Traffic Control

Traffic control (at Control Panel > Network > Traffic Control) aims to control the outgoing traffic of services running on DiskStation. Once you have selected a service, you need to specify the Guaranteed Bandwidth and Maximum Bandwidth to limit its outgoing traffic.

Term Explanation

Setting Formula

Note:

If the outgoing packets do not match any traffic control rules, the default behavior will be no limitation. You can add your own default traffic control rule at the end of all rules by choosing All ports, and specify Guaranteed Bandwidth and Maximum Bandwidth.

To create a traffic control rule:

  1. Select a network interface from the drop-down menu in the upper right corner.
  2. Click Create.
  3. In the Ports section, select one of the following for the rule:

Now you can see the created traffic control rule in the rule list.

To delete traffic control rules, do either of the following:

Note:

  1. You can create up to 100 rules for a network interface.
  2. Drag-and-drop to reorder the rules in the list.
  3. Rules are prioritized according to their positions in the list.
  4. If you have multiple network ports connecting to the same subnet, the firewall rules may not work properly.*
  5. If your DiskStation device connects to the Internet via PPPoE, the related traffic control rules must be configured on the corresponding PPPoE interface.

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* Applies to specific models only.