Hi Christian,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christian van Eeden [mailto:christian at infinitebang dot com] 
> Sent: Sunday, 15 August 2004 03:34
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have read through the various postings about VoIP setups, 
> but there doesn't seem to be a clear "best approach" with the 
> new features in 1.1 This is the setup:
> 
> Cable Modem -> m0n0wall -> Switch -> VoIP (D-Link DVG-1120)
>                                   -> Computers
> 
> From my providers documentation I have forwarded the 
> following ports to the VoIP: (there is no recommendation for 
> min bandwidth)
>     - 2427 (tcp+udp)
>     - 16384 - 32767 (udp)

Please tell me this was a misprint.  Your VoIP provider wants you to
have 1/4 of the universe open to your VoIP computer?  Are they complete
idiots?  Do they not realize how infinitely stupid this is?

> What is the best way to configure the Traffic Shaper to 
> ensure QoS? (1 or 2 queues, 2 or 4 pipes, 2 or 4 rules?)

Well in your case, first I'd look for a decent VoIP provider - they have
requirements that go strictly against all known forms of network
security, and this is totally unacceptable to the vast majority of the
world.

As for TS, well, I'd have 2 Pipes (1 in, 1 out) and 2 Queues in each (a
high priority VoIP queue, and a low priority all-else queue).  Then make
rules as appropriate.  If this is not the best way, I'm sure I'll see
some input in this list that corrects this.

> Thanks in advance for any help.
> 
> Christian van Eeden
> Technical Director
> Infinite Bang Communications 

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