Robert
On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 17:48 -0500, Scott Ullrich wrote:
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 > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]