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    • H
      Harvy66
      last edited by

      I had/have this setup

      Interface 1Gb
      –qInternet Upper: 48Mb
      ----qHigh LS: 20%
      ------qGames ...
      ------qVoIP ...
      ------qBlahBlahBlah ...
      ----qBulk LS: 80%
      –----qNormal LS: 80%
      --------qWeb ...
      --------qVPN ...
      --------qBlahBlahBlah ...
      ------qLow LS: 20%
      –------qDefault LS 30%
      –------qP2P LS 30%
      --------qUnknownUDP LS 30%

      I haven't  tried all of the other queues, but qDefault was maxing out 38Mb, which is only 80% of the 48Mb. I changed qBulk to 90%, and qDefault is now maxing out at 44Mb, which is 90%. qDefault seems to be "borrowing" bandwidth up to 2 parent queues deep, but is not borrowing from qHigh. I assume I need to collapse my hierarchy at least one level?

      Now that I'm thinking of it, I should have just moved qDefault directly under qBulk. I'll try that when I get home.

      Thanks  :-)

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      • H
        Harvy66
        last edited by

        Yep, moved qDefault directly under qBulk and it was able to use 100% of the speed, and I even tried setting qBulk down to 50% before moving it, and it did reduce the max speed to 50%.

        I got rid of qBulk and just broke out qNormal and qLow, and it seems to be working fine. Anyone one leaf queue may consume up to 100% of the speed, as long as it's free.

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        • KOMK
          KOM
          last edited by

          Could you share your config please?  Either the XML or a screen?

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            Harvy66
            last edited by

            Old Setup

             <shaper><queue><interface>wan</interface>
			<name>wan</name>
			<scheduler>HFSC</scheduler>
			<bandwidth>48</bandwidth>
			<bandwidthtype>Mb</bandwidthtype>
			<enabled>on</enabled>
			 <queue><name>pHigh</name>
				<interface>wan</interface>
				<priority>1</priority>

				<bandwidth>20</bandwidth>
				<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
				<enabled>on</enabled>
				<upperlimit3>95%</upperlimit3>
				 <queue><name>qACK</name>
					<interface>wan</interface>
					<qlimit>5000</qlimit>
					<priority>5</priority>

					<bandwidth>1</bandwidth>
					<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
					<enabled>on</enabled>
					<realtime3>20%</realtime3>
					<realtime>on</realtime></queue> 
				 <queue><name>qGames</name>
					<interface>wan</interface>
					<qlimit>5000</qlimit>
					<priority>6</priority>

					<bandwidth>1</bandwidth>
					<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
					<enabled>on</enabled>
					<realtime3>10%</realtime3>
					<realtime>on</realtime></queue> 
				 <queue><name>qDNS</name>
					<interface>wan</interface>
					<qlimit>1000</qlimit>
					<priority>1</priority>

					<bandwidth>1</bandwidth>
					<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
					<enabled>on</enabled>
					<realtime3>2%</realtime3>
					<realtime>on</realtime></queue> 
				 <queue><name>qICMP</name>
					<interface>wan</interface>
					<qlimit>500</qlimit>
					<priority>7</priority>

					<bandwidth>1</bandwidth>
					<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
					<enabled>on</enabled>
					<realtime3>1%</realtime3>
					<realtime>on</realtime></queue> 
				 <queue><name>qVoIP</name>
					<interface>wan</interface>
					<qlimit>2500</qlimit>
					<priority>5</priority>

					<bandwidth>1</bandwidth>
					<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
					<enabled>on</enabled>
					<realtime3>10%</realtime3>
					<realtime>on</realtime></queue> 
				<upperlimit>on</upperlimit></queue> 
			 <queue><name>pBulk</name>
				<interface>wan</interface>
				<priority>1</priority>

				<bandwidth>80</bandwidth>
				<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
				<red>red</red>
				<enabled>on</enabled>
				 <queue><name>pNormal</name>
					<interface>wan</interface>
					<priority>1</priority>

