Technical Tip: How to prioritize Netflix

[Ylli_Seitaj]

Description	This article describes how to configure the FortiGate Firewall to prioritize the traffic for Netflix.
Scope	FortiGate.
Solution	Go to: 'Application Control' and select 'Create New' to create an Application Control Profile to allow and monitor Netflix applications: Go to: 'Traffic Shaping' and select 'Create New' to create a Traffic Shaper. Specify: 'Maximum bandwidth' and 'Guaranteed bandwidth'. Below is an example: Go to: 'Policy & Objects' -> 'Firewall Policy' and select 'Create New' to create a Firewall Policy: As shown in the below link, Netflix does not require deep inspection, so certificate-inspection is enough on the above Firewall Policy: Configure 'traffic-shaper' and 'traffic-shaper-reverse', as explained in below article: Traffic Shaping Priority Queueing (PRIQ) After applying the traffic shaper from CLI, they will be displayed on GUI inside the Firewall Policy: Use the 'Dashboard' and 'Forward Traffic' logs to monitor Netflix's performance in terms of bandwidth usage and application control.