[kwlug-disc] PFSense and USB 2.0 NICs

[Mark Steffen]

No issues.  It was only a 25 mbit Internet connection and almost no
inter-subnet traffic. VOIP was fine.

*Mark Steffen*
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On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 12:49 PM, B.S. <bs27975.2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 07/11/2016 09:52 AM, Mark Steffen wrote:
>
>> +1 for the person who comment about using VLANs.  This is what I do;
>> traffic comes into PFsense from the Internets, I chop it up into VLANs and
>> send it out the single GigE link on a switch port allowing various tagged
>> VLANs and have the switch disperse it from there into untagged ports
>> depending on the type of traffic (voip/guest LAN/internal LAN/security
>> cameras) or tagged for going to the Wifi APs (internal, guest).
>>
>
> Did you notice any particular improvements in doing so?
>
> e.g. Presumably the aggregate traffic isn't enough to saturate the
> physical links, or you'd still be unhappy / would be taking additional
> steps. Were you experiencing poor VoIP quality, or cameras sucking up all
> the oxygen, or ???, that segregating the traffic solved?
>
>
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