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    • belleraB
      bellera
      last edited by

      Tested with squid3-dev 3.3.10 pkg 2.2.1 not transparent (intercept) mode

      I need to limit the use of Youtube at my main installation.

      Nothing configured at Proxy server: Traffic management, so the defaults at squid.conf

      request_body_max_size 0 KB
delay_pools 1
delay_class 1 2
delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 -1/-1
delay_initial_bucket_level 100
delay_access 1 allow allsrc

      I added, at Custom Options,  the following lines (Youtube serves now the videos from googlevideo.com domain):

      # Limiting YOUTUBE at 8 * 512.000 Byte/s = 4.096.000 bit/s = 4 Mbit/s
delay_pools 2
delay_class 2 1
delay_parameters 2 512000/512000
acl YOUTUBE dstdomain .googlevideo.com
delay_access 2 allow YOUTUBE

      I went to www.youtube.com and searched for long videos

      I opened many (4-5) long videos at the same time. It worked!

      I did changes to 256000/256000 (2 Mbit/s) and it worked!

      I reconfigured a new time with 512000/512000 (4 Mbit/s) and it worked!

      Please see the attached image. I think bandwidth 4 Mbit/s and 2 Mbit/s is bigger because in fact I'm monitoring my VPN connection.

      I made the testing from road warrior at home using the proxy at job. Nobody at job. :) :) :)

      Problem

      • squid.conf has two lines delay_pools (one from default configuration, other from my Custom Options).
      • But it seems not to be important.
      • Old discussion about extra delay pools, https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=41516.0
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      • P
        pepe_reis
        last edited by

        Thanks!

        One question… Where is the squid.conf file??

        P.D. Des de Badalona city ;)

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        • belleraB
          bellera
          last edited by

          At Console or at WebGUI: Diagnostics: Execute command

          $ find / -name squid.conf
/usr/pbi/squid-amd64/etc/squid/squid.conf
/usr/pbi/squidguard-squid3-amd64/etc/squid/squid.conf

          or

          ps aux | grep squid

          The used squid.conf is /usr/pbi/squid-amd64/etc/squid/squid.conf

          If you have squidGuard installed you can see squid.conf at Proxy filter SquidGuard: Log page: Proxy config

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          • belleraB
            bellera
            last edited by

            @bellera:

            Problem

            • squid.conf has two lines delay_pools (one from default configuration, other from my Custom Options).
            • But it seems not to be important.

            At cache.log it says:

            2014/04/08 11:38:55 kid1| parse_delay_pool_count: multiple delay_pools lines, aborting all previous delay_pools config

            Limited bandwidth for Youtube is working, however.

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            • belleraB
              bellera
              last edited by

              Adding LAN Address to Proxy server: Cache management: External Cache-Managers permits to work with squidclient and see delay pools state

              [2.1-RELEASE][admin@proxy.mydomain.tld]/root(45): squidclient -h proxy.mydomain.tld mgr:delay
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: squid/3.3.10
Mime-Version: 1.0
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 18:01:38 GMT
Content-Type: text/plain
Expires: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 18:01:38 GMT
Last-Modified: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 18:01:38 GMT
X-Cache: MISS from proxy.mydomain.tld
X-Cache-Lookup: MISS from proxy.mydomain.tld:3128
Via: 1.1 proxy.mydomain.tld (squid/3.3.10)
Connection: close

Delay pools configured: 2

	Misconfigured pool.

Pool: 2
	Class: 1

	Aggregate:
		Max: 512000
		Restore: 512000
		Current: 417287

Memory Used: 760 bytes

              About squidclient, https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=74816.msg408690#msg408690

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              • belleraB
                bellera
                last edited by

                Modifying squid.inc code solves (of course) the warning:

                diff squid.inc squid.inc-2014-04-08
1506c1506
< delay_pools 2
---
> delay_pools 1

                So, at Custom Options, no delay_pools line:

                # Limiting YOUTUBE at 8 * 512.000 Byte/s = 4.096.000 bit/s = 4 Mbit/s
delay_class 2 1
delay_parameters 2 512000/512000
acl YOUTUBE dstdomain .googlevideo.com
delay_access 2 allow YOUTUBE

                squidclient -h proxy.mydomain.tld mgr:delay

                Delay pools configured: 2
Pool: 1
	Class: 2
	Aggregate:
		Disabled.
	Individual:
		Disabled.
Pool: 2
	Class: 1
	Aggregate:
		Max: 512000
		Restore: 512000
		Current: 512000

                It would be a good option to have a box for indicating the number of delay pools desired.

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                • belleraB
                  bellera
                  last edited by

                  Oops!

                  It doesn't works. It seems that default delay pool with unlimited bandwidth causes my delay pool for YOUTUBE not to work.

                  Reverting to first solution…

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                  • C
                    cheonne
                    last edited by

                    hi bellera, is this working on https://www.youtube.com?

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                    • belleraB
                      bellera
                      last edited by

                      @bellera:

                      Reverting to first solution…

                      First solution it works.

