Using the Shaper Wizard to Configure ALTQ Traffic Shaping

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Choosing a Wizard

To get started with the Traffic Shaping Wizard, navigate to Firewall > Traffic Shaper and click the Wizards tab. This page displays a list of available traffic shaper wizards, including: Multiple LAN/WAN Used when the fi

Finishing the Wizard

Click Finish to complete the wizard. The firewall will then create all of the rules and queues for enabled options, and then it will reload the ruleset to activate the new traffic shaper settings. Due to the firewall ope

Network Games

Online games typically rely on low latency for acceptable player experiences. If a user on the network attempts to download large files or game patches while playing, that traffic can easily drown out the packets associa

Networks and Speeds

This step, shown in Figure 107: Shaper Configuration , defines the network interfaces that will be the inside and outside from the point of view of the shaper, along with the Download and Upload speeds for a given WAN. W

Peer-to-Peer Networking

The next step, shown in Figure 110: Peer-to-Peer Networking , sets controls for many Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networking proto- cols. By design, P2P protocols will utilize all available bandwidth unless limits are put in place

Penalty Box

The penalty box, depicted in Figure 109: Penalty Box , is a place to relegate misbehaving users or devices that would otherwise consume undesirable amounts of bandwidth. These devices are assigned a hard bandwidth cap wh

Raising or Lowering Other Applications

The last configuration screen of the shaper wizard, seen in Figure 112: Raise or Lower Other Applications , lists a number of other commonly available applications and protocols. The needs of a particular network dictate

Shaper Wizard and IPv6

The shaper wizard creates rules for IPv4 traffic only. Rules can be manually adjusted or cloned and set for IPv6.

Starting the Wizard

Each wizard name is followed by the filename of the wizard, which is a link. Click the link to start the wizard. This example uses the Multiple LAN/WAN wizard, so click traffic_shaper_wizard_multi_all.xml. Next, the wiza

Voice over IP

The wizard contains several options for handling VoIP call traffic, shown in Figure 108: Voice over IP . Prioritizing Voice over IP traffic sets up queues and rules to give priority to VoIP calls and related traffic. Thi