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danilolmcardoso
danilolmcardoso
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April 3, 2018
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Traffic Shaper on both directions vs Reverse??

  • April 3, 2018
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Hello Guys,

 

One things that I really didn't find out

Is about when you set shaping on a interface like Destine eth0 any to Destine eth1 any like 10mbps , so you are shaping the traffic to the eth1, in other words the upload to 10mbps, so.. if I select reverse shaping also with 10mbps, then you are doing the shaping also on download. 

 

But heres the question.

 

What if even doing a shaping on eth0 to eth1 and with reverse selected. And then i create a policy from eth1 to eth0 with a 20mbps shaping there?  

 

Which one will make it ? in this case the 20mbps shaper will surpress the reversed 10mbps?

 

I really have read the handbook and that point is not clear.

 

Thanks in advance guys =] 

 

Cheers

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    danilolmcardoso
    danilolmcardosoAuthor
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    April 3, 2018

    It´s not clear if i also have another shaper from the opposite directions in the example below from port 3 to port 1, which one will be surpressed? 

     

    From page 24

    "Reverse direction traffic shaping The shaper you select for the security policy (shared shaper) will affect the traffic in the direction defined in the policy. For example, if the source port is port 1 and the destination is port 3, the shaping affects the flow in this direction only, that is, the upload or outbound direction. By selecting Shared Traffic Shaper Reverse Direction, you can define the traffic shaper for the policy in the opposite direction, that is, the download or inbound direction. In this example, from port 3 to port 1.

    "

    https://docs.fortinet.com...traffic-shaping-52.pdf

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