Answer the following questions:
- What is the purpose of traffic shaping?
- (a) Identify the three types of queuing supported by the pfSense traffic shaper. (b) Identify a queuing discipline that tends to ensure that low-priority traffic is not starved of bandwidth. (c) Identify a queuing discipline that uses a two-part nonlinear curve and decouples bandwidth from latency.
- Can we implement Layer 7 traffic shaping with the built-in pfSense traffic shaper? Assume we are using the current version of pfSense.
- Identify the two wizards with which we can implement traffic shaping in pfSense using the built-in traffic shaper.
- Identify a type of queue which provides for end-to-end notification of network congestion without dropping packets.
- Under which tab can you find the firewall rules generated by the built-in pfSense traffic shaping wizard? (Hint: It is the only rules category...
