What is a SIMPLEST trafic shaping scheme?
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All topic that points me on these thoughts are closed so instead of adding one question to one of them I forced to open a new.
In the "New Traffic Shaper - What works…" 2.0-specific tread ermal posted an explanation with this details: @ermal:
1- A packet is queue only when going out an interface.
@ermal:
…this is the normal flow of a packet on pfSense for teh shaper. Remember the queue would be enforced on outgoing:
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3- [packet] goes outside WAN interface
4- it matches a rule with a queue [it's the very fist place where a "queue" is mentioned - V.]
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6- packet goes... out of WAN (gets queued on the WAN queue)
7- response packet comes in on WAN
8- matches the previous state created and finds a queue has to be attached
9- marks the packet with the queue
10- packet goes ouside LAN interface
11 - it matches the state created previously, since there is no queue it does not take any action
NOTE: this means that the decision taken on WAN for queue still prevails
12- it goes to the queue marked since it came in on WAN (if it can find it of course)
13-finally… gets queued on the LAN queueand in the "Traffic shaper changes…" tread ermal said (at every top of post):
if you enable the traffic shaper EVERY traffic that leaves any interfaces where the shaper is active will be shaped or better needs to be classified to a queue
Am I right that a simplest shaper config is the WAN-attached queies set only?
My setup with a two LANs and one WAN targeted mostly on intranet (LAN-with-OPT1) connectivity and only very limited external (WAN) access and by common sense I need no LAN-attached queies.
Am I right?