Bandwidth Controller uses 'filters' to control network traffic. A filter is a set of rules which specify the type of traffic which will be limited. Any traffic which matches a filter's attributes will be processed by the filter, otherwise it will pass through the network adapter untouched.
You may have up to 20 filters activated at a time. Each filter is associated with a network adapter, a direction (send or receive) and various other attributes as outlined below:
Network Adapter
The network adapter which the filter applies to. There must be only one adapter per filter. To handle more than one adapter you must create seperate filters for each adapter.Direction
The direction of travel of the traffic to filter. This must be either send or receive and cannot be both. To handle both send and receive a seperate filter for each must be created.'Send' means data which is sent from your machine to some destination. 'Receive' means data that is received by your machine.
Rate
The number of bytes per second that the filtered traffic will be limited to. Setting this to zero or 'Blocked' will prevent any traffic from passing through. Setting it to 'Unlimited' will allow all traffic to pass through freely. Setting it to some other value between 1 and 1,000,000,000 (1 gigabyte per second) will cap the rate at that value.Protocol
Filters only packets that match this protocol. Choose 'Any' to filter all packets whatever their protocol. 'IP' will filter only TCP, UDP, ICMP traffic etc.. 'Other' will filter all non-IP traffic (e.g. IPX).Source IP address
Choose between three types of filtering:
- 'Any' - This filters all packets regardless of their source IP address.
- 'Equal to' - Allows you to enter a single source IP address that the filter will apply to.
- 'Between' - Allows you to enter a source IP address range which will be processed by the filter. All packets that have a source IP address which falls within the specified range will share the bandwidth allocated by the filter.
The source IP address is the address from which a packet originates. Only dotted addresses are valid for this field, domain names aren't. For example '123.45.67.89' is valid whereas 'www.domain.com' is not.
Note: The source IP address is only applicable if the protocol supports IP addresses. i.e. 'IP', 'TCP', 'UDP' and not 'Other' or 'Any'.
Source port
Entering a source port value restricts the filter to packets which originate from the given port. Choose 'Any' to ignore the source port.Note: This option is only applicable for filters which use either TCP or UDP protocol.
Destination IP address
Choose between three types of filtering:
- 'Any' - This filters all packets regardless of their destination IP address.
- 'Equal to' - Allows you to enter a single destination IP address that the filter will apply to.
- 'Between' - Allows you to enter a destination IP address range which will be processed by the filter. All packets that have a destination IP address which falls within the specified range will share the bandwidth allocated by the filter.
The destination IP address is the address which a packet is going to. Only dotted addresses are valid for this field, domain names aren't. For example '123.45.67.89' is valid whereas 'www.domain.com' is not.
Note: The destination IP address is only applicable if the protocol supports IP addresses. i.e. 'IP', 'TCP', 'UDP' and not 'Other' or 'Any'.
Destination port
Entering a destination port value restricts the filter to packets which originate from the given port. Choose 'Any' to ignore the destination port.Note: This option is only applicable for filters which use either TCP or UDP protocol.