Client traffic control

Hi

What version are you running. Client rate shaping has changed over the last few versions.

Besides controlling bandwidth used by clients, Setting QoS bits in a packet is also possible, but only usefull if all the hops between the F5 and the client VoIP phone honor the QoS bits.

Thanks for the response. We just ran a proof of concept on 11.4.1 but have raised orders for some new units, so should be running 11.5. Like I say, we want to make sure that we can't have a few users swamp our internet pipe and also maintain voice quality, and yes we can honour the QoS bits end to end once they hit our internal network. Anything you can do to point me in the right direction to achieve that would be much appreciated.

Ok ... Have a look at Rate Shaping

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/tmos-concepts-11-4-0/15.html

but also note:

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About the direction setting

Using the Direction setting, you can apply a rate class to client or server traffic. Thus, you can apply a rate class to traffic going to a client, to a server, or to both client and server. Possible values are Any, Client, and Server. The default value is Any.

Specifying direction is useful in cases where the nature of the traffic is directionally-biased. For example, if you offer an FTP service to external clients, you might be more interested in limiting throughput for those clients uploading files to your site than you are for clients downloading files from your site. In this case, you would select Server as the direction for your FTP rate class, because the Server value only applies your throughput restriction to traffic going from the client to the server.

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With the above in mind, you may also look at

https://devcentral.f5.com/Community/GroupDetails/tabid/1082223/asg/50/aft/3691/showtab/groupforums/Default.aspx

HTH