help please

[jrw55]

I have four computers, I want 1 computer to be completely unaffected by the other 3 computers. And I want the other 3 computers to all share the same amount of bandwidth. How do I do this ?

I tried reading the documentation and i don't really understand it.

thank you.

[nworbnhoj]

Can I assume that you have Gargoyle loaded and the 4 computers connected and accessing the Internet?

By "share the same amount of bandwidth" do you mean:

• equal total MB download for the month (Quota)
• equal rate of download when the Internet connection is busy (QoS)
• both

Try something like this:

• go to Gargoyle - Connection - DHCP and assign static IP addresses to each of the 4 computers. Give the 3 computers sequential IP addresses (eg 192.168.1.100 - 192.168.1.102)
• go to Gargoyle -Firewall - Quotas and:
  • assign the first computer Max Total Up+Down = Unlimited
  • assign the IP range for the three computers (eg 192.168.1.100 - 192.168.1.102) Max Total Up+Down = whatever
• go to Gargoyle -Firewall - QoS(Download) and:
[list]
• Enable QoS
• Add new Classification rule first computer IP address - Set Class to Fast and move the rule to the top of the list
• Enable active congestion control

[*]go to Gargoyle -Firewall - QoS(Upload)[/*]

• Enable active congestion control
• Add new Classification rule for first computer IP address - Set Class to Fast and move the rule to the top of the list

[/list]

[jrw55]

thanks for the reply, yeah gargoyle is loaded and all 4 computers are online, yeah equal rate of download when the Internet connection is busy (QoS), not a monthly limit.

I tired assigning class to fast for its IP but it doesn't work as well as i need it to for video streaming. Is there a way to limit the bandwidth speed for an IP range ?

[nworbnhoj]

That makes things more simple.

I assume that you are streaming video to the PC and not from the first PC?

Try something like this:

• go to Gargoyle - Connection - DHCP and assign static IP address to the PC for video streaming
• Start a video stream and go to Gargoyle - Status -Connection List and note how much bandwidth the video stream is using (X)
• go to Gargoyle -Firewall - QoS(Download) and:
[list]
• Enable QoS
• Add new Classification rule for the video stream computers IP address - Set Class to VoIP and move the rule to the top of the list
• QoS(Download) -- Service Classes - Edit VoIP - Set Bandwidth Minimum = Xkbits/sec & Bandwidth Maximum = Ykbits/sec
• Enable active congestion control

[/list]

[jrw55]

yes this works, thank you.