While http is probably most common, its not all the big bursty traffic. Has nobody got VOIP working on a low bandwidth connection using pfsense? I figured it would be easy with the traffic shaper, but it doesn't seem to be working as well as I thought.
Surely someone has a good working configuration they can share with the mailing list? Joe LaGreca Founder & Owner, BIG Net Online 619-393-1733 x200 Office 619-318-3246 Cell www.BIGnetOnline.com On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Valentine, Colin <[email protected]> wrote: > Joe, > > Assuming you mean HTTP downloads, you could try B/W limiting in squid > (Proxy Server:Traffic Management). > > Colin > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 23:12, Joe Lagreca <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have a T-1 (1.54mb symmetrical) for our data connection. Whenever >> there is a big download filling the pipe, the inbound voice chops. >> >> When I set the inbound traffic to 1450kb (tested all the way down to >> 1000kb), I got VERY bad results. Audio was VERY choppy inbound, and >> ping latency to the internal interface of the firewall would jump from >> 1ms to 700ms. >> >> I was told you can't effectively rate limit the inbound traffic, so I >> set the inbound bandwidth to 5,000 kb. The outbound is set to 1450kb. >> It sounds much better, but I still have chops when a big download is >> initiated. >> >> Does anyone have a suggestion on how to improve VOIP quality? >> >> I run the same setup in my office on a cable modem (20mb/3mb) and it >> works GREAT with traffic shaping. I just can't seem to duplicate it >> on the T-1 speeds. Thanks. >> >> Joe LaGreca >> Founder & Owner, BIG Net Online >> 619-393-1733 x200 Office >> 619-318-3246 Cell >> www.BIGnetOnline.com >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
