Hmm, interesting. I would not have expected that either. That was a very old version though. I don't recall there ever being an issue that presented like that but maybe with the newer pfSense/FreeBSD version it was tickling something. Nothing in the release notes between those versions that looks significant. Anyway glad you are seeing expected speeds. Steve

@Gertjan i restored from usb and rebuilt the entire network again,

Even with Squid and Snort/Suricata you don't require huge space. The 256GB drive we fit is more than adequate. Steve

When I had this problem, I found out Windows 7 was configured to not look for a driver on Windows Update. It led me to the option to enable that and then it worked and found COM3

Yeah I'm not aware of any compatibility issues with m.2 cards in the SG-5100 as long as you realise that NVMe is not SATA. Steve

What is your available WAN bandwidth? Do you have a lot of traffic between internal interfaces? Steve

@Amorris or (any one here) could you please give a link to 1Gbps SPF modules that you are using? I have no success to find this.

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SOLVED - Port Negotiation on ISP Equipment The cause of the problem was a port negotiation issue between the SG-1100 and the ISP Proxim Radio. When the Proxim radio was set to either auto or 1000 baseT the speed issue would appear, however when the ISP set the radio to only run at 100 baseT the problem went away. This was a very odd problem, the issue could be consistently triggered by setting the radio to gigabit. I feel like there is either a underlying problem with the ISP equipment or wiring to the radio. Has anyone seen anything like this before? Chris Thank you @stephenw10 for your help.

In case anyone finds this thread via search, my issue was resolved. Support provided the factory restore images. I restored my pfsense unit to factory default and restored my full configuration backup. Everything worked as it had before and the package manager is now functional. All in all the repair was fairly painless taking a total of about 90 minutes for the actual repair and reading through the steps.

Yes, the directions in that linked post should correct that for you but it you have any problems running that please open a ticket with us: https://go.netgate.com/ Steve

The only other place I would check would be the boot log, /var/log/dmesg.boot. But what I would expect there is a message about the module being unsupported and the driver refusing to attach to the port. That means the port is not recognised at all and ifconfig would only show 3 ix ports instead of the expected 4. If that is the case you can try forcing it to accept those modules: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/install/upgrading-older-versions-2.2.html#intel-10gbit-s-ixgbe-ix-users-with-unsupported-sfp-modules However I'm not sure I've ever seen that work in the XG-7100. It looks like those modules are just not compatible. Steve

In the SG-1000? The SG-1100 has two full size USB ports and power should not be an issue. Steve

Ive run both with similar perfromance experiences. I prefer to run ZFS for reliability, and you'll have to stick to the PC Engines for that

I want to thank you all, and the PFSense support team in helping me with this problem I had.

You should call our sales guys if you have not already. Steve

Yes, Thank you, lower than my current setup which uses 26-35 watts. (I'm in the UK)