Mon Jan 29, 2007 4:38 am
Sorry that you are getting the old "read the manual" reply. I wish I could be of more help, but like you, I have just enough time to do what I have to, and not enough time to do what I should.
The best thing I can recommend, is to search for terms like "rate limit", "p2p" "throttle", etc, and you will eventually find what you need. Also, unless something is new in the p2p controls in 2.9, you will not be able to limit p2p that transfers as udp packets, as the filters and mangle rules will not address that traffic. If this is not correct, someone please show me as well, as this still gets through my configuration, especially torrent traffic.
You guys that recommend reading the manuals need to understand that many of us that use the Mikrotik OS are not very good at the technical aspect of coding this, and that good postings of solutions you have already done only improves the product for everyone. Why reinvent the wheel when someone else has already done it? I don't buy the idea that if we create it ourselves, we will be able to figure out everything for ourselves. If that is the case, why have a forum at all?
I wish there were a place (maybe the WIKI is the answer) where all of these solutions that are found by rooting out the forums are placed so they are easier to find, rather than have people have to post the same questions over and over. When you see redundant questions about rate limiting p2p and prioritizing voip, it should be pretty clear that there needs to be some specific documentation showing not just examples, but coding templates that work, and can also be modified to fit specific needs.
Finally, I want to say that I am mightily impressed by those of you who endeavor to write your questions in English, when it is not your first language, and that it serves as proof that if someone can create intelligible questions written in English, when it is not a familiar language to them, but they are having difficulty in creating the configuration for specific Mikrotik OS issues, that there needs to be a better way to provide support for this product.
Shane