					<bandwidth>80</bandwidth>
					<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
					<enabled>on</enabled>
					 <queue><name>qWeb</name>
						<interface>wan</interface>
						<qlimit>2500</qlimit>
						<priority>1</priority>

						<bandwidth>10</bandwidth>
						<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
						<enabled>on</enabled></queue> 
					 <queue><name>qVPN</name>
						<interface>wan</interface>
						<qlimit>2500</qlimit>
						<priority>3</priority>

						<bandwidth>10</bandwidth>
						<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
						<enabled>on</enabled></queue></queue> 
				 <queue><name>pLow</name>
					<interface>wan</interface>
					<priority>1</priority>

					<bandwidth>20</bandwidth>
					<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
					<enabled>on</enabled>
					 <queue><name>qP2P</name>
						<interface>wan</interface>
						<qlimit>2500</qlimit>
						<priority>1</priority>

						<bandwidth>30</bandwidth>
						<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
						<enabled>on</enabled></queue> 
					 <queue><name>qDefault</name>
						<interface>wan</interface>
						<qlimit>2500</qlimit>
						<priority>1</priority>

						<bandwidth>30</bandwidth>
						<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
						<enabled>on</enabled>
						<default>default</default></queue> 
					 <queue><name>qLowUDP</name>
						<interface>wan</interface>
						<qlimit>2500</qlimit>
						<priority>3</priority>

						<bandwidth>30</bandwidth>
						<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
						<enabled>on</enabled>
						<realtime3>5%</realtime3>
						<realtime>on</realtime></queue></queue> 
				<upperlimit3>95%</upperlimit3>
				<upperlimit>on</upperlimit></queue></queue> 
		 <queue><interface>lan</interface>
			<name>lan</name>
			<scheduler>HFSC</scheduler>
			<bandwidth>1</bandwidth>
			<bandwidthtype>Gb</bandwidthtype>
			<enabled>on</enabled>
			 <queue><name>qLink</name>
				<interface>lan</interface>
				<qlimit>2000</qlimit>
				<priority>2</priority>
				<bandwidth>1</bandwidth>
				<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
				<enabled>on</enabled></queue> 
			 <queue><name>pInternet</name>
				<interface>lan</interface>
				<bandwidth>48</bandwidth>
				<bandwidthtype>Mb</bandwidthtype>
				<enabled>on</enabled>
				<ecn>ecn</ecn>
				<upperlimit3>48Mb</upperlimit3>
				 <queue><name>pHigh</name>
					<interface>lan</interface>

					<bandwidth>20</bandwidth>
					<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
					<enabled>on</enabled>
					<upperlimit3>95%</upperlimit3>
					 <queue><name>qACK</name>
						<interface>lan</interface>
						<qlimit>2500</qlimit>
						<priority>5</priority>

						<bandwidth>1</bandwidth>
						<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
						<enabled>on</enabled>
						<realtime3>9600Kb</realtime3>
						<realtime>on</realtime></queue> 
					 <queue><name>qGames</name>
						<interface>lan</interface>
						<qlimit>2500</qlimit>
						<priority>6</priority>

						<bandwidth>1</bandwidth>
						<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
						<enabled>on</enabled>
						<realtime3>9600Kb</realtime3>
						<realtime>on</realtime></queue> 
					 <queue><name>qDNS</name>
						<interface>lan</interface>
						<qlimit>2500</qlimit>
						<priority>3</priority>

						<bandwidth>1</bandwidth>
						<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
						<enabled>on</enabled>
						<realtime3>1Mb</realtime3>
						<realtime>on</realtime></queue> 
					 <queue><name>qICMP</name>
						<interface>lan</interface>
						<qlimit>1000</qlimit>
						<priority>7</priority>

