Lower the bandwidth dedicated to VOIP some.

On 2/21/06, Robert Goley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  I have not had a chance to load this yet.  I did find an error in the
> system log related to the traffic shaping though.  It is listed below.  I
> will load the update after everyone leaves today.  Are there any special
> steps to take after loading the update tarball?
>
>
>  php: : There were error(s) loading the rules: pfctl: real-time sc exceeds
> 80% of the interface bandwidth (491.52Kb) /tmp/rules.debug:34: errors in
> queue definition pfctl: Syntax error in config file: pf rules not loaded -
> The line in question reads [ real-time sc exceeds 80% of the interface
> bandwidth (491.52Kb) /tmp/rules.debug]:
>
>
>  Robert
>
>
>  On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 14:19 -0500, Scott Ullrich wrote:
> http://www.pfsense.com/~sullrich/1.0-BETA1-TESTING-SNAPSHOT-2-20-06/
> if you are running a full version, there are a couple of other testing
> directories in ~sullrich with other versions (embedded, etc).
>
> On 2/21/06, Robert Goley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I care and will test. I will be using it at this site and testing it for
> > my Vonage line at home too. what version would you like tested?
> >
> > Robert
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 13:10 -0500, Scott Ullrich wrote:
> > As far as we know yes. Bill has put out repeated pleas for testing
> > and feedback but nobody seems to care.
> >
> > Scott
> >
> >
> > On 2/21/06, John Cianfarani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > So is the traffic shaper working correctly now for voip in the latest
> > > snapshot?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > John
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Bill Marquette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 12:28 PM
> > > To: support@pfsense.com
> > > Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Traffic Shaper hints needed.
> > >
> > > You've horribly butchered bits vs bytes. Everything in the shaper
> > > wizard is in bits. A 6Mb connection is 6Megabits, not 6MegaBytes,
> > > hence the 600KByte download (notice the conversion I did?) FYI, if
> > > you have 5 lines, you probably want to reserve 5 x line rate - if line
> > > rate is 96Kb/sec then you want 480Kb (or whatever setting above that
> > > is close - say 512Kb) for the reservation. That will allow all 5
> > > lines to be talking at the same time.
> > >
> > > --Bill
> > >
> > > On 2/21/06, Robert Goley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > I have a pfsense firewall setup that I am trying to prioritize Vonage
> > > VOIP
> > > > traffic. I am replacing a M0n0wall firewall that had some traffic
> > > shaper
> > > > config setup for the Vonage routers. I have 3 Vaonge routers carrying
> > > 5
> > > > phone lines across a 768KB/6MB (UP/DOWN) cable modem connection. I
> > > may be
> > > > making this harder on myself than it really is but I am not sure what
> > > values
> > > > to put where. I know that as a rule of thumb you only get %10 of the
> > > > advertised bandwidth. For example, I have a 6 MB download speed but
> > > only
> > > > get about 600kb/s download rate from extremely fast servers. Vonage
> > > > advertizes 90kb/s bandwidth usage per line. This is actually a
> > > 8-10kb/s
> > > > upload/download rate. When using the traffic shaper wizard, I can
> > > specify
> > > > the provider and optionally a IP address or alias. I chose Vonage and
> > > an
> > > > alias that includes all 3 routers. The next itme is reserved
> > > bandwidth for
> > > > VOIP. I don't know what I need to put here. Is it the advertised
> > > speed
> > > > 768KB or 76KB/s? I don't want to accidentally assign more bandwidth
> > > than I
> > > > have since that renders the traffic shaper useless. I did not have
> > > major
> > > > problems with my VOIP traffic with the M0n0wall. Since switching, I
> > > have
> > > > had quite a bit of broken voice etc. Could someone drop me a couple
> > > of
> > > > hints on this? I am using the 2-8-06 version from sullrich.
> > > >
> > > > Robert
> > >
> > >
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