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    Traffic Shaper Limiters just won't work - FQ_CoDel

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      br8bruno @br8bruno
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      @br8bruno

      The suggested configuration did introduce a limit and as it seems, it does work consistently.
      I have set the limiters to 900/450 on a 1000/500 connection.
      However, the limit is resulting in speeds much lower than what is set. I get 525/260. This was not the case before, the results were much closer to what was set and I did not loose this much bandwidth.
      If I go up on the setting, close to the connection capability I still loose a lot of bandwidht, and get bufferbloat although not close to the limit.

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        NOCling
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        It works perfect.
        You set Target 0, so the limiter prevents any impact of latency on the Data Flow.

        Netgate 6100 & Netgate 2100

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          br8bruno @NOCling
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          @NOCling said in Traffic Shaper Limiters just won't work - FQ_CoDel:

          You set Target 0, so the limiter prevents any impact of latency on the Data Flow.

          What do you mean with Target? Do you want me to set the Bandwith to 0 on the limiter?
          Or the "target" below in the parameters? The default is at 0.
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            pfsvrb @br8bruno
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            @br8bruno
            I don't think zeroes should be those defaults. I'm not sure if its a bug when adding the the WANDown/WANUp limiters but I also had one of mine default to zeroes for the 'target' and 'interval'.

            These should be the defaults for FQ_CODEL. Try these and also try unchecking ECN. Do this for both your Down and Up limiters. Test with/without ECN on each and use the default parameters.
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              br8bruno @pfsvrb
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              @pfsvrb

              When creeating new ones the defaults are the same as yours. But I am 100% sure I did not make any changes on it the first time. So no idea why that is.
              I followed your defaults and your were spot on. Removing ECN did the trick! THANKS!

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                girion
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                I came here for the same issue. "target" and "interval" is set to empty if you leave "Queue length" unset when creating the limiter.

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                  jeffscott @br8bruno
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                  @br8bruno said in Traffic Shaper Limiters just won't work - FQ_CoDel:

                  @NOCling said in Traffic Shaper Limiters just won't work - FQ_CoDel:

                  For Limiters use a match out rule, without quick and Source *.
                  Use Advanced Settings to set the IN WAN-Up and OUT WAN-Down.

                  Does that mean the instructions from Netgate are wrong? Or is there anything specific in my case that I am overlooking?

                  I'd like to know this too?

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                    chrcoluk @br8bruno
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                    @br8bruno said in Traffic Shaper Limiters just won't work - FQ_CoDel:

                    @br8bruno

                    The suggested configuration did introduce a limit and as it seems, it does work consistently.
                    I have set the limiters to 900/450 on a 1000/500 connection.
                    However, the limit is resulting in speeds much lower than what is set. I get 525/260. This was not the case before, the results were much closer to what was set and I did not loose this much bandwidth.
                    If I go up on the setting, close to the connection capability I still loose a lot of bandwidht, and get bufferbloat although not close to the limit.

                    88fc5414-0755-4783-85b1-36dcab255ab7-image.png

                    There is a bug that exists in 2.7.2 (but should be patched on 2.8 beta and latest plus) that can halve the throughput on dummynet because its applying shaper twice. So your speeds are potentially affected by that, it can be overcome by setting double the limit so e.g. for 500mbit set 1000mbit. I am not convinced this is your issue though as your speeds are a bit above half, you might just be hitting process limits.

                    pfSense CE 2.8.1

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                      redtech116 @pfsvrb
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                      @pfsvrb
                      this was an issue on my system also..
                      Target & Interval were default set to 0..
                      change to 5 & 100 fixed it

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                        atrain0803 @pfsvrb
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                        @pfsvrb Thank you, updating the target and interval settings to the defaults you provided did the trick to fix my upload speeds. I did not have to uncheck ECN in my case. Have been fighting this for a couple of months now, so thanks again.

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