Set Traffic Priority on PIX

[INT1973]

We have a PIX 515E and 2 Lan-Lan tunnels. The internet connection is a T-1 line going to the ISP.
Over the next few days we need to transfer a large amount of traffic say 60 Gigs using FTP to a remote third party Server. The VPN traffic only consists of Terminal services traffic.

We would like to set priority on router or pix to give highest priority to VPN traffic (Terminal services) and second priority to uploading files using FTP. Rest all traffic to the internet should be low priority.. like email http.

How do we accomplish this on the PIX or router ? Is this possible ?

Thanks for the help

 

[smikes19]

The PIX can't do any type of traffic shaping, so you'll need to setup a priority queue on your internet router. Keep in mind it will be FTP vs. IPSec traffic.

 

[INT1973]

So can i setup priority for IPSEC and FTP on the internet Router ? How can it be done ?

Thanks for your help

 

[308win]

Search cisco.com for 'policy map' or 'rate limit'. (and head over to the cisco router forum.)
What you want to do is commit your entire bandwidth to tghe ipsec tunnel, thus making the ftp traffic a second class citizen. It is pretty simple if you have control of a router interface that all the traffic crosses.