On 10/4/05, Mojo Jojo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was told that the Traffic Shaper wizard is basically for the LAN interface > and not really useful at this point for servers/devices on the OPT1 or 2 > interface. > > So, I am wondering, if I put a machine on the LAN interface and setup > Traffic shaper to prioritize traffic for that protocol/device, will it > prioritize over just devices/systems on the LAN side or will it prioritize > over everything including servers on the OPT2 interface?
Only LAN->* and WAN->* traffic will be prioritized...ie, all inbound traffic will get prioritized, but only traffic from LAN to anywhere (WAN, OPT, etc) will get prioritized (and rate limited to the speed you specified) > Basically I need QOS for my VOIP, using the traffic shaper without the > wizard hurts my head. Hehehe...you can imagine the migraine I had writing it then ;-P It took about two weeks to design and test the concept and about a weekend to write. I'll be redoing a fair amount of that effort again (the design is more or less assembled in my head and the testing was already done last time, so it's just spending the time to write it now) > So, I am wondering if I should just run the traffic shaper wizard, > prioritize VOIP and then plug all my VOIP devices (phones and Asterisk > server) to the LAN interface. > > Will this work or will it be useless since it's only prioritizing traffic on > the LAN? Will the servers in the OPT 1 (DMZ) be able to step all over my > phone calls coming from the LAN side? Basically, the stuff in the DMZ will stomp on the calls. You'd probably be better off with two firewalls back to back with a "DMZ" in between on the LAN segment of the first firewall. > Basically I am trying to make sure the VOIP services have priority, ALL the > time. In case it helps, I have a transparent bridge setup on the OPT 1 > interface for my servers. Hmmm, we can bridge WAN to LAN now right? --Bill
