On 03/29/2013 07:18 AM, Alan McKay wrote:
> OK thanks everyone - I'm going to try to craft a better config based
> on this feedback.
>
> To demonstrate my basic problem though, here you have it.  I've
> noticed lately that my connection is slow so I wrote some scripts to
> replicate the speedtest.net tests to my ISPs speedtest server.   My
> results for downloads have been terrible (5 to 8Mbit/s on a line that
> should be 28Mbit and was often faster than that).
>
> When I connected a PC directly to the cable modem I got smoking fast
> speeds again, which left me to ponder what had changed since I used to
> get those speeds behind the firewall.
>
> The answer was : QoS
>
> Here is a quick example the first one is with my TC_ENABLED=Internal
> and then second one just seconds later after changing to TC_ENABLED=No
> and restarting shorewall.
>
>
> root@userver:/etc/shorewall# !wg
> wget -O /dev/null http://speedtest.teksavvy.com/speedtest/random1000x1000.jpg
> --2013-03-29 10:14:03--
> http://speedtest.teksavvy.com/speedtest/random1000x1000.jpg
> Resolving speedtest.teksavvy.com (speedtest.teksavvy.com)... 206.248.140.50
> Connecting to speedtest.teksavvy.com
> (speedtest.teksavvy.com)|206.248.140.50|:80... connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
> Length: 1986284 (1.9M) [image/jpeg]
> Saving to: `/dev/null'
>
> 100%[=========================================================================================>]
> 1,986,284    602K/s   in 3.2s
>
> 2013-03-29 10:14:06 (602 KB/s) - `/dev/null' saved [1986284/1986284]
>
> root@userver:/etc/shorewall# vi shorewall.conf
> root@userver:/etc/shorewall# /etc/init.d/shorewall restart
> Restarting "Shorewall firewall": done.
> root@userver:/etc/shorewall# wget -O /dev/null
> http://speedtest.teksavvy.com/speedtest/random1000x1000.jpg
> --2013-03-29 10:14:25--
> http://speedtest.teksavvy.com/speedtest/random1000x1000.jpg
> Resolving speedtest.teksavvy.com (speedtest.teksavvy.com)... 206.248.140.50
> Connecting to speedtest.teksavvy.com
> (speedtest.teksavvy.com)|206.248.140.50|:80... connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
> Length: 1986284 (1.9M) [image/jpeg]
> Saving to: `/dev/null'
>
> 100%[=========================================================================================>]
> 1,986,284   1.94M/s   in 1.0s
>
> 2013-03-29 10:14:26 (1.94 MB/s) - `/dev/null' saved [1986284/1986284]

Have you looked at FAQ 97a?

-Tom

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