Multi WAN and QoS
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We have Multi WAN (5 lines) setup on pfSense with load balancing in place. We would like to know whether we could implement QoS to prioritize traffic on those load balance setup.
For example: Give high priority to Skype calls while maintaining uninterrupted VPN connection and less priority/limited bandwidth for video traffic.
Thanks in advance for your answers.
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someone else will have more info and experience, but QoS only applies to data leaving your interface, so while you can have one QoS for each WAN interface, you can only have one for your single LAN.
I was thinking about this recently, you might be able to do something like this. Say you have 3 WANs, each with rates of 10/3, 15/5, and 25/8
WAN1 Rate: 3Mb
–qVOIP
--qVPNWAN2 Rate: 5Mb
--qVOIP
--qVPNWAN3 Rate: 8Mb
--qVOIP
--qVPNLAN Rate: 1Gb
--WAN1 - Upper Limit: 10Mb
----qW1VOIP
----qW1VPN
--WAN2 - Upper Limit: 15Mb
----qW2VOIP
----qW2VPN
--WAN3 - Upper Limit: 25Mb
----qW3VOIP
----qW3VPNYou'll need to make the same rules for each interface on your LAN side. You won't be able to simply use floating rules, at least not for your LAN interface.
You won't be able to use any Realtime bandwidth on your LAN interface without breaking its effectiveness.
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Thank you for your reply!
Any other suggestions from the group?
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Hello, i'm also interested in traffic shaping multi wan. We have 3 WAN. Especially traffic shaping so every user gets the same amount of our bandwitdh.
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Home or business network?
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In my case, it's a business network and we have 3 WANs. My main concern is to prioritize VoIP traffic from LAN to WAN and vice versa.
Best regards
Kostas
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Who are all of you people. shav was the OP, now there's two more people asking different questions. I recommend starting a new post for your own questions if my "guess answer" doesn't work for you.
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Thank you Harvy66, we will try this and let you know.