To throttle download speeds for specific device types—such as ChromeOS devices—and assign them to a dedicated VLAN , the appropriate configuration is to create a Device Policy and apply it to the target WLAN .

According to the RUCKUS One Online Help – Device Policy Management , and RUCKUS AI documentation – Policy Control and Device Analytics , Device Policies can classify client devices based on operating system, MAC OUI, or fingerprinting data . Once identified, administrators can enforce rate limits, VLAN tagging, and access restrictions for that device type.

By applying this policy to the STUDENT SSID , all detected ChromeOS clients will have bandwidth limits applied and their traffic segmented into the configured VLAN for management and security isolation.

Other options—such as Layer 2 ACLs or Application Control Policies —manage packet-level permissions or app-level prioritization, not per-device bandwidth or VLAN segmentation. Creating a new WLAN is unnecessary since RUCKUS policy management allows dynamic device-based enforcement on a single SSID.