						<bandwidth>1</bandwidth>
						<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
						<enabled>on</enabled>
						<realtime3>0.5Mb</realtime3>
						<realtime>on</realtime></queue> 
					 <queue><name>qVoIP</name>
						<interface>lan</interface>
						<qlimit>2500</qlimit>
						<priority>6</priority>

						<bandwidth>1</bandwidth>
						<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
						<enabled>on</enabled>
						<realtime3>5Mb</realtime3>
						<realtime>on</realtime></queue> 
					<upperlimit>on</upperlimit></queue> 
				 <queue><name>pBulk</name>
					<interface>lan</interface>
					<priority>1</priority>

					<bandwidth>80</bandwidth>
					<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
					<enabled>on</enabled>
					<upperlimit3>95%</upperlimit3>
					 <queue><name>pLow</name>
						<interface>lan</interface>
						<priority>1</priority>

						<bandwidth>20</bandwidth>
						<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
						<enabled>on</enabled>
						 <queue><name>qP2P</name>
							<interface>lan</interface>
							<qlimit>2500</qlimit>
							<priority>1</priority>

							<bandwidth>30</bandwidth>
							<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
							<enabled>on</enabled>
							<red>red</red></queue> 
						 <queue><name>qDefault</name>
							<interface>lan</interface>
							<qlimit>2500</qlimit>
							<priority>3</priority>

							<bandwidth>30</bandwidth>
							<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
							<enabled>on</enabled>
							<default>default</default>
							<red>red</red></queue> 
						 <queue><name>qLowUDP</name>
							<interface>lan</interface>
							<qlimit>2500</qlimit>
							<priority>3</priority>

							<bandwidth>30</bandwidth>
							<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
							<enabled>on</enabled>
							<red>red</red>
							<realtime3>5Mb</realtime3>
							<realtime>on</realtime></queue> 
						<upperlimit3>98%</upperlimit3>
						<upperlimit>on</upperlimit></queue> 
					 <queue><name>pNormal</name>
						<interface>lan</interface>
						<priority>1</priority>

						<bandwidth>80</bandwidth>
						<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
						<enabled>on</enabled>
						 <queue><name>qWeb</name>
							<interface>lan</interface>
							<qlimit>5000</qlimit>
							<priority>3</priority>

							<bandwidth>10</bandwidth>
							<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
							<enabled>on</enabled></queue> 
						 <queue><name>qVPN</name>
							<interface>lan</interface>
							<qlimit>5000</qlimit>
							<priority>5</priority>

							<bandwidth>10</bandwidth>
							<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
							<enabled>on</enabled></queue></queue> 
					<upperlimit>on</upperlimit></queue> 
				<upperlimit>on</upperlimit></queue></queue></shaper>

            New Setup

             <shaper><queue><interface>wan</interface>
			<name>wan</name>
			<scheduler>HFSC</scheduler>
			<bandwidth>48</bandwidth>
			<bandwidthtype>Mb</bandwidthtype>
			<enabled>on</enabled>
			 <queue><name>pHigh</name>
				<interface>wan</interface>
				<priority>1</priority>

				<bandwidth>19</bandwidth>
				<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
				<enabled>on</enabled>
				<upperlimit3>98%</upperlimit3>
				 <queue><name>qACK</name>
					<interface>wan</interface>
					<qlimit>5000</qlimit>
					<priority>5</priority>

					<bandwidth>1</bandwidth>
					<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
					<enabled>on</enabled>
					<realtime3>20%</realtime3>
					<realtime>on</realtime></queue> 
				 <queue><name>qGames</name>
					<interface>wan</interface>
					<qlimit>5000</qlimit>
					<priority>6</priority>

					<bandwidth>1</bandwidth>
					<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
					<enabled>on</enabled>
					<realtime3>10%</realtime3>
					<realtime>on</realtime></queue> 
				 <queue><name>qDNS</name>
					<interface>wan</interface>
					<qlimit>1000</qlimit>
					<priority>1</priority>

