Traffic Shaping on SG-5100
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I am trying to enable traffic shaping on the ix ports of my SG-5100 via the Multiple Lan/Wan wizard, but when trying to select 2 WAN interfaces (igb0 and ix0) and 1 LAN (igb1) interface, the message that I get back is:
The specified number of connections is greater than the number of ALTQ-capable assigned interfaces!
Both the WAN interfaces are part of a routing group with igb0 at Tier 1 and ix0 as Tier 2. I checked to make sure that the ix ports are ALTQ capable, But I cant figure out why I am getting this message.
Any help would be appreciated.
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You need the 2.5 snapshots if you want to use altq with ix interfaces, it has been disabled in previous versions for years due to instability.
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@bobbenheim said in Traffic Shaping on SG-5100:
You need the 2.5 snapshots if you want to use altq with ix interfaces, it has been disabled in previous versions for years due to instability.
Does the XG-7100 support altq on the eth1-8 interfaces? If not, which Netgate devices do?
I have a 5100 that I was planning on Traffic Shaping the ix interfaces. Currently have PIRQ working ok on the LAN. But I want to have separate networks off ix0 and ix1 and still guarantee VOIP quality. Looks like my only option at this point is to use Limiters.
I would not mind upgrading to the XG-7100 if it could accomplish altq across all the interfaces, though I really like the passive cooling of the 5100.
Also, noob question. Couldn't all the traffic shaping be done on the WAN interface since that is where the real bottleneck is?
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@rj I would suggest you look into fq-codel with that 5100, but you would need to stay on 2.4.5 as limiters on the wan interface is currently broken on 2.5.
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@rj said in Traffic Shaping on SG-5100:
Couldn't all the traffic shaping be done on the WAN interface since that is where the real bottleneck is
Shaping happens when packets leave an interface. (https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/trafficshaper/index.html#traffic-shaping-basics)