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Common Scenarios
Gargoyle is a tremendously flexible tool, and every situation is a little different - however sometimes an example is a good place to start.
Household with Teenagers and capped monthly Download
Scenario: The teenagers each have a mobile, a laptop, and friends; almost every month the Download cap is reached; the ISP has outrageous excess charges; and no-body knows where all of the the GB went.
Objective: Share Downloads fairly between family members.
Assign Static IP Addresses
Assign a fixed static IP address to each device (mobile, laptop, tablet etc) and keep the static IPs for each person together in a group.
Gargoyle - Connection - DHCP
| DHCP | |
|---|---|
| ☑ LAN DHCP Server Enabled | |
| DHCP range Start 192.168.1.100 End: 192.168.1.249 |
|
| Static IP's | |
| Printer | 192.168.1.2 |
| TV | 192.168.1.2 |
| Dad-laptop | 192.168.1.50 |
| Dad-mobile | 192.168.1.51 |
| Mum-tablet | 192.168.1.60 |
| Mum-mobile | 192.168.1.61 |
| Daughter-laptop | 192.168.1.70 |
| Daughter-mobile | 192.168.1.71 |
| Daughter-tablet | 192.168.1.72 |
| Son-laptop | 192.168.1.80 |
| Son-mobile | 192.168.1.81 |
Set Daily Quotas
Assign an equal share to each family member. For example: if the Download cap is 100GB/month then each family member could be assigned a quota of 100GB / 30days / 4people = 833MB/day. Round up to say 1GB/day.
Gargoyle - Firewall - Quotas
| Bandwidth Quotas | |
|---|---|
| 192.168.1.50-192.168.1.59 | Max Total Download = 1GB/day |
| 192.168.1.60-192.168.1.69 | Max Total Download = 1GB/day |
| 192.168.1.70-192.168.1.79 | Max Total Download = 1GB/day |
| 192.168.1.80-192.168.1.89 | Max Total Download = 1GB/day |
| All Hosts without Explicit Quota's (Combined)1) | Max Total Download = 100MB/day |
Shared Internet connection in a Student share house
Scenario: There is One Internet connection into a Student Share House and one of the Students is (always) a Gamer. When the Gamer is online the Download speed for everybody else sux.
Coffee Shop with Free WiFi
Scenario: Every now and again some geek turns up, buys one coffee, sits in the back corner for 4 hours and the WiFi performance sux.
Objective: Limit the impact that an anonymous individual can have on performance
Enable DHCP Addresses
DHCP will assign an IP address to many anonymous devices coming and going
Gargoyle - Connection - DHCP
| DHCP | |
|---|---|
| ☑ LAN DHCP Server Enabled | |
| DHCP range Start 192.168.1.50 End: 192.168.1.249 |
|
| Lease Time: 1 hours |
Enforce a Download Quota
Limit the total download by each customer.
Gargoyle - Firewall - Quotas
| Bandwidth Quotas | |
|---|---|
| All Individual Hosts Without Explicit Quotas | Max Total Up+Down = 200MB/day |
Guarantee performance for all customers
Limit the performance impact of one greedy customer on other customers.
Gargoyle - Firewall - QoS (Upload)
| QoS (Upload) – Classification Rules | |
|---|---|
| ☑ Enable Quality of Service (Upload Direction) | |
Gargoyle - Firewall - QoS (Download)
| QoS (Download) – Classification Rules | |
|---|---|
| ☑ Enable Quality of Service (Download Direction) | |
| QoS (Download) – Active Congestion Control | |
| ☑ Enable active congestion control (Download Direction) |
No Facebook during homework time
Scenario: Would really like the kids to focus on homework for a couple of hours, and get some sleep after “lights out”.
Objective: Block Facebook during homework time and block Internet at 10pm.
Assign Static IP Addresses
Assign a fixed static IP address to each managed device.
Gargoyle - Connection - DHCP
| DHCP | |
|---|---|
| ☑ LAN DHCP Server Enabled | |
| DHCP range Start 192.168.1.100 End: 192.168.1.249 |
|
| Static IP's | |
| Daughter-laptop | 192.168.1.70 |
| Daughter-mobile | 192.168.1.71 |
| Daughter-tablet | 192.168.1.72 |
Restrict Access
On school-nights block access to Facebook 7-9pm and block Internet after 10pm.
Gargoyle - Firewall - Restrictions
| Access Restrictions | |
|---|---|
| Rule Description: Rule Applies To: Schedule: Days Active Hours Active: Restricted Resources: Domain contains: | Facebook 192.168.1.70-192.168.1.79 ☑ Sun ☑ Mon ☑ Tue ☑ Wed ☑ Thu ☐ Fri ☐ Sat 19:00-21:00 facebook.com |
| Rule Description: Rule Applies To: Schedule: Days Active Hours Active: Restricted Resources: | Lights Out 192.168.1.70-192.168.1.79 ☑ Sun ☑ Mon ☑ Tue ☑ Wed ☑ Thu ☐ Fri ☐ Sat 22:00-24:00 ☑ All Network Access |
