Share internet bandwidth amongst users evenly

For this example we presume an internet connection of 10 Mbps Download and 1 Mbps Upload that we want to share evenly between all users.

Shaping bandwidth evenly sample

To start go to Firewall ‣ Shaper ‣ Pipes.

Step 1 - Create Upload and Download Pipes

On the Pipes tab click the + button in the lower right corner. An empty Edit Pipe screen will popup.

Create Pipe For Upload

enabled	Checked	Check to enable the pipe
bandwidth	1	Numeric value of the desired bandwidth
bandwidth Metric	Mbit/s	Metric to use with the numeric value
mask	empty	Select destination to share the bandwidth
description	PipeUp-1Mbps	Free field, enter something descriptive

Create Pipe For Download

enabled	Checked	Check to enable the pipe
bandwidth	10	Numeric value of the desired bandwidth
bandwidth Metric	Mbit/s	Metric to use with the numeric value
mask	empty	Select destination to share the bandwidth
description	PipeDown-10Mbps	Free field, enter something descriptive

Step 2 - Create a Queues

On the Queues tab click the + button in the lower right corner. An empty Edit queue screen will popup.

Create Queue for Upload

enabled	Checked	Check to enable the pipe
pipe	PipeUp-1Mbps	Select our Pipe
weight	100	Weight to use with the numeric value
mask	source	Every source creates a match
description	QueueUp-1Mbps	Free field, enter something descriptive

Create Queue for Download

enabled	Checked	Check to enable the pipe
pipe	PipeDown-10Mbps	Select our Pipe
weight	100	Weight to use with the numeric value
mask	destination	Every source creates a match
description	QueueDown-10Mbps	Free field, enter something descriptive

Step 3 - Create Rules

On the Rules tab click the + button in the lower right corner. An empty Edit rule screen will popup.

Create a rule for traffic directed towards the internet (Upload).

sequence	11	Auto generated number, overwrite only when needed
interface	WAN	Select the interface connected to the internet
proto	ip	Select the protocol, IP in our example
source	192.168.1.0/24	The source IP to shape, select the LAN network
src-port	any	The source port to shape, leave on any
destination	any	The destination to shape, leave on any
dst-port	any	Use any of the destination port if static
target	QueueUp-1Mbps	Select the Upload 1Mbps Queue
description	ShapeUpload	Enter a descriptive name

Create a rule for traffic coming from the internet (Download).

sequence	21	Auto generated number, overwrite only when needed
interface	WAN	Select the interface connected to the internet
proto	ip	Select the protocol, IP in our example
source	any	The source address, leave on any
src-port	any	The source port to shape, leave on any
destination	192.168.1.0/24	The destination IP to shape, select LAN network
dst-port	any	The destination port to shape, leave on any
target	QueueDown-10Mbps	Select the Download 10 Mbps Queue
description	ShapeDownload	Enter a descriptive name

Now press to activate the traffic shaping rules.

Screenshot Rules