Contemporary Control Systems Compact Managed Switches Software Manual for Console Access - Manual (Page 45)

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4.3.10 Configure Rate Control
4.3.10.1 Rate Control Overview
The rate and type of port traffic can be controlled to enhance network performance.
This feature is deemed Rate Control and Figure 36 displays the menu screen for
choosing Ingress or Egress port settings. With rate control, bandwidth allocation can
be finely controlled.
Figure 36— Configure Rate Control Menu
Rate control can be a useful feature for limiting communications from an unknown
network. A common application of rate control is to prevent bandwidth “hogging” when
interconnecting office and control networks.
The rate parameter is selectable for many different bit rates that can range from a high
of 100 Mbps down to a low of 128 kbps. The default condition is for all messages to
pass at 100 Mbps.
Selecting which frame types are to be used for rate control is accomplished on the
Configure Ingress Traffic Rate Control screen described on the next page.