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Advanced

At Network Center > Traffic Control > Advanced, you can create traffic control rules and apply them to connected devices or applications running on your Synology Router.

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Enable traffic control

If you wish to monitor the traffic of connected devices, click Settings and tick Enable traffic control.

To set up the maximum Internet bandwidths:

  1. Go to the Advanced tab and click Settings.
  2. Under the Internet Bandwidth section, enter the following information on the maximum bandwidths:
    • Internet upload bandwidth
    • Internet download bandwidth
  3. Click OK to save the settings.

Note:

  • For detailed information on the upload/download bandwidth of your Internet service, please contact your ISP (Internet service provider).
  • It takes time for traffic control to become fully effective. Please use the traffic viewer on client devices to get the most up-to-date live traffic information.
  • The Internet upload/download bandwidth should be between 0 and 4,294,967 KB/s.

To set up default policies:

You can set up default policies, applicable for conditions that are not regulated in customized traffic control rules.

  1. Go to the Advanced tab and click Settings.
  2. Under the Default Policy section, tick the local network to which the default policy is applied.
  3. Click Edit and configure the following:
    • Max. upload bandwidth per device
    • Max download bandwidth per device
  4. Click OK to save the settings.

Note:

  • The Internet upload/download bandwidth should be between 0 and 4,294,967 KB/s.

Create traffic control rules

You can not only create traffic control rules for connected devices, but also set the bandwidth allowed for applications running on each device at the Advanced tab.

Note:

  • Because of the UDP (User Datagram Protocol) limitations, the actual guaranteed bandwidth and maximum bandwidths of devices or applications using UDP might be smaller than the bandwidths you have configured.

To create a device traffic control rule:

  1. Click Add.
  2. Enter the name and MAC address of your device.
  3. Specify the upload and download speed for the device.

To create an application traffic control rule:

  1. Click Add > Create App Rule. This will launch a wizard to help you create application traffic rules.
  2. Follow the wizard and select applications. You can choose from applications that are currently running or from a list of applications available on Synology Router.
  3. Specify the upload and download speed for the application.

Enable traffic control
Create traffic control rules