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      itson
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      when Enable per-user bandwidth restriction is set, and suppose i have only one username Guest,
      if 5 people connect to guest, then these 5 people will have their own settings for "Enable per-user bandwidth restriction" or the user account Guest will be shared for anyone who connects with the username Guest?

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        zikmen
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        are you talking about the captive portal?

        Zikmen

        Thanks,
        Tommy

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          sradas
          last edited by

          I didn't find closer topic on the forum, so I have to bring this up.
          So, if Captive Portal user can login from multiple devices (say laptop and smartphone), does "per-user bandwidth" limit applies on every device separately where user logs in OR all devices logged by users name share that limit?
          Thanks

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            Guest
            last edited by

            You could try out the Squid Proxy for this action, with user authentication and create for each user/device
            an account to handle this proper.

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              sradas
              last edited by

              Thanks for the info, but before any additional installations/configurations, I would like to know how this pfSense feature works, either limits bandwidth on IP or user level.

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                muswellhillbilly
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                @sradas:

                I didn't find closer topic on the forum, so I have to bring this up.
                So, if Captive Portal user can login from multiple devices (say laptop and smartphone), does "per-user bandwidth" limit applies on every device separately where user logs in OR all devices logged by users name share that limit?
                Thanks

                It applies per device - so, say you set a per login limit of 4Mb - If one user logs in with a laptop and his smartphone, both his laptop and smartphone will have 4Mb each.

                If you don't want to use a captive portal then you could try traffic shaping instead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usi195rK35I

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                  sradas
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                  OK, thanks. That answered my question.

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