MasterShaper Terms

=Targets=

Targets are IP addresses on the network. Usually they are wireless access points but they can also be computers with static IP addresses.

=Filters= Matches a target to a protocol, port or other target. Most used when managing different kinds of traffic like VoIP, SSH and Internet at the same time.

=Service Levels= Service Levels allow you to allocate your bandwidth into chunks. For example, if you have a 1024 MB/s connection and want to give a client only 512 MB/s.

=Chains= Typically MasterShaper only has 2 chains. One for internal only traffic, like accessing a file on the server; the other for traffic that uses the Internet. Simply put, there is LAN and WAN traffic. For most configurations, MasterShaper is only used for the WAN traffic and is set to ignore (not shape) LAN only traffic.

=Pipes= Connect chain, filter and service level

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