{"id":1403,"date":"2016-01-24T06:38:52","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T06:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbsolutions.com\/projects\/?p=1403"},"modified":"2022-02-03T11:24:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T17:24:34","slug":"pfsense-bw-limiting-guest-vlan-wifi-and-scheduling-pfsense-never-ceases-to-amaze-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbsolutions.com\/projects\/pfsense-bw-limiting-guest-vlan-wifi-and-scheduling-pfsense-never-ceases-to-amaze-me\/","title":{"rendered":"pfSense bandwidth limiting guest vlan wifi and scheduling. pfSense never ceases to amaze me."},"content":{"rendered":"

So, my trusty-dusty Unify networks<\/a> coupled with the amazing pfSense<\/a>, are all working SUPER well. By allowing wifi for the guests at one of my clients has hosed another initiative – live streaming FROM that same facility. Note how those 2 things fight eachother? Options? None as it is located in a residential neighborhood and T1 bandwidth and any faster BW are not available. We are with the phone provider and the cable provider will give slightly better BW at twice the price (eg 1.1 the BW for 2x the price).\u00a0 Therefore since we have pfsense, we need to learn about pfSense bandwidth limiting and scheduling.<\/p>\n

So getting another Phone line adsl is an option for $620 \/ year, but lets BW limit the guest network first, and get some stats\/quality metrics on the video streaming first as that is just a good idea. Here are 2 links – just follow them and add a 2nd IDENTICAL firewall rule for VLAN traffic, but it only kicks in when the streaming is going (always the same time each week) and put the limiting in place.<\/p>\n