Traffic shaping in pfSense can be a challenge to configure, partially because of the number of options and the complexity of the shaper rules and shaper queues. It is generally recommended that you begin with the web GUI's traffic shaper wizard. You can access the wizard by clicking on Firewall | Traffic Shaper and then clicking on the Wizards tab. There are currently two wizards available: Multiple Lan/Wan and Dedicated Links. Multiple Lan/Wan can be used in a variety of scenarios in which there are one or more LAN-type interfaces, and one or more WAN interfaces. Dedicated Links, on the other hand, is designed for cases in which specific LAN/ WAN pairings do not mix with other traffic. For example, ...
Configuring traffic shaping in pfSense
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