Same priority pf/altq queues not supported?

[Maxim Khitrov]

On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 8:17 PM, krad <kraduk at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 3 July 2010 00:05, Maxim Khitrov <mkhitrov at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I'm configuring pf on FreeBSD 7.3 and would like to use the following
>> altq settings:
>>
>> altq on $ext priq bandwidth 9240Kb queue {low, red, med, top}
>> altq on {$int1, $int2, $srv} priq bandwidth 100Mb queue {low, red, med,
>> top}
>>
>> queue low priority 1 priq(default)  # Default priority queue
>> queue red priority 1 priq(red)      # Default priority TCP queue with RED
>> queue med priority 2                # DNS, DHCP, ACKs, and TOS == lowdelay
>> queue top priority 3                # ICMP, NTP
>>
>> When I try to load these settings, I get the following errors:
>>
>> pfctl: low and red have the same priority
>> pfctl: low and red have the same priority
>> pfctl: low and red have the same priority
>> pfctl: low and red have the same priority
>> /etc/pf.conf:79: errors in queue definition
>>
>> OpenBSD 4.1 documentation states that "if two or more queues are
>> assigned the same priority then those queues are processed in a
>> round-robin fashion." Is there any specific reason why this behavior
>> was altered in the FreeBSD port?
>>
>> I'm not really sure of what to do, because I don't want to prioritize
>> or deprioritize TCP traffic, and I can't have RED enabled for any
>> other protocol. If you have any other general-purpose queuing
>> suggestions, please let me know.
>>
>> - Max
>
> check the version of pf in freebsd compared to openbsd, as they are not
> always in sync
>

I'm aware of this. FreeBSD 7.3 should be using pf from OpenBSD 4.1:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/firewalls-pf.html#AEN39617

- Max