Followed manual page for bandwidth limiting but it's not doing anything

Started by frozen, December 05, 2024, 11:20:47 PM

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Hi there, may I please refer you to this guide I have followed in the official documentation:
https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/how-tos/shaper_limit_per_user.html

I created the Pipes as per the instructions, as well as the Rules, as attached in the screenshots.

Documentation says
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Note

If you want to limit traffic for a specific IP addresses then just enter the IP addresses in the destination field instead of the full LAN network range.

Which is precisely what I am looking to do, so I entered in the devices IP address as shown 192.168.1.11

Pressed apply on everything, thought I followed the instructions, yet 192.168.1.11 is still downloading at full speed

What went wrong?

Is the guide out of date?

Thanks kindly for any guidance

I think this is a widely held misconception - traffic shaping only kicks in when there is contention.

If you are nowhere near capacity, it will not do anything. What you are looking for is traffic policing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_shaping