Adding and changing traffic shaping rules

We have demonstrated how queues can be added and how existing queues can be edited, but the traffic shaping rules control how network traffic is assigned into these queues. If a packet matches a rule, it will be assigned into the queue that the rule specifies. Thus traffic shaping rules are essentially a subset of the firewall rules covered in Chapter 4, pfSense as a Firewall.

In older versions of pfSense, traffic shaper had a separate tab called Rules. This tab showed all the rules generated by the traffic shaper. This is no longer the case. To see the traffic shaper rules, navigate to Firewall | Rules and click on the Floating tab. The traffic shaper rules will be listed here, mixed in with any ...

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