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a. Click the STORM CONTROL RATE tab.
b. Click the EDIT button.
The EDIT STORM CONTROL RATE page displays.
c. For each port for which you want to set storm control rate limits, select the rate in Kbps or Mbps
from the individual menu for the port.
The default selection is No Limit.
d. Click the APPLY button.
Your settings are saved and the EDIT STORM CONTROL RATE page closes.
Manage Individual Port Settings
For each individual port, you can set the port priority, set rate limits for incoming and outgoing traffic, set
the port speed (by default, the speed is set automatically), enable flow control, and change the port name
label.
Set Rate Limits for a Port
You can limit the rate of incoming (ingress) traffic, outgoing (egress) traffic, or both on a port to prevent the
port (and the device that is attached to it) from taking up too much bandwidth on the switch. Rate limiting
simply means that the switch slows down all traffic on a port so that traffic does not exceed the limit that
you set for that port. If you set the rate limit on a port too low, you might, for example, see degraded video
stream quality, sluggish response times during online activity, and other problems.
You also can set port rate limits (the same feature) as part of the Quality of Service configuration on the
switch (see Manually Set the Quality of Service Mode and Port Rate Limits on page 30).
To set rate limits for incoming and outgoing traffic on a port:
1. Open a web browser from a computer that is connected to the same network as the switch or to the
switch directly through an Ethernet cable.
2. Enter the IP address that is assigned to the switch.
The login page displays.
3. Enter the switch password.
The default password is password. The password is case-sensitive.
The HOME page displays.
The PORT STATUS pane displays on the right or the bottom of the HOME page, depending on the size
of your browser window.
A port that is in use shows as UP. A port that is not in use shows as AVAILABLE.
4. Select the port.
The pane displays detailed information about the port.
5. Click the EDIT button.
The EDIT PORT page displays for the selected port.
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Nighthawk S8000 Gaming & Streaming Advanced 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch (GS808E)