WSM User Guide - WatchGuard Technologies

Creating QoS Actions8 Click OK.The new action appears in the QoS Actions dialog box.Applying QoS actions to policiesAfter you have created QoS actions, you can apply them to the policies you have configured in PolicyManager. To apply a QoS action:1 From Policy Manager, double-click on the policy to which you want to add a QoS action.2 Select the Advanced tab.3 From the QoS drop-down list, select the QoS action to apply to the policy.4 Use the View/Edit or New/Clone buttons (at the right of the Schedule and QoS fields) to changethe properties of the QoS action or to create a new QoS action for the policy.5 Click OK. Save your changes to the Firebox.Using QoS in a multiple WAN environmentWhen a QoS action is applied on a multiple WAN policy with multiple WAN set up in round robin mode,the maximum bandwidth and connection rate settings in the QoS action control the total throughputand connection rate across all interfaces. This includes all external interfaces that are configured toroute traffic. This also includes external interfaces that are down.When a QoS action is applied on a multiple WAN policy with multiple WAN set up in WAN failover mode,the maximum bandwidth and connection rate settings in the QoS action control the throughput andconnection rate across the one external interface that is currently sending packets.User Guide 325