Netgate Discussion Forum
    • Categories
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Search
    • Register
    • Login

    Traffic Shaper w Codel not doing a thing in 2.5

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Traffic Shaping
    32 Posts 5 Posters 3.7k Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • R
      ryk48 @tomashk
      last edited by

      @tomashk computer is recent and fairly quick, I only run the browser when doing the test. It’s connected via 10gbit fiber to my switch, I’ve got mediacom 1000/50 cable service on a docsis 3.1 modem. I don’t run AV other than built in windows defender. Back when I had 300-500 mbit service the limiters used to work so I’m not sure what’s different now or why no matter what setting I change it seems to have no effect. Not sure if there’s a log I can check to see if it’s even using the limiters.

      T 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • T
        tomashk @ryk48
        last edited by

        @ryk48 to see if limiters are doing anything go to Diagnostics -> Limiter Info

        214aa59d-bf39-47ce-b44f-f2208117a91f-image.png

        Lines with red arrows don't appear if limiter/fq_codel is not doing anything. Or at least I understand it like that :)

        R 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • R
          ryk48 @tomashk
          last edited by

          @tomashk said in Traffic Shaper w Codel not doing a thing in 2.5:

          o Diagnostics -> Limiter Info

          here is what i have:

          Limiters:
          00001: 10.000 Mbit/s 0 ms burst 0
          q131073 1000 sl. 0 flows (1 buckets) sched 65537 weight 0 lmax 0 pri 0 droptail
          sched 65537 type FIFO flags 0x0 0 buckets 0 active
          00002: 1.000 Mbit/s 0 ms burst 0
          q131074 1000 sl. 0 flows (1 buckets) sched 65538 weight 0 lmax 0 pri 0 droptail
          sched 65538 type FIFO flags 0x0 0 buckets 0 active

          Schedulers:
          00001: 10.000 Mbit/s 0 ms burst 0
          q00001 50 sl. 0 flows (1 buckets) sched 1 weight 0 lmax 0 pri 0 droptail
          sched 1 type FQ_CODEL flags 0x0 0 buckets 0 active
          FQ_CODEL target 5ms interval 100ms quantum 1514 limit 10240 flows 1024 ECN
          Children flowsets: 1
          00002: 1.000 Mbit/s 0 ms burst 0
          q00002 50 sl. 0 flows (1 buckets) sched 2 weight 1 lmax 0 pri 0 droptail
          sched 2 type FQ_CODEL flags 0x0 0 buckets 0 active
          FQ_CODEL target 5ms interval 100ms quantum 1514 limit 10240 flows 1024 ECN
          Children flowsets: 2

          Queues:
          q00001 50 sl. 0 flows (1 buckets) sched 1 weight 0 lmax 0 pri 0 droptail
          q00002 50 sl. 0 flows (1 buckets) sched 2 weight 1 lmax 0 pri 0 droptail

          T 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • T
            tomashk @ryk48
            last edited by

            @ryk48 While looking at limiter information, try running some speed test in the background. Lines that I showed on my screenshot disappear if there is no "heavy lifting" done by the limiters. If said lines don't show up during speed test, then it is indicating that fq_codel is not used.

            (somebody please correct me if I'm wrong at any point - but that way of thinking helped me for my troubleshooting)

            R 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • M
              MagikMark
              last edited by

              Do the ff:

              Dashboard -> Firewall -> Traffic Shaper -> New Limiter -> New Limiter

              Tick: Enable Limiter and its Children
              Name: ISP-Download-Speed
              Bandwith: 100 Mbps
              Description: ISP Download Speed
              Queue: Tail Drop
              Scheduler: FQ-Codel
              Tick: ECN

              SAVE

              Scheduler: Quantum=300 Limit=20480 Flows=65535

              SAVE

              ADD NEW QUEUE

              Tick: Enable this queue
              Name: WAN-Upload-Queue
              Desciption: WAN Upload Queue
              Queue: Tail Drop

              SAVE

              +NEW LIMITER

              Tick: Enable Limiter and its Children
              Name: ISP-Upload-Speed
              Bandwith: 100 Mbps
              Description: ISP Upload Speed
              Queue: Tail Drop
              Scheduler: FQ-Codel
              Tick: ECN

              SAVE

              Scheduler: Quantum=300 Limit=20480 Flows=65535

              ADD NEW QUEUE

              Tick: Enable this queue
              Name: WAN-Download-Queue
              Desciption: WAN Download Queue
              Queue: Tail Drop

              SAVE

              Firewall->Rules->Floating

              ADD

              Action: Match
              Tick: Apply this action immediately on match
              Interface: WAN
              Direction: In
              Address Family: IPv4
              Protocol: Any
              Description: Incoming traffic Queue

              ADVANCE OPTIONS

              In/Out Pipe: Wan-Upload-Queue Wan-Download-Queue

              SAVE

              ADD BELOW

              Action: Match
              Tick: Apply this action immediately on match
              Interface: WAN
              Direction: Out
              Address Family: IPv4
              Protocol: Any
              Description: Outgoing traffic Queue

              ADVANCE OPTIONS

              In/Out Pipe: Wan-Download-Queue Wan-Upload-Queue

              SAVE

              R 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • R
                ryk48 @tomashk
                last edited by

                @tomashk when doing a speedtest i don't get that line in the limiter info section.

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • R
                  ryk48 @MagikMark
                  last edited by

                  @magikmark Did you mean to have the upload que as part of the download limiter which is backwards from what ive read to set? Same story for firewall floating rules, did you intend to have it set as wandownq | wanupq instead of the other way around for the wan interface on the outbound direction?

                  M 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • M
                    MagikMark @ryk48
                    last edited by MagikMark

                    @ryk48 That is how pfsense designed it. When adding queue, you need to do it in the point of view of the interface

                    R 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • R
                      ryk48 @MagikMark
                      last edited by

                      @magikmark ok, deleted all my limiters and the floating fw rule and did as suggested. I did notice when looking at the status filter reload at the end i have:
                      There were error(s) loading the rules: /tmp/rules.debug:21: cannot define table bogonsv6: Cannot allocate memory - The line in question reads [21]: table <bogonsv6> persist file "/etc/bogonsv6"

                      checked the limiter info again while running a speedtest and again no difference at all and no line like above red arrows

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • M
                        MagikMark
                        last edited by MagikMark

                        Under fq_codel scheduler, delete all entries. This will set everything to default

                        This will help you as well:

                        https://forum.netgate.com/topic/112527/playing-with-fq_codel-in-2-4/1045

                        R 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • R
                          ryk48 @MagikMark
                          last edited by

                          @magikmark that did it! now seems to be working as expected! Thanks! It seems like something was stuck or corrupt which may have caused that issue.

                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • First post
                            Last post
                          Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC (Netgate). All rights reserved.