					<bandwidth>1</bandwidth>
					<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
					<enabled>on</enabled>
					<realtime3>2%</realtime3>
					<realtime>on</realtime></queue> 
				 <queue><name>qICMP</name>
					<interface>wan</interface>
					<qlimit>500</qlimit>
					<priority>7</priority>

					<bandwidth>1</bandwidth>
					<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
					<enabled>on</enabled>
					<realtime3>1%</realtime3>
					<realtime>on</realtime></queue> 
				 <queue><name>qVoIP</name>
					<interface>wan</interface>
					<qlimit>2500</qlimit>
					<priority>5</priority>

					<bandwidth>1</bandwidth>
					<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
					<enabled>on</enabled>
					<realtime3>10%</realtime3>
					<realtime>on</realtime></queue> 
				<upperlimit>on</upperlimit></queue> 
			 <queue><name>pLow</name>
				<interface>wan</interface>
				<priority>1</priority>

				<bandwidth>31</bandwidth>
				<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
				<enabled>on</enabled>
				 <queue><name>qDefault</name>
					<interface>wan</interface>
					<qlimit>2500</qlimit>
					<priority>3</priority>

					<bandwidth>40</bandwidth>
					<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
					<enabled>on</enabled>
					<codel>codel</codel>
					<default>default</default></queue> 
				 <queue><name>qP2P</name>
					<interface>wan</interface>
					<qlimit>2500</qlimit>
					<priority>1</priority>

					<bandwidth>20</bandwidth>
					<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
					<enabled>on</enabled>
					<codel>codel</codel>
					<upperlimit3>98%</upperlimit3>
					<upperlimit>on</upperlimit></queue> 
				 <queue><name>qLowUDP</name>
					<interface>wan</interface>
					<qlimit>2500</qlimit>
					<priority>3</priority>

					<bandwidth>40</bandwidth>
					<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
					<enabled>on</enabled>
					<realtime3>5%</realtime3>
					<realtime>on</realtime></queue></queue> 
			 <queue><name>pNormal</name>
				<interface>wan</interface>
				<priority>1</priority>
				<bandwidth>50</bandwidth>
				<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
				<enabled>on</enabled>
				 <queue><name>qWeb</name>
					<interface>wan</interface>
					<qlimit>2500</qlimit>
					<priority>1</priority>

					<bandwidth>50</bandwidth>
					<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
					<enabled>on</enabled>
					<codel>codel</codel></queue> 
				 <queue><name>qVPN</name>
					<interface>wan</interface>
					<qlimit>2500</qlimit>
					<priority>3</priority>

					<bandwidth>50</bandwidth>
					<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
					<enabled>on</enabled></queue></queue></queue> 
		 <queue><interface>lan</interface>
			<name>lan</name>
			<scheduler>HFSC</scheduler>
			<bandwidth>1</bandwidth>
			<bandwidthtype>Gb</bandwidthtype>
			<enabled>on</enabled>
			 <queue><name>qLink</name>
				<interface>lan</interface>
				<qlimit>2000</qlimit>
				<priority>2</priority>
				<bandwidth>1</bandwidth>
				<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
				<enabled>on</enabled></queue> 
			 <queue><name>pInternet</name>
				<interface>lan</interface>
				<bandwidth>48</bandwidth>
				<bandwidthtype>Mb</bandwidthtype>
				<enabled>on</enabled>
				<ecn>ecn</ecn>
				<upperlimit3>48Mb</upperlimit3>
				 <queue><name>pHigh</name>
					<interface>lan</interface>

					<bandwidth>19</bandwidth>
					<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
					<enabled>on</enabled>
					<upperlimit3>98%</upperlimit3>
					 <queue><name>qACK</name>
						<interface>lan</interface>
						<qlimit>2500</qlimit>
						<priority>5</priority>

						<bandwidth>1</bandwidth>
						<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
						<enabled>on</enabled>
						<realtime3>9600Kb</realtime3>
						<realtime>on</realtime></queue> 
					 <queue><name>qGames</name>
						<interface>lan</interface>
						<qlimit>2500</qlimit>
						<priority>6</priority>

