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 +=====Terms Used=====
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 +====CIR====
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 +Commit information rate, this is the rate that is guaranteed to a specific class or pool. The sum of all CIRs of any child item should not exceed the parent CIR, unless you know 100% what you're doing.
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 +====Limit (bandwidth term)====
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 +This is the maximum rate that a class or pool can consume. The sum lf all limits of child items should not exceed that of the parent Limit, again unless you know 100% what you're doing.
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 +====Rate====
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 +The rate refers to the current traffic speed seen for the class or pool
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 +====PPS====
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 +PPS stands for packets per second, this is how many packets are seen for the class or pool per second.
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 +====Class====
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 +A traffic class refers to a number of "bands" which a pool may fall within. If you configure 3 traffic classes from 1 to 3, traffic class 1 will take priority over traffic class 2 and 3. Traffic class 3 will be treated with the least priority. Bandwidth is allocated to each class in sequence from 1 to 3. If there is bandwidth left from over from 1, pools in class 2 may exceed their CIR until this is used up, should there still be bandwidth left over, class 3 may utilize this bandwidth.
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 +====Pool====
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 +Pools contain pool members. Pools have a CIR and Limit set to ensure their pool members do not exceed this.
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 +====Pool Member====
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 +Pool members are current users and/or IP addresses. Any number of pool members can be added to a pool. All these pool members traffic is treated equally by the pool and the limit applied to it as a whole.
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 +====Limit (configuration page "Add Limit")====
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 +A limit in the configuration sense refers to adding a pool and pool member at the same time, simplifying the configuration process.
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