Re: [m0n0wall] Traffic Shaper Question, may be a typo

From:	Manuel Kasper <mk at neon1 dot net>
To:	"Falcor" <falcor at netassassin dot com>
Cc:	m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
Subject:	Re: [m0n0wall] Traffic Shaper Question, may be a typo
Date:	Fri, 28 Nov 2003 23:32:08 +0100

On 28.11.2003, at 23:11, Falcor wrote:

> In setting up some traffic shaping I noticed the "Interface" toggle 
> menu has the options "LAN" "PPTP" and "OPT"  I have a firewall with a 
> static IP on the WAN interface, and thus no PPTP.   Should this read 
> "WAN", or is shaping not available from the WAN interface?  E.g. Can I 
> use the "PPTP" selection and it will actually be the WAN interface 
> when the rules execute?

No. Traffic shaping cannot be used on WAN due to the weird processing 
order of ipfilter and ipfw. You should be able to shape the traffic on 
the appropriate internal interface (LAN/OPT), though. "PPTP" means PPTP 
VPN connections, not the PPTP client on WAN.

- Manuel