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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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                • P
                  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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                  • A
                    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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