NAT (Network Address Translation) Example 1 applies. |
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| Example 3: You have a network connected to the Internet through a hardware router or a DSL modem. You would like to limit internet access speed for some or all users but you do not need to limit traffic within your LAN. |
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In this case, you need to install the SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager service on each network computer on which you would like to set an internet speed limit. Only the system service needs to be installed on each network computer. You will be able to set up the system services remotely via the GUI application installed on a single workstation. If your network IP address range is 192.168.0.x, your rules might be as follows:
Rule #1: Protocol: TCP/UDP, Source: Range 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.0.255, Destination: Range 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.0.255, Unlimited.
Rule #2: Protocol: TCP/UDP, Source: local host, Destination: Any IP address.
The first rule permits unlimited access to the LAN while the second sets an internet access speed limit.
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