Setting Bandwidth Limits on a WiFi Network

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In the UniFi Controller, head to Settings - Profiles and click "Create New Bandwidth Profile"

UniFi Network settings, Profiles page with the gear icon, Profiles menu and Create New Bandwidth Profile link marked

Give the new bandwidth profile a name and the desired speeds and click "Apply Changes"

New Bandwidth Profile form named Guests with a 10 Mbps download limit and 5 Mbps upload limit

Go to Settings - WiFi and select the WiFi network we want to limit.

UniFi WiFi settings with the WiFi menu item and the BSU-Private network marked

Choose "Manual" next to Advanced and click on the Bandwidth profile dropdown and select the bandwidth profile, then click the Apply Changes button to save the settings.

BSU-Private WiFi settings with Advanced set to Manual and the Guests bandwidth profile selected

Once applied, all devices connected to the WiFi network will inherit that bandwidth limit.

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