Add and Categorize Classes

In the Easy Configure - Add Classes screen, you can categorize services as you create classes for them. This is useful if you don't want to wait for PacketWise to auto-discover traffic before controlling a certain type of traffic. For example, you can create a Gnutella class and assign it to the Low Priority category so that your network won't be overloaded with music file downloads.

To create a new class and assign it to a category:

1. Click the top ten tab.

2. Click add classes. The Easy Configure - Add Classes screen appears.  show screen

3. In the Service list, select the service you want to add.

4. In the Category list, select the desired category:

Note: For a list of traffic class recommendations for each Easy Configure category, see Category Examples.

• Mission Critical for the most important applications on the network; high priority is given to these applications to keep them running smoothly and efficiently.
• Average for applications that can be downgraded when resources are in contention, in order to give precedence to mission-critical applications
• Low Priority for applications that can be used, but should not disrupt normal business operations; some delay is acceptable
• Prohibited for services you don't want to allow on your network

5. Click add. The class is added to the Pending Classes list.

6. Repeat steps 3-5 for any other classes you want to create.

7. When finished, click apply to create the classes.

See also:

Remove Classes from the Pending Classes List