Route some traffic (bittorent) to second WAN interface
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me too still be to pfsense but i think it should be possible.
I know it can be done on mikrotik, so why not on pfsense?it's done using Policy Based Routing PBR, I think you start googling on that.
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You can't do application-based policy routing. You can do port/IP-based policy routing.
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well on mikrotik you can use mangle to identify the traffic.
I don't know if it is applicable here with pfsense somehow, and btw I really want to know the answer to your question since I will do the same with my firewall :)
I will keep my eye on this thread.Best of luck
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Identifying BitTorrent traffic is a lost cause. The only time it really works is when you have some generic BT client like Blizzard Updater or something that follows the defaults. Beyond that, it's a mix of encrypted TCP and UDP traffic going to random ports.
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I know you can do routing based on IP/port but it's there a Layer 7 routing available (on pfSense or other product) ?
My Asus router has a (real time?) traffic analyzer that can identify if the traffic was made by BitTorrent, Web, Streaming, etc… How does it do it ? -
I know you can't do any routing based on IP/port but it's there a Layer 7 routing available (on pfSense or other product) ?
My Asus router has a (real time?) traffic analyzer that can identify if the traffic was made by BitTorrent, Web, Streaming, etc… How does it do it ?You can absolutely do routing based on IP/port. It's done all the time with pfSense.
Set a static IP and static IP port for your BT client and create policies. Done.
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I know you can't do any routing based on IP/port but it's there a Layer 7 routing available (on pfSense or other product) ?
My Asus router has a (real time?) traffic analyzer that can identify if the traffic was made by BitTorrent, Web, Streaming, etc… How does it do it ?You can absolutely do routing based on IP/port. It's done all the time with pfSense.
Set a static IP and static IP port for your BT client and create policies. Done.
Sorry, it was a (big) typo on my sentence, I meant to say that you CAN not CAN'T :D
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I was thinking more about this and unfortunately can't test it, but you could conceivably set up a floating rule and put both WANs in a load balancing group and that might achieve what you want to do.
Normally I'd test before I'd recommend it, but I don't have a second WAN anymore.
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Set a static IP and static IP port for your BT client and create policies. Done.
Well, this I don't think is gonna work, from my knowledge BitTorrent traffic goes out to random ports, you can set a static port (or range of ports) for the (outside) clients to connect to you.
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If it's just one client, load balance all traffic from that client.