Quotas: counting LAN/WAN use, and throttling bandwidth..

[James__uk]

My new Gargoyle setup is under testing, and is not connected online yet, yet quotas seem to be counting my Lan use..

?Do quotas measure Online activity only, or Online + Lan activity?

Clearly this matters, when I am trying to enforce an ISP data quota, but not restrict Lan use...

[nworbnhoj]

Quotas only measure data to&fro the WAN port on your router (ie via the firewall). How are you testing and what are your physical connections?

[James__uk]

I am merely pressing the "Quota Use" button, under Status, and seeing that some of the quota is used up. Which surprised me, as the device is not online yet.

[nworbnhoj]

That does seem a little weird - I have never had a look with the WAN disconnected! Is it a significant amount, or just a few packets?

[James__uk]

Mm, quota was at 1.5 Gb per day. Status reported 0.3% used or so.
My client (ahem sister and bro-in-law) don't really do LAN file transfers, so I think I'm safe Is that unexpected behaviour?

[nworbnhoj]

Yes it is unexpected, but then the quota system code is complex and I do not profess to understand it completely (yet). I identified a similar small example of quota leakage over a year ago and I have not yet discovered its source.

I suggest that you do the same as any normal ISP and make a blanket statement that your quota accounting may differ from the clients accounting, but the ISP is right.

[James__uk]

Hmm, good to meet you nworbnhoj

[James__uk]

One small thing: does <throttle-bandwidth> share the bandwidth between the users, or is applied individually to each ip?

[nworbnhoj]

<throttle-bandwidth> applies to the supject of the rule (at the top) weather it be an IP address, an IP range, or a Device Group