Traffic shaper changes [90% completed, please send money to complete bounty]

billm

just a little update: The multiple interface shaping feature is starting to look a bit daunting, altq was not designed for it. The queuing hierarchy created on each interface are totally unrelated. So if you try to shape 1 wan interface over two lans then altq simple can't do it. Probably some combination of dummynet and altq would solve the problem, I'll post my opinions on the wiki later.

Leon, any updates on this? I've been holding off spending much more time on this until it's proven working (or not)…it should work I think, but it's a bit of a hack to setup as best as I can tell.

--Bill

Leoandru

@billm:

Leon, any updates on this? I've been holding off spending much more time on this until it's proven working (or not)…it should work I think, but it's a bit of a hack to setup as best as I can tell.

--Bill

No.. I haven't been able to make it work, I was holding off the write up on this until I had absolutely given up. Also I didn't know your were holding off until more proof could be given that it doesn't work, but I was hoping that you could prove me wrong with some test and sample setups. I was still experimenting with several ideas though I haven't gotten as much time as I would have liked to experiment with them (maybe i spoke too soon of free time cause it seems to be vanishing into work). Maybe this weekend I'll be able to give something more concrete, but please go ahead with your ideas and experiment I check this thread regularly for updates so you can post any success you have had with this. Sorry for the lack of correspondence on irc, it would be nice if we could bounce ideas off each other but I just havn't found the time yet.

billm

'k I'll just drop you a private email if I can find your address again :)

–Bill

SMachiz

I would contribute $25 for proper dual-wan QoS/shaping.

cabe

just a little update: The multiple interface shaping feature is starting to look a bit daunting, altq was not designed for it. The queuing hierarchy created on each interface are totally unrelated. So if you try to shape 1 wan interface over two lans then altq simple can't do it. Probably some combination of dummynet and altq would solve the problem, I'll post my opinions on the wiki later.

So does this mean that it's not possible to shape across multiple WAN interfaces? Or does it mean that we can't even shape across a bridged WAP and LAN connected to a single WAN.. ???

eickst

Any updates on this feature? Not multi-wan but at least multi-lan such as WAP and LAN.

sullrich

No.

cabe

@eickst:

Any updates on this feature? Not multi-wan but at least multi-lan such as WAP and LAN.

I'm probably going to just switch to the new beta of m0n0wall for that feature.

sullrich

@cabe:

@eickst:

Any updates on this feature? Not multi-wan but at least multi-lan such as WAP and LAN.

I'm probably going to just switch to the new beta of m0n0wall for that feature.

Have fun!

hoba

@cabe:

@eickst:

Any updates on this feature? Not multi-wan but at least multi-lan such as WAP and LAN.

I'm probably going to just switch to the new beta of m0n0wall for that feature.

This is really helpfull, I guess we have to question the whole project now that you are gone :o

techatdd

I will use this as a catch all qos bountys section.

I would join in with 200$ for a multi interfaces Qos and multi PPPoE Wan support. They are only useful together for me.
Additionally, I would pay 100$ for per IP bandwith limitations in the traffic shaper.
I know all this is not much for the lot of work it will require, but maybe others will join in.

Greetings,
techatdd

cabe

@hoba:

@cabe:

@eickst:

Any updates on this feature? Not multi-wan but at least multi-lan such as WAP and LAN.

I'm probably going to just switch to the new beta of m0n0wall for that feature.

This is really helpfull, I guess we have to question the whole project now that you are gone :o

Well I'm glad you think my comment was helpful, because I certainly intended for it to be! You shouldn't question the project though – It's a great project and I enjoy seeing it progress. Oh, and I'm not gone either :)

eickst was looking for a multi-lan traffic shaper, and I suggested m0n0wall. I know that it supports multi-lan traffic shaping, so it could be of use to him.

I also mentioned m0n0wall's new beta because it supports Atheros cards, and since I have an Atheros card, I haven't been able to use the latest version of m0n0wall since they switched back to 4.x since the 1.2x versions. I see that the new m0n0wall beta supports Atheros wireless cards, thus with no advancement in pfSense's multi-lan trafic shaper (and no complaints coming from me about that), I'm going to give m0n0wall a shot.

It's like using the appropriate tool for the job. Just because you choose to use a screwdriver to screw in a screw doesn't mean you think that hammers suck!

guigux

adding 100$ for shapper work on a dual wan balenced pool . (with failover of course ! :-)

rgrds

davidw

Is this bounty still open?

I'll pony up $100. An IP/MAC-based shaper would be my top request but any movement deserves a contribution.

Feel free to punt this late post if I've missed an update elsewhere.

mrt_ok

Can someone please summerize (maybe you Bill), what the current status is and what the problems are?

I think it would be easier for all to help….

thank you!

sanjay_arora

Can someone advise if this bounty is still open?

I would like to post an additional 50$ bounty for Wulti-Wan traffic shaping, with individual-WAN traffic-shaping settings alongwith a feature that allows one to add an undefined type of traffic by port or originating/destination IP and create a custom queue for it e.g. one can allocate lower priority for a protocol that has not been specifically defined in gui…say rsync or a lower priority for my software repository server updating its various repos continuously.

With best regards.
Sanjay.

antimatter

About the multi-wan, I got a question.

The multi-wan, would have two separate queue for each of the WAN interface, and they would be independent correct?

Is there any way that it could be possible to link them together? Let's say I have two WAN, and both goes over the same line, so if one WAN eats up 500kbps, that is 500kbps less that will be allocated to the other WAN, is this possible?

Hi,

As asked before, is this bounty still open?, I need this feature and I'll like to post some money, but I didn't see any comment from the bounty leader for a long time.

Regards
Alfredo

Could somebody tell me if this bounty is still open

Appreciate very much your comments.

Regards
Alfredo

hoba

This for sure is still a hot topic though not trivial to solve. Maybe we can discuss it during this years hackathon, which will take place in october, to get some things rolling.