Traffic shapping using firewall

Started by zerocool, July 08, 2023, 06:33:18 PM

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I have questions , is there any plan to include qos shapping rules or qeues inside firewall policies

i mean when you create firewall rule i can mentioned this flow will go inside which queues

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thanks for reply , but this not what i mean

i mean to include the shaping inside the firewall rule

FW policy:

Allow - From source -- to desintation -going to specific shapping queue

give them priority inside queue High Priority which i defined

i am not sure if i am not clear in my question

Quote from: zerocool on July 09, 2023, 08:50:04 AM
thanks for reply , but this not what i mean

i mean to include the shaping inside the firewall rule

FW policy:

Allow - From source -- to desintation -going to specific shapping queue

give them priority inside queue High Priority which i defined

i am not sure if i am not clear in my question

https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/how-tos/shaper_prioritize_using_queues.html
The rules inside traffic shaping already doing the same thing.

Quote from: zerocool on July 09, 2023, 08:50:04 AM
i mean to include the shaping inside the firewall rule

FW policy:

Allow - From source -- to desintation -going to specific shapping queue

I think this is a conceptual misunderstanding; the way OPNsense is configured, fw rules and traffic shaping are separate entities, it is not possible to define them within a single fw rule.
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.

The reason is probably that PF does the firewalling, but the shaping is done elsewhere, as far as I know.

In other words, this may not be possible.