Netgate Discussion Forum
    • Categories
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Search
    • Register
    • Login

    Limiters with passive FTP

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Traffic Shaping
    4 Posts 2 Posters 936 Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • T
      Turranius
      last edited by

      Greetings.

      I tried searching for this issue but could not find an easy answer.. example: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=35126.0

      So, I have a FTP that uses passive ports since I'm using NAT. Its total range is 21,4000-5000 (passive ports).

      I wanted to set up limiters to say, 3 MB in, 2 MB out.

      I set up the limiters and added them to a LAN rule for the IP of the FTP server (whole server. not just a range). However, the FTP still seems to be using unlimited bandwidth.
      So I just change the IP on the LAN rule to my local machine for testing and it works just fine. I'm locked down just as expected.

      Change the IP back to the FTP server but nothing happens there. Still full throttle.

      Am I missing something?

      Version is 2.3.2-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)

      Thanks!

      Edit: This does not seem to have anything to do with the limiters either. If I change the LAN rule to "block" and set my workstation IP, I can not reach anything on the internet, as expected.
      If I change it to the FTP server IP, I can not reach anything there either, but the FTP PASV traffic is not affected. Users are still able to connect and download/upload to it.

      Is it because I have those ports opened and forwarded in a WAN rule and that takes precidence somehow?

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • D
        doktornotor Banned
        last edited by

        Try 2.4

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • T
          Turranius
          last edited by

          @doktornotor:

          Try 2.4

          Thank you. Is that stable for a simple firewall running at home?

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • D
            doktornotor Banned
            last edited by

            Shrug, it's beta. Regardless, if you want limiters working with NAT, that's the only viable option.

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • First post
              Last post
            Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC (Netgate). All rights reserved.