Creating an Application Control Policy

Application control policies can be used to block access to certain applications, to rate limit traffic identified as belonging to certain applications, or to perform QoS traffic shaping on traffic identified as belonging to a certain application.
Note: For more information on configuring and enforcing application control policies, see Application Policy.

To create an Application Control Policy:

  1. Go to WLAN > Advanced Options > Access Control.
  2. Enable Application Visibility.
  3. In Apply policy group, click Create New to create a new policy.
    Note: Alternatively, go to Admin & Services > Services > Application Recognition & Control > Application Policy to configure multiple application policies and then apply them to WLANs one by one.
  4. Enter a Name and optionally a Description for the policy.
  5. In Rules, click Create New to create a new rule for this policy.
  6. In Rule Type, select whether this will be a Denial policy, a Rate Limiting policy or a QoS policy.
  7. In Application Type, Select System Defined or one of the user-defined application types (IP-based, port-based or application name-based).
  8. In Application, select the user-defined application from the list, or select the application category and application name from the list of system-defined applications.
  9. If the Rule Type you selected was Rate Limiting or QoS, enter the uplink and downlink speeds at which to limit this application, or the QoS traffic shaping rules to enforce if it is a QoS rule.
  10. Click Save to save the rule, and click OK to save the policy.

    Applying an Application Control Policy to a WLAN

    Creating an Application Control Policy for a specific website

Parent topic: Application Policies