loss of speed with pfsense 2.5.1 using Intel(R) PRO/1000 PCI-Express Network Driver
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Wifi won’t be as fast as wired due to the way wifi works.
https://www.quora.com/Is-it-normal-for-a-WiFi-modem-connection-to-give-half-the-download-speed-of-a-wired-connection?share=1
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@jsmiddleton4
regardless, I've tried wired, more than once. Even my torrents files do not peak to what the router can hit on speed. -
At <10Mbps I wouldn't expect wifi to make a noticeable difference. Unless it's 802.11b maybe!
Might be time to grab a packet capture and see if there are retransmissions or fragments.
Speedtest-cli has never been the most accurate thing IMO. It averages the output. You might want to check the traffic graphs at the same time you're testing.
Although the total throughput isn't an issue here you might also try setting net.isr.dispatch to deferred. See: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/hardware/tune.html#pppoe-with-multi-queue-nics
Steve
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I fixed it! This is thanks to another thread on this forum you replied to Steve. Man, I wish I had you on speed dial!
You had mentioned to some dude online who was having LAN to WAN speed issues
slow-lan-speeds-but-correct-wan-speedFor giggles I said what the hell, in case I fiddled with rules or config that caused this slow speed. I setup a LAN2, copy pasted some rules so LAN2 can hit WAN, or LAN2 to really, setup dhcp on it and speed test are now at par with the WAN. I got 2 more megs in my network. lol I'm pumped.
I need to understand why my LAN1 is loosing my 2 megs. Slowly, I'll apply my rule sets and see if anything degrades and go from there. I'm very curious and will paste info for anybody out there
Anyway, thanks for your time and Happy New Year.
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Congrats.
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@jsmiddleton4
thanks
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Ah, good test!
So what's different about LAN1 then? You have packages running? Maybe Snort or ntop-ng on LAN1 only?
Steve
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@stephenw10
no idea
I do recall installing darkstat, but I did disable it. any other packages can slow down bandwidth ?
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Things that actually examine traffic can slow it, so; Snort, Suricata, Squid, Ntop-NG are the prime suspects.
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@stephenw10
well I disable darkstat, even removed it. It did nothing. I can't see anything else packages wise that would cause this problem as I think I only really install darkstat, and cron...I found the problem. I had a freaking traffic shaper! A while nack I was fiddling with trying to get a level balance of all primary devices. Once I disabled this I could get my speeds. All that for this!!
well it was a good deep dive I guess, and I sure know what I sohuld be looking for in the future.
Thanks to all
Guy
