FW - Limit bandwidth according to hours

Chico008Chico008
in Firebox - QoS and Traffic Management

Hi
I have a rule used to replicate our backup to a distant datacenter.
Is there a way to setup the rule to limite bandwidth usage during workday, and no limite during night for example ?

Is there a way to di the sime using sd-wan ?
we have a low fiber connection, and a xDSl backup.
maybe tell during the day to use xdsl, and at night use fiber

But this point is optionnal, primary need is bandwidth limitation during workhours.

I can only find a way to provide/limite badnwidhth permanently.

Thanks

Comments

  • Bruce_BriggsBruce_Briggs
    edited November 21

    You can set up a Schedule on a policy.
    So you could have 2 policies for this traffic - 1 for work hours with a Traffic Management bandwidth restriction and 1 for off hours without Traffic Management applied.

    Note that if there is an ongoing session when the schedule changes, the new policy won't apply to that traffic.

  • Bruce_BriggsBruce_Briggs

    Web UI:
    Set an Operating Schedule
    https://community.watchguard.com/watchguard-community/discussion/4460/fw-limit-bandwidth-according-to-hours

    For WSM Policy Manager, see the Schedule section on the policy Advanced tab

  • Chico008Chico008

    That's the point, rule have to be applied event if a session is running tu reduce/increase bandwidth.

    This is for backup replications, that takes very long time due to our very limited fiber bandwidth, so i need bandwith limitation to be dynamic for running sessions/transfers

  • james.carsonjames.carson Moderator, WatchGuard Representative

    Hi @Chico008

    A pair of policies, with the policies on timers, would be able to throttle whatever specific traffic you can filter by a policy (source, destination, port)

    As Bruce mentioned, the firewall's policy set is checked when the connection starts. If this is a long-running connection, you'll need to find a way to break/restart the connection so the new policy can be applied to that traffic.

    I'm not sure how long your database keeps connections open while doing this, so I suggest trying a rule and seeing if the connection breaks and re-establishes itself.

    -James Carson
    WatchGuard Customer Support

  • Chico008Chico008

    Thanks, i'll see what i can do, but i'm afraid if i close the backup connection, it will just failed :/

  • Bruce_BriggsBruce_Briggs

    What is your fiber speed?
    How long does a replication normally take?
    How much data is being replicated?
    Can the replication process be made into multiple steps instead of just one step?

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