Fortinet Gate 60D - Configuring Traffic Shaping

Traffic Shaping Configuring traffic shaping
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To ensure that traffic shaping is working at its best, make sure that the interface ethernet
statistics show no errors, collisions or buffer overruns. If any of these problems do appear,
then FortiGate and switch settings may require adjusting. For more information, see
the
FortiGate Traffic Shaping Technical Note.
Configuring traffic shaping
Configure traffic shapers to be included in firewall policies.
To view the traffic shaper list, go to Firewall > Traffic Shaping > Traffic Shaping.
Figure 268: Traffic shaper list
To create a traffic shaper
1 Go to Firewall > Traffic Shaping > Traffic Shaping.
2 Select Create New.
Figure 269: Creating traffic shapers
Create New Add a traffic shaper. For more information, see “To create a traffic shaper” on
page 425.
Name The name of a traffic shaper.
Delete icon Select to remove a traffic shaper.
Edit icon Select to modify a traffic shaper.
Name Type a name for this traffic shaper.
Name The name of a traffic shaper.
Apply Shaping Select Per Policy to apply this traffic shaper to a single firewall policy that uses
it.
Select For all policies using this shaper to apply this traffic shaper to all firewall
policies that use it.
Guaranteed
Bandwidth
Select a value to ensure there is enough bandwidth available for a high-priority
service. Be sure that the sum of all Guaranteed Bandwidth in all firewall policies
is significantly less than the bandwidth capacity of the interface.
Delete
Edit