Limit Applications Usage or Block Applications

To control network traffic throughput by limiting or blocking specific applications using too much bandwidth, do the following:

Limit Applications Usage

1 To filter the list of widgets to display on the Dashboard screen, go to Site-wide > Dashboard and click Customize to show the Widget, Reset and Close buttons.

2 Click Widget to filter the list of widgets to display on the Dashboard screen and select Access points application usage.

3 Then click Close.

The Access points application usage widget appears. This allows you to view the top ten applications used by the Nebula access points in the site in the past 24 hours.

4 Go to Site-wide > Applications usage to view the usage statistics for applications used in the site. Hover the mouse on the application (for example, YouTube) you wish to limit the bandwidth and click Limit.

5 On the Media Streaming screen that appears, set the maximum bandwidth by:

• using the slider, or

• entering the bandwidth limit (1 to 30 Mb/s).

Then click Ok.

Block Applications

Go to the Site-wide > Configure > Security router > Traffic management screen and do the following:

• Click the Application identification & control switch to the right to control usage of applications.

• Click +Add to create up to 5 application management profiles.

• Select the Enabled checkbox to turn on the rule. Select the Client to which this rule applies. Select the YouTube Application to apply the rule. Then enter a Description for this profile (up to 512 characters long).

• Then click Save to create a new application management profile.