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                      • C
                        cheonne
                        last edited by

                        what you mean by first solution sir?
                        is it default settings in delay pools ("1") without hacking in squid.inc to "2"? thanks

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                        • belleraB
                          bellera
                          last edited by

                          From…

                          @bellera:

                          Tested with squid3-dev 3.3.10 pkg 2.2.1 not transparent (intercept) mode

                          I need to limit the use of Youtube at my main installation.

                          To…

                          @bellera:

                          About squidclient, https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=74816.msg408690#msg408690

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                            pfirewa
                            last edited by

                            bom dia
                            good day

                            I need your help

                            I have a link of 10MB and want to separate the network 192.168.1.0/24 4Mb link to the extensions specified here and the youtube site:

                            (./..(avi|mpg|mpeg|mpe|m1v|m2v|mpv2|mp2v|pva|evo|m2p|ts|tp|trp|m2t|m2ts|mts|rec|vob|ifo|mkv|webm|mp4|m4v|mp4v|mpv4|hdmov|mov|3gp|3gpp|swf|3ga|3g2|3gp2|flv|f4v|ogm|ogv|rm|ram|rt|rp|rmm|wmv|wmp|wm|asf|smk|bik|fli|flc|flic|dsm|dsv|dsa|dss|ivf|d2v|divx|rmvb|amv|ac3|dts|aif|aifc|aiff|alac|amr|ape|apl|au|snd|cda|flac|m4a|m4b|m4r|aac|mid|midi|rmi|mka|mp3|mpa|mp2|m1a|m2a|mpc|ofr|ofs|ogg|oga|opus|ra|tak|tta|wav|wma|wv|aob|mlp|asx|m3u|m3u8|pls|wvx|wax|wmx|mpcpl|mpls|bdmv|vbr|wmv8|psp|mpg1|mpg2|mpeg-4|mpeg4|flv|f4v|swf))

                            how to do it?

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                              alextech0x
                              last edited by

                              @bellera:

                              Tested with squid3-dev 3.3.10 pkg 2.2.1 not transparent (intercept) mode

                              I need to limit the use of Youtube at my main installation.

                              I added, at Custom Options,  the following lines (Youtube serves now the videos from googlevideo.com domain):

                              # Limiting YOUTUBE at 8 * 512.000 Byte/s = 4.096.000 bit/s = 4 Mbit/s
delay_pools 2
delay_class 2 1
delay_parameters 2 512000/512000
acl YOUTUBE dstdomain .googlevideo.com
delay_access 2 allow YOUTUBE

                              Mr, Can i set the same configuration for different sites or do i have to do it all in the same line?
                              Thank you!
                              What would be the best way to check this?

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                              • G
                                geovaneg
                                last edited by

                                Thanks for de big tip ! For my transparent mode config works fine.

                                Geovane

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                                • X
                                  xainx
                                  last edited by

                                  @bellera:

                                  Tested with squid3-dev 3.3.10 pkg 2.2.1 not transparent (intercept) mode

                                  I need to limit the use of Youtube at my main installation.

                                  Nothing configured at Proxy server: Traffic management, so the defaults at squid.conf

                                  request_body_max_size 0 KB
delay_pools 1
delay_class 1 2
delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 -1/-1
delay_initial_bucket_level 100
delay_access 1 allow allsrc

                                  I added, at Custom Options,  the following lines (Youtube serves now the videos from googlevideo.com domain):

                                  # Limiting YOUTUBE at 8 * 512.000 Byte/s = 4.096.000 bit/s = 4 Mbit/s
delay_pools 2
delay_class 2 1
delay_parameters 2 512000/512000
acl YOUTUBE dstdomain .googlevideo.com
delay_access 2 allow YOUTUBE

                                  I went to www.youtube.com and searched for long videos

                                  I opened many (4-5) long videos at the same time. It worked!

                                  I did changes to 256000/256000 (2 Mbit/s) and it worked!

                                  I reconfigured a new time with 512000/512000 (4 Mbit/s) and it worked!

                                  Please see the attached image. I think bandwidth 4 Mbit/s and 2 Mbit/s is bigger because in fact I'm monitoring my VPN connection.

                                  I made the testing from road warrior at home using the proxy at job. Nobody at job. :) :) :)

                                  Problem

                                  • squid.conf has two lines delay_pools (one from default configuration, other from my Custom Options).
                                  • But it seems not to be important.
                                  • Old discussion about extra delay pools, https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=41516.0

                                  Hello
                                  Thank you for this post!
                                  I am having trouble assigning this setting for a specific range. what do you think my problem is?

                                  Here is my setting

                                  acl user_group_1 192.168.1.20-192.168.1.90
                                  delay_pools 2
                                  delay_class 2 1
                                  delay_parameters 2 512000/512000
                                  acl YOUTUBE dstdomain .googlevideo.com
                                  delay_access 2 allow YOUTUBE
                                  delay_access 2 allow user_group_1

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                                  • B
                                    biagogni
                                    last edited by

                                    Excelente, sirvio para 2.4.2

                                    Excellent, it works on 2.4.2

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