Bandwidthd advanced filter syntax error

titan_rw

Hi.

Having a problem with how pfsense writes out the config file when you enter an advanced filter.

Without putting in an advanced filter everything works, but bandwidthd includes local non internet traffic.

So I put this in the advanced filter:

ip and not ((src net 192.168.5) and (dst net 192.168.5))

This causes bandwidthd to subsequently not start:

# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/bandwidthd.sh start
Syntax Error "syntax error" on line 57

Line 57 in the config is:

filter 'ip and not ((src net 192.168.5) and (dst net 192.168.5))'

Changing the single quotes to double quotes seems to solve it:

filter "ip and not ((src net 192.168.5) and (dst net 192.168.5))"

#/usr/local/etc/rc.d/bandwidthd.sh start
#ps afx|grep bandwidthd
42952  0  S        0:00.00 /usr/pbi/bandwidthd-amd64/local/bandwidthd/bandwidthd
43060  0  S        0:00.00 /usr/pbi/bandwidthd-amd64/local/bandwidthd/bandwidthd
43234  0  S        0:00.00 /usr/pbi/bandwidthd-amd64/local/bandwidthd/bandwidthd
43444  0  S        0:00.00 /usr/pbi/bandwidthd-amd64/local/bandwidthd/bandwidthd
44127  0  S+       0:00.00 grep bandwidthd

Is this a problem with how pfsense writes out the config, or with bandwidthd's parsing of the config?

This is on pfsense 2.2.4 amd64 full install (not nanobsd), and bandwidthd 0.6.1.

Thanks.

doktornotor

This is done with escapeshellarg(); I tested it with the simple example shown in the GUI and it had no issues with that. As noted in the GUI, you are on your own with this. Replaced this with double quotes, don't think this will ever get fixed in the dead upstream code.

https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense-packages/pull/1034

catuso

Hello I have the same problem. Im running: 2.2.4-RELEASE (i386)

I’m trying not to account internal traffic, only traffic going to the internet.

When I try in the “Advanced Filter” Field any of the following options I get an error: “Syntax Error "syntax error" on line 57

Options I have tried:
filter ip and not dst net 192.168.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0
ip and not dst net 192.168.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0

The example provided in the GUI also don't work (ip and host 192.0.2.1) same error.

If someone can help I will appreciate a lot. Thanks.

doktornotor

The example in the GUI is what it was tested with and certainly does not produce any syntax error here… That assumes you are using the latest package versions. Otherwise, you are welcome to provide a patch that works for you. Otherwise, the field can go to /dev/null as well.