						<bandwidth>1</bandwidth>
						<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
						<enabled>on</enabled>
						<realtime3>9600Kb</realtime3>
						<realtime>on</realtime></queue> 
					 <queue><name>qDNS</name>
						<interface>lan</interface>
						<qlimit>2500</qlimit>
						<priority>3</priority>

						<bandwidth>1</bandwidth>
						<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
						<enabled>on</enabled>
						<realtime3>1Mb</realtime3>
						<realtime>on</realtime></queue> 
					 <queue><name>qICMP</name>
						<interface>lan</interface>
						<qlimit>1000</qlimit>
						<priority>7</priority>

						<bandwidth>1</bandwidth>
						<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
						<enabled>on</enabled>
						<realtime3>0.5Mb</realtime3>
						<realtime>on</realtime></queue> 
					 <queue><name>qVoIP</name>
						<interface>lan</interface>
						<qlimit>2500</qlimit>
						<priority>6</priority>

						<bandwidth>1</bandwidth>
						<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
						<enabled>on</enabled>
						<realtime3>5Mb</realtime3>
						<realtime>on</realtime></queue> 
					<upperlimit>on</upperlimit></queue> 
				 <queue><name>pNormal</name>
					<interface>lan</interface>
					<priority>1</priority>

					<bandwidth>50</bandwidth>
					<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
					<enabled>on</enabled>
					 <queue><name>qWeb</name>
						<interface>lan</interface>
						<qlimit>5000</qlimit>
						<priority>2</priority>

						<bandwidth>50</bandwidth>
						<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
						<enabled>on</enabled>
						<codel>codel</codel></queue> 
					 <queue><name>qVPN</name>
						<interface>lan</interface>
						<qlimit>5000</qlimit>
						<priority>5</priority>

						<bandwidth>50</bandwidth>
						<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
						<enabled>on</enabled></queue></queue> 
				 <queue><name>pLow</name>
					<interface>lan</interface>
					<priority>1</priority>

					<bandwidth>31</bandwidth>
					<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
					<enabled>on</enabled>
					 <queue><name>pDefault</name>
						<interface>lan</interface>
						<qlimit>5000</qlimit>
						<priority>1</priority>

						<bandwidth>40</bandwidth>
						<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
						<enabled>on</enabled>
						<default>default</default>
						<codel>codel</codel></queue> 
					 <queue><name>qP2P</name>
						<interface>lan</interface>
						<qlimit>2500</qlimit>
						<priority>1</priority>

						<bandwidth>20</bandwidth>
						<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
						<enabled>on</enabled>
						<codel>codel</codel>
						<upperlimit3>98%</upperlimit3>
						<upperlimit>on</upperlimit></queue> 
					 <queue><name>qLowUDP</name>
						<interface>lan</interface>
						<qlimit>2500</qlimit>
						<priority>1</priority>

						<bandwidth>40</bandwidth>
						<bandwidthtype>%</bandwidthtype>
						<enabled>on</enabled>
						<realtime3>2Mb</realtime3>
						<realtime>on</realtime></queue></queue> 
				<upperlimit>on</upperlimit></queue></queue></shaper>
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              Harvy66
              last edited by

              Another minor note. I noticed my download was getting up into the 50/51mb range, which was strange because PFSense is really really good at keeping the bandwidth within the desired amount. I assume it was because I had my interface set to 1gb, and while my upper limit was set to 48, all "real time" bandwidth is taken from the root node, this would mean the total bandwidth consumed would be UpperLimit+RealTime.

              I adjusted my my LAN interface to be 48Mb and it seems to be keeping a tight limit to just under 48mb now. To make sure my traffic shaping didn't conflict with managing PFSense, I just opened up my port on my admin vlan.

              I just thought this may be helpful to someone at some point.

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