How to get faster internet thru put from PFsense?

cheapie408

I have 1200 Mbps internet from my ISP, obviously we're limited to the 1Gb port but I max out around 750mb, when connected directly into the modem I get closer to 950Mb.

How's everyone with GB internet doing it?

I'm using an HP T620
AMD GX-420CA
16Gb ram

JKnott

At those speeds, hardware is important. Also, Intel NICs seem best. I have a mini PC as described in my sig. Prior to that, I was using a HP compact desktop computer. Here are some results on my 500/20 connection:

With the HP I would typically get a bit over 500 down. Also, between when the HP died and getting the new computer, I used an old D-Link router and was only getting around 35 Mb down.

stephenw10

@cheapie408 said in How to get faster internet thru put from PFsense?:

AMD GX-420CA

I would expect to get 1G through that with reasonable NICs. What do you have in that?

Try running at the command line while testing: top -aSH
Is it using 100% of any one CPU core?

Steve

cheapie408

@stephenw10 If I'm not mistaken, I have an intel NIC in here. Is there a way to tell without taking it apart? it's been awhile since I have this up and running.

cheapie408

Just confirmed that I do have intel NIC

stephenw10

Running at the command line pciconf -lv will show you what NICs you have and which drivers they are using. If they are any Intel NIC though I'd expect to see at least close to 1G with that CPU. Check the top output while testing.

Steve