Traffic Shaping:





We can define traffic shaping by two ways. 1: By interface 2:By Single User

Traffic shaping by interface: By Interface





Traffic shaping by single user: Limiter

We can control bandwidth usage per client with adding download and upload limit. For controlling bandwidth we need to follow these simple steps





1- Select Limiter option under firewall tab.

2- Hit on “+” sign create new limiter

3- Fill some fields and enable this rule. Like as Click on enable switch then add name as Download or upload after that we need to add bandwidth in kb/s or Mb/s etc. we can add description here too.

4- Save and apply changes





Layer 7 filtering or shaping is identifying traffic at layer 7 of the Layer 7 Rule:Layer 7 filtering or shaping is identifying traffic at layer 7 of the OSI model . Some time we cal layer 7 as Deep Packet Inspection (DPI).

So let see the settings in PFSense about Layer 7





1- Select Traffic shaper option Under Firewall tab then select Layer 7 option.

2- Hit “+” sign to create new layer 7 rule.

3- First Enable this rule by adding check box then add name after that we can add description too

4- Add rule here by clicking on “+” sign. Add Protocol, structure and Behavior

5- Save and Apply Setting





We can add more here by hitting on + sign. More other ports, etc

After adding Layer 7 Rule we need to go firewall section to add layer 7 setting in option Rule under Firewall Tab.





1- Select option rule under firewall tab and find out layer 7 option

2- Pull down layer 7 option and select created layer 7 rule.