This is north of Toronto, outside of the DSL service area unfortunately. Really not many options up here... There are wireless services available, but they are fairly expensive and inline with the T1 costs (but with traffic caps/ price per GB). The old 3Mbit service is very expensive and no longer needed (it was used to connect three offices, which two are now closed).
Traffic shaping sounds like where this needs to go... but again, I just can't swallow that a T1 and pfSense out of the box wouldn't handle this situation. It just doesn't seem right. It should just keep halving the connection speed with every computer trying to download something. Instead it's just dying. Proxy server is a nice idea, but they wouldn't really be visiting the same sites (except in this exception of windows update). Regards, ChuckM -----Original Message----- From: Glenn Kelley [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 2:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] RE: T1 Saturating - Windows update kills the connection... ?? I would suggest placing in a bandwidth shaper. There are some open source alternatives out there - just do some research as to what will fit best for you - ie - do you know freebsd / linux / or stuck in windows ? I would suggest the shaping to be done per protocol. You may also want to place in a SQUID Proxy server. If everyone in the office is peeking @the same thing - ie cnn.com - its best to just get that cached as soon as possible. first hit - wont be a continuous web request until the proxy is old. Where are you located? I know this sounds crazy - but I have in a few pinches done the following visit www.ubnt.com - and take a peek @ the wireless wifi products they have - can you get a good connection from someone in town - like a datacenter? If so - do the $50 or $100 colocate option - and bounce a wifi signal to yourself (chances are you will need los /line of sight and roof access) - but this will get you a great amount of bandwidth Start thinking outside of the box - Where are you located anyhow - our of interest ? glenn On May 13, 2009, at 2:47 AM, Chuck Mariotti wrote: > > I was looking at maybe Traffic Shaping, but I am confused as to if I > need to go that far. For some reason my mind is locked on the idea > that the firewall should be able to do this almost as a default. > Just distribute the load... basically divide the connection > evenly.... I don't think 4 machines running windows update should > cripple internet access to everyone els --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
