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Differentiated services (diffserv) – NETGEAR MS510TXPP 8 Port Gigabit PoE Managed Switch User Manual

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Smart Managed Pro Switches MS510TX and MS510TXPP

Configuration Examples

User Manual

338

For additional information about IP ACL rules, see

Configure Rules for a Basic IP ACL on

page

275

.

3.

Click the

Add

button.

4.

On the IP Rules page, create a second rule for IP ACL 1 with the following settings:

Rule ID

. 2

Action

. Permit

Match Every

. True

5.

Click the

Add

button.

6.

On the IP Binding Configuration page, assign ACL ID 1 to ports 2, 3, and 4, and assign a

sequence number of 1. (See

Configure IP ACL Interface Bindings on page

288

.)

By default, this IP ACL is bound on the inbound direction, so it examines traffic as it
enters the switch.

7.

Click the

Apply

button.

8.

Use the IP Binding Table page to view the interfaces and IP ACL binding information. (See

View or Delete IP ACL Bindings in the IP ACL Binding Table on page

290

)

The IP ACL in this example matches all packets with the source IP address and subnet mask
of the Finance department’s network and deny it on the Ethernet interfaces 2, 3, and 4 of the
switch. The second rule permits all non-Finance traffic on the ports. The second rule is
required because an explicit

deny all

rule exists as the lowest priority rule.

Differentiated Services (DiffServ)

Standard IP-based networks are designed to provide

best effort

data delivery service.

Best

effort

service implies that the network attempts to deliver the data in a timely fashion. During

times of congestion, packets might be delayed, sent sporadically, or dropped. For typical
Internet applications, such as email and file transfer, a slight degradation in service is
acceptable and in many cases unnoticeable. However, any degradation of service can
negatively affect applications with strict timing requirements, such as voice or multimedia.

Quality of Service (QoS) can provide consistent, predictable data delivery by distinguishing
between packets with strict timing requirements from those that are more tolerant of delay.
Packets with strict timing requirements are given special treatment in a QoS-capable
network. With this in mind, all elements of the network must be QoS capable. If one node
cannot meet the necessary timing requirements, this creates a deficiency in the network path
and the performance of the entire packet flow is compromised.