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      clifford64
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      There doesn't seem to be a remove option when looking at them. Attached is what I see. The interfaces are all the same so I only posted one.

      ![pfsense_traffic shapping interface.PNG](/public/imported_attachments/1/pfsense_traffic shapping interface.PNG)
      ![pfsense_traffic shapping interface.PNG_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/pfsense_traffic shapping interface.PNG_thumb)
      ![pfsense_traffic shapping.PNG](/public/imported_attachments/1/pfsense_traffic shapping.PNG)
      ![pfsense_traffic shapping.PNG_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/pfsense_traffic shapping.PNG_thumb)

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        0t73r
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        @clifford64:

        Attached is the interfaces section

        Can you try to assign the unused interface too and retry the wizard.

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          clifford64
          last edited by

          Like assign the VMX1 interface to a network? Or something else?

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            0t73r
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            Just use the green button +add, see what happens.

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              clifford64
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              @0t73r:

              Just use the green button +add, see what happens.

              I added VMX1 by clicking the "add+" button in my interfaces, and now it is a new interface on opt4. Running the traffic shaping wizard still doesn't work. I tried changing it to 1 lan and wan and it still didn't work.

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                phming
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                I am having exactly the same problem with a physical machine on 2.4.3.
                I needed to disable traffic shaping because of a configuration change.
                I removed the <ezshaper>section of the configuration backup and restored the configuration, to no avail sadly.</ezshaper>

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                  clifford64
                  last edited by

                  Bump, anyone got any ideas? Is the next preview build stable enough? This is currently a home environment.

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                    phming
                    last edited by

                    @clifford64:

                    Bump, anyone got any ideas? Is the next preview build stable enough? This is currently a home environment.

                    When I was using 2.3.x, the development branch was fairly stable. I am using the stable branch now though.
                    Currently, there is no indication that this is officially a bug @ https://redmine.pfsense.org/projects/pfsense/roadmap. So I doubt it would make any difference to use the development branch.
                    However, I think the error occurs because the traffic shaper did not get deleted correctly in both our cases.
                    I think we both would have to set up everything from scratch, because trying to delete a traffic shaper actually seems to cause one not to be able to set up a new one…
                    Too bad I don't have time to test this at the moment.

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                      clifford64
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                      @phming:

                      @clifford64:

                      Bump, anyone got any ideas? Is the next preview build stable enough? This is currently a home environment.

                      When I was using 2.3.x, the development branch was fairly stable. I am using the stable branch now though.
                      Currently, there is no indication that this is officially a bug @ https://redmine.pfsense.org/projects/pfsense/roadmap. So I doubt it would make any difference to use the development branch.
                      However, I think the error occurs because the traffic shaper did not get deleted correctly in both our cases.
                      I think we both would have to set up everything from scratch, because trying to delete a traffic shaper actually seems to cause one not to be able to set up a new one…
                      Too bad I don't have time to test this at the moment.

                      Do you have any documentation on where I might find the commands to configure and delete traffic shapers?

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                        phming
                        last edited by

                        @clifford64:

                        @phming:

                        @clifford64:

                        Bump, anyone got any ideas? Is the next preview build stable enough? This is currently a home environment.

                        When I was using 2.3.x, the development branch was fairly stable. I am using the stable branch now though.
                        Currently, there is no indication that this is officially a bug @ https://redmine.pfsense.org/projects/pfsense/roadmap. So I doubt it would make any difference to use the development branch.
                        However, I think the error occurs because the traffic shaper did not get deleted correctly in both our cases.
                        I think we both would have to set up everything from scratch, because trying to delete a traffic shaper actually seems to cause one not to be able to set up a new one…
                        Too bad I don't have time to test this at the moment.

                        Do you have any documentation on where I might find the commands to configure and delete traffic shapers?

                        That, or any relevant configuration files is what I've been searching for the last few days. I'm afraid I have no answer to this (yet).
                        Of course it would be nice if a developer could provide some insights on this.

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                          phming
                          last edited by

                          Or maybe someone else has an idea what to do? I'd be curious to know how reset any traffic shaping related configuration manually too.

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                            dusan
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                            Any interface with a non-empty "IPv4 upstream gateway" is considered a WAN interface. The Wizard refuses to work if there're no LAN interfaces.

                            Therefore, in order to configure/reconfigure the Traffic Shaper via the Wizard, there must be at least one LAN-type interface, i.e. one without "IPv4 upstream gateway".

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                              clifford64
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                              @dusan:

                              Any interface with a non-empty "IPv4 upstream gateway" is considered a WAN interface. The Wizard refuses to work if there're no LAN interfaces.

                              Therefore, in order to configure/reconfigure the Traffic Shaper via the Wizard, there must be at least one LAN-type interface, i.e. one without "IPv4 upstream gateway".

                              The only interface that has an upstream gateway configured is my WAN interface. I have left it to use DHCP and it acquires all information that is needed. All other interfaces are LAN interfaces and they do not have any upstream gateways configured.

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                                dusan
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                                Sorry. I've tried to reproduce the error but I can't. The Wizard works repeatedly on every possible VLAN configuration I tested. It works repeatedly even in case of untagged VLAN. (See attached figures.)

                                Tested on ESXi v.5.5.

                                pfsense_lab_config1_OK_1.png
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                                pfsense_lab_config3_OK_1.png
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                                  phming
                                  last edited by

                                  Thank you for your posts.
                                  I don't know how / why this might make any difference, but both of you seem to be using VLANs.
                                  Does my LAN interface need to be a VLAN in order to use the traffic shaper?
                                  My LAN technically is on a VLAN too, but it's an untagged port.

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                                    dusan
                                    last edited by

                                    @phming:

                                    Does my LAN interface need to be a VLAN in order to use the traffic shaper?

                                    I don't think so. Attached figure pfsense_lab_config1 (see my previous post) shows that the LAN interface can be untagged VLAN.

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                                      phming
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                                      Ok, sorry I didn't look closely enough.
                                      I recently restored my config onto a VM because of a hardware failure of my main system ::) and was able to configure the traffic shaper using the wizard flawlessly… Now of course this time the interface names changed from ixl and igb to all vmx.
                                      I'll report back as soon as my main box comes back repaired and when I've had time to configure it from scratch.

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                                        clifford64
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                                        I would rather not have to reinstall pfsense and restore my config. I would really like to figure out what went on. Can anyone point me in the direction of command line documentation so I can take a look into this? Or any other ideas. I am really just trying to keep this thread alive.

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                                          phming
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                                          So my board came back and my bare metal pfsense is up and running again, installed from scratch. I remain unable to set up a new traffic shaper configuration with 2 WAN and 1 LAN interfaces.

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                                            phming
                                            last edited by phming

                                            I think I might have found the reason for this (at least on my end). System logs show the following message:

                                            rc.bootup: The gateway: WANGW is invalid or unknown, not using it.
                                            

                                            Neither of my gateways are named WANGW. Now do I really have to change one gateway's name back to WANGW?

                                            ??

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