How can I use network steering to transmit traffic to a designated WAN interface?

Applicable Products

QuWAN Orchestrator

Overview

QuWAN Orchestrator's network steering functionality utilizes Quality of Service (QoS) rules to achieve precise control over traffic routing. This mechanism allows network administrators to designate specific traffic flows to preferred WAN interfaces, optimizing resource allocation and application performance within the SD-WAN environment.

Procedure

1. Log in to QuWAN Orchestrator using your QNAP account credentials.
2. Select your organization.
3. Click QuWAN Device.
4. Specify the QuWAN device for which you want to enable network steering.
5. Click Quality of Service.
6. Click Add.
   The Add Quality of Service Rule window appears.
7. Specify a rule name.
8. Configure the QoS settings.

   Setting	User Action
   Source	Specify the connection source for this policy. Selecting Any applies this policy to all connections. Selecting Define applies this policy to traffic coming from the sources defined for this policy. Selecting None allows you to apply the policy to traffic coming from the client operating system. Selecting IP allows you to apply the policy to connections from a single IP, a specific subnet, or every IP within a specific range. Specify the client OS from the drop-down list.
   Destination	Specify the connection destination for this policy. Selecting Any applies this policy to all connections. Selecting Define applies this policy to traffic directed to specific destinations. Selecting None allows you to apply the policy to traffic going to the client operating system. Selecting IP allows you to apply the policy to connections from a single IP, a specific subnet, or every IP within a specific range. Selecting Domain name applies the policy to a specific domain name. Specify the network transport protocol for the policy.
   Application	Specify whether the QoS policy allows or denies specific applications or application categories. Selecting Any applies the policy to all applications and application categories. Note Network steering is limited to automatic configuration when you select this option. Selecting Define applies the policy to traffic directed to all applications and categories defined for this policy.
   Service class	Specify the service class priority from the drop-down list.
   Network steering	Auto: QuWAN Orchestrator automatically detects the optimal transmission path for steering traffic. Direct: Manually select the WAN port to steer traffic.

9. Click Create.

QuWAN Orchestrator implements the QoS rule on the device.

In QuWAN Orchestrator, network steering allows for directing traffic based on QoS rules. For example, to send all traffic from 192.168.100.100 to the secondary WAN (WAN2), create a QoS rule with the following configuration:

• Source IP address = 192.168.100.100 (traffic from the source device)
• Destination: Any (encompasses all destinations)
• Application: Any (includes all applications)
• Network steering: Direct - WAN2 (forces traffic to WAN2)

This configuration steers all traffic originating from 192.168.100.100 exclusively to WAN2, optimizing resource allocation for that specific device.