I am thinking it might be useful to have the limiter speed float up and down each day so that people can use more bandwidth in the evenings and overnight, but are throttled back during the day.

Although, I don't want to be dropping connections to do this. In general if you have a big download going and the limiter switches speeds, I would prefer the download continue but just at a different rate rather than dropping completely.

The only way I can see to do it is to use multiple limiter queue pairs with each at a different speed limit, and switching between the different queues at different times of the day. I don't know if established connections will just drop when the limiter changeover occurs.

This is theory, I have not tried it yet:

Firewall: Traffic Shaper: Limiter

Name: InLimitLAN_1500
Bandwidth: 1500 Kb/s
Mask: Destination addresses

Name: OutLimitLAN_1500
Bandwidth: 1500 Kb/s
Mask: Source addresses

Name: InLimitLAN_3000
Bandwidth: 1500 Kb/s
Mask: Destination addresses

Name: OutLimitLAN_3000
Bandwidth: 1500 Kb/s
Mask: Source addresses

Name: InLimitLAN_6000
Bandwidth: 1500 Kb/s
Mask: Destination addresses

Name: OutLimitLAN_6000
Bandwidth: 1500 Kb/s
Mask: Source addresses

Firewall: Rules: LAN

Pass Any protocol / Any Addr / Any Port  to [External proxy address]

• Advanced Features, In/Out: OutLimitLAN_1500 / InLimitLAN_1500
• Schedule 07:30 to 16:00, daily

Pass Any protocol / Any Addr / Any Port  to [External proxy address]

• Advanced Features, In/Out: OutLimitLAN_3000 / InLimitLAN_3000
• Schedule 05:00 to 7:30, daily
• Schedule 16:00 to 18:00, daily

Pass Any protocol / Any Addr / Any Port  to [External proxy address]

• Advanced Features, In/Out: OutLimitLAN_6000 / InLimitLAN_6000
• Schedule 18:00 to 05:00, daily

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