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      coolspot
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      Hi all,

      I can't seem to get limiters to work reliable. I deleted all limiters from my setup, but in Limit Info, I see the following dozens of entries - I can't upload it here, the spam filter keeps complaining but I posted it to PasteBin: https://pastebin.com/mAXuRC7n

      Is it normal to have so many default entries?

      Thanks.

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        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        @coolspot said in Default Limiters? Limiters not working ...:

        https://pastebin.com/mAXuRC7n

        What pfSense version are you running?

        Do you have captive portal enabled with bandwidth limits set?

        Steve

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          coolspot @stephenw10
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          @stephenw10 said in Default Limiters? Limiters not working ...:

          @coolspot said in Default Limiters? Limiters not working ...:

          https://pastebin.com/mAXuRC7n

          What pfSense version are you running?

          Do you have captive portal enabled with bandwidth limits set?

          Yes, turns out it is the limiteds from the Capitve Portal. I am running v2.6.0 of pfSense.

          I've disabled all limiters to start with a clean slate, but I am struggling getting limiters working with multi-wan.

          I have 4 limiters setup using the default Tail Drop limiter:

          wan1upload: 1Gbps
          wan1download: 1Gbps
          wan2upload: 5mbps
          wan2download: 25mbps

          I've added the limiters as two floating rules, one per gateway, action pass, direction out, source IP is assigned to an alias, but it seems to block my traffic rather than limit speeds correctly.

          Specifically I want to limit the speed of a few hosts, on my WAN2 connection so during failover, it doesn't swamp my slower speed connection.

          I see that others have had similar issues with multi-wan - is there a simple guide on how to limit bandwidth properly in a mutli-wan scenario?

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            In 2.6 you will hit this if you're already using the captive portal:
            https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/12954

            That is fixed in 22.05 and 2.7 snapshots.

            You might be able to use ALTQ based shaping on WAN2 for those hosts although it will only create a total limit for all hosts. That will work in 2.6 though.

            Steve

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              coolspot @stephenw10
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              Hi Steve,

              Thank for all the pointers - turns out it is indeed a 2.6.0 issue, I just upgraded to pfSense 22.05 plus and the limiter issue seems to be resolved.

              I'll keep monitoring.

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