How to set up rate limit through EAP controller

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Suitable for: Omada Controller 2.5.1 or above and EAP products with corresponding firmware.
What is Rate Limit?
Rate Limit is used to set the limit of download rate and upload rate for the clients. With Rate Limit configured, we can protect the network bandwidth from being occupied too much by some of the clients.
Omada Controller supports three types of rate limit: Rate Limit Based on SSID, Rate Limit Based on Clients and Rate Limit Based on Voucher/Local User. When you configure more than one type of rate limit at the same time, only the configuration with minimum rate limit value will take effect.
Note: Only Omada Controller 2.6.0 or above supports Rate Limit Based on Clients.
How Do I Configure Rate Limit?
- Rate Limit Based on SSID
1. Click on the upper right corner of the management interface. Go to Wireless Settings > Basic Wireless Setting to load the following page.
2. Click to configure the corresponding SSID, and click Rate Limit to load the following page.
3. In the Rate Limit section, enable Rate Limit and specify the download limit and upload limit. Click Apply.
- Rate Limit Based on Clients
Note: Before configuring Rate Limit Based on Clients, make sure that there are clients connected to the controller.
1. Go to Clients and click to configure the corresponding client. Then click Rate Limit to load the following page.
2. Specify the download limit and upload limit. Click Apply.
- Rate Limit Based on Voucher/Local User
Note: Before configuring Rate Limit Based on Voucher/Local User, configure Voucher/Local User Portal first.
For Voucher
1. Click on the upper right corner of the management interface. Go to Wireless Control > Portal to load the following page.
2. Click to configure the corresponding Voucher Portal. Click Voucher Manager to manage the vouchers.
3. On the Management page, go to Voucher and click to create vouchers and specify the download limit and upload limit. Click Apply.
For Local User
1. Click on the upper right corner of the management interface. Go to Wireless Control > Portal to load the following page.
2. Click to configure the corresponding Local User Portal. Click User Management to manage the users.
3. On the Management page, go to User and click to create local users and specify the download limit and upload limit. Click Apply.
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