SonicOS 7 Match Objects
- SonicOS 7
- Zones
- How Zones Work
- Predefined Zones
- Security Types
- Allow Interface Trust
- Enabling SonicWall Security Services on Zones
- Effect of Wireless and Non-Wireless Controller Modes
- Match Objects > Zones
- The Zone Settings Table
- Adding a New Zone
- Configuring a Zone for Guest Access
- Configuring a Zone for Open Authentication and Social Login
- Configuring a Zone for Captive Portal Authentication with RADIUS
- Configuring a Zone for Customized Policy Message
- Configuring a Zone for Customized Login Page
- Configuring the WLAN Zone
- Configuring the RADIUS Server
- Configuring DPI-SSL Granular Control per Zone
- Enabling Automatic Redirection to the User-Policy Page
- Deleting a Zone
- Addresses
- Types of Address Objects
- About Address Groups
- About UUIDs for Address Objects and Groups
- Addresses Page
- Default Address Objects and Groups
- Default Pref64 Address Object
- Default Rogue Address Groups
- Adding an Address Object
- Editing Address Objects
- Deleting Custom Address Objects
- Purging MAC or FQDN Address Objects
- Creating Address Groups
- Editing Address Groups
- Deleting Address Groups
- Working with Dynamic Address Objects
- Services
- About Default Service Objects and Groups
- Predefined IP Protocols for Custom Service Objects
- Adding Service Objects using Predefined Protocols
- Adding Custom IP Type Services
- Editing Custom Service Objects
- Deleting Custom Service Objects
- Adding Custom Service Groups
- Editing Custom Service Groups
- Deleting Custom Service Groups
- URI Lists
- Match Objects
- Schedules
- Dynamic Group
- Email Addresses
- SonicWall Support
Bandwidth Managing Access to an Entire Domain
Streaming media is one of the most profligate consumers of network bandwidth. But trying to control access, or manage bandwidth allotted to these sites is difficult because most sites that serve streaming media tend to do so off of large server farms. Moreover, these sites frequently re-encode the media and deliver it over HTTP, making it even more difficult to classify and isolate. Manual management of lists of servers is a difficult task, but wildcard FQDN address objects can be used to simplify this effort.
Step 1 – Create the FQDN Address Objects:
- Navigate to Object > Match Objects > Addresses > Address Objects page.
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Click Add and create the following address object.
Upon initial creation, *.youtube.com resolves to IP addresses 208.65.153.240, 208.65.153.241, 208.65.153.242, but after an internal host begins to resolve hosts for all of the elements within the youtube.com domain, the learned host entries are added, such as the entry for the v87.youtube.com server (208.65.154.84).
- Navigate to Object > Profile Objects > Bandwidth page.
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Click Add and create the bandwidth object.
Step 3 – Create the Access Rule:
- Navigate to Policy > Access Rules page.
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Click Add and create the access rule:
After the access rule is created, the Bandwidth Management icon appears within the Access Rule table, indicating that BWM is active and providing statistics. Move your mouse pointer over the icon to see the BWM settings.
Access to all *.youtube.com hosts, using any protocol, is now be cumulatively limited to speed that you have set, a low percentage of your total available bandwidth for all user sessions.
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