On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 4:11 AM, jerome alet <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > We've got a pfSense 2.0.1 box with a single WAN (in fact it's behind a load > balancer with 6 ADSL modems) and currently a single set of client machines > which are students' computers in their appartments. > > We are planning to add a second set of client machines to this pfSense box, > which are computers in our classrooms. > > Actually, and for several years now, we used 2 separate pfSense boxes, with 2 > separate sets of modems, but we'd like to consolidate this onto a single box > (with the future option of having a second box acting as an instant failover) > > So in the setup we envision all machines must share the single WAN interface > for Internet access. > > But... > > Our classrooms computers must have dedicated bandwidth from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., > for example they could have the bandwidth equivalent of 5 (of our 6) ADSL > modems, guaranteed, during this period of time, each day from Monday to > Friday. The remaining bandwidth should be dedicated to the appartments' > computers. > > Outside of these periods of time, the total available bandwidth should be > available for both sets of computers, with an equal share of it, i.e. just as > if we don't do anything special. > > Is this possible with pfSense and if yes please could someone tell me how to > proceed ?
It is possible through time based rules and limiters. You just set up limiters with the limits you want guaranteed during weekdays and use those limiters in time based rules. > > Thanks in advance > > -- > Jerome Alet > _______________________________________________ > List mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list _______________________________________________ List mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
