PassWall Load Balancing HAProxy Nanny-level Configuration

About HAProxy#

PassWall comes with a built-in load balancing feature called HAProxy. I've tinkered with it before, so now I'm familiar with it. Currently, there are two pain points I need to address when using HAProxy:

Bandwagonhost 500G traffic
Serious UDP blocking

For OpenWrt firmware, I recommend Haiibo. It has proven to be very stable for those who love to tinker.

HAProxy Configuration#

Enable HAProxy#

PassWall - Load Balancing - Enable Load Balancing

Set username
Set password
Add nodes (try to keep the protocol, port, and password consistent)
Set load weight and mode according to your needs
Save & Apply

Access HAProxy#

After saving, access the interface at the routing address:1188
The password and username are the ones you just set

You can see the traffic situation for each node, indicating that it has been successfully started.

Create a Load Balancing Node#

In the Node List, create a new Socks Load Balancing as shown in the figure
Fill in the address with the OpenWrt routing address
Port: 1181
Save

Apply the Load Balancing Node#

Go back to PassWall Basic Settings
Select the newly created Socks Load Balancing for TCP nodes
Also create a new Socks Load Balancing node for Socks Configuration, port: 1081
Save and apply, and you will see the traffic increasing in HAProxy.

You can also use PassWall's traffic splitting feature

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New Method for Socks Nesting#

After tinkering with the above, I found that it is possible to use only one node for Socks nesting. See the tweet at https://x.com/geekbb/status/1713820323274224118?s=20. Generally, when we use PassWall, we directly use nodes or split the usage of nodes. However, if we use a local Socks node to nest a layer of ladder nodes, I found that it can alleviate the situation of UDP traffic blocking, and even make it faster. You can try the following settings: