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Upgrade to 2.6.0 download speed is slow

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    Dredex
    last edited by Feb 17, 2022, 3:54 PM

    After upgrading to 2.6.0 I only get 300-350Mb/s from my 1Gb/s connection, upload is not affected.

    Hardware
    CPU: E3-1230 v6
    Intel I210 on WAN
    Intel X520 on LAN

    Packages Installed:
    acme, haproxy, iperf, mailreport, nmap, suricata, wireguard, zabbix-agent5

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      JKnott @Dredex
      last edited by Feb 17, 2022, 9:07 PM

      @dredex

      I just checked and here's what I got with my 500/20 connection. It seems OK to me.

      PfSense running on Qotom mini PC
      i5 CPU, 4 GB memory, 32 GB SSD & 4 Intel Gb Ethernet ports.
      UniFi AC-Lite access point

      I haven't lost my mind. It's around here...somewhere...

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        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by Feb 18, 2022, 12:55 AM

        Are you using those interfaces directly? VLANs? VPN?

        Does the CPU load (per core) look OK?

        Any errors on the NICs?

        Steve

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          benoithamet @Dredex
          last edited by Feb 18, 2022, 3:40 AM

          @dredex same here; speed test in front of PFSense about 100 Mbps, behind about 10 Mbps
          No error anywhere, performances are normal (no CPU peak or anything showing performance issue)
          It was perfect before upgrading to 2.6.0

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            Dredex
            last edited by Dredex Feb 18, 2022, 5:55 AM Feb 18, 2022, 5:43 AM

            Did some further testing and the problem is with my PC, tried on another one HERE and the speeds are fine, probably smth with Win 11, NIC or drivers....

            Sorry for misleading, I should have tested more before posting...

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              JKnott @Dredex
              last edited by Feb 18, 2022, 3:46 PM

              @dredex

              Yep, with broadband speeds these days, hardware can often make a difference. Before getting the computer described in my sig I had an old HP compact desktop computer. It would do better than 500 Mb down, but the new computer did much better. I've even seen over 900 Mb on my 500/20 connection.

              PfSense running on Qotom mini PC
              i5 CPU, 4 GB memory, 32 GB SSD & 4 Intel Gb Ethernet ports.
              UniFi AC-Lite access point

              I haven't lost my mind. It's around here...somewhere...

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                benoithamet @JKnott
                last edited by Feb 18, 2022, 8:18 PM

                to be clear this has nothing to do with hardware or OS
                No changes have been done on the network and all devices (Windows or Android) have the same issue - so Windows can not be involved here - especially when WinUpdate has been done 2 days before the PFSense upgrade and no issue after it
                This appears immediately after the upgrade from 2.5.2 to 2.6.0

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                  benoithamet @benoithamet
                  last edited by Feb 18, 2022, 10:06 PM

                  I have deployed a new PFSense running 2.5.2 and the network connection is now as expected; speed test showing 100 Mbps as before the upgrade to 2.6.0
                  This confirms something is wrong with 2.6.0

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                    SteveITS Galactic Empire @benoithamet
                    last edited by Feb 18, 2022, 10:23 PM

                    @benoithamet What network cards do you have in the problem router?

                    Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
                    When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
                    Upvote 👍 helpful posts!

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                      benoithamet @SteveITS
                      last edited by Feb 18, 2022, 10:28 PM

                      @steveits PFSense is virtualized on Hyper V so it using vNIC
                      how this is relevant? there has been no change in the network configuration before or after PFSense upgrade
                      And the test with a PFSense running 2.5.2 has been done in the exact same configuration

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                        SteveITS Galactic Empire @benoithamet
                        last edited by Feb 18, 2022, 10:35 PM

                        @benoithamet said in Upgrade to 2.6.0 download speed is slow:

                        PFSense is virtualized on Hyper V

                        There have been a few threads this week about Hyper-V, such as
                        https://forum.netgate.com/topic/169884/after-upgrade-inter-v-lan-communication-is-very-slow-on-hyper-v/1

                        I haven't looked at it but it's always possible a FreeBSD driver changed between FreeBSD versions.

                        Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
                        When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
                        Upvote 👍 helpful posts!

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                          benoithamet @SteveITS
                          last edited by benoithamet Feb 18, 2022, 10:55 PM Feb 18, 2022, 10:53 PM

                          @steveits Thanks
                          This solves the trouble
                          The solution is https://www.doitfixit.com/blog/2020/01/15/slow-network-speed-with-hyper-v-virtual-machines-on-windows-server-server-2019/

                          Interestingly I never had any trouble until this upgrade

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                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by Feb 19, 2022, 12:02 AM

                            So specifically disabling RSC in the vswitches brings back the expected throughput for you?

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                              benoithamet @stephenw10
                              last edited by Feb 19, 2022, 12:07 AM

                              @stephenw10 yes, on both LAN and WAN vSwitch
                              if only one still have the RSC enabled, the connection speed drops to 10% of the normal one

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                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by Feb 19, 2022, 12:15 AM

                                Interesting. Thanks for confirming.

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                                  benoithamet @stephenw10
                                  last edited by Feb 19, 2022, 12:24 AM

                                  @stephenw10 no thank you; I would not have thought about the hypervisor as I did not had any network trouble before

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                                    hansklos @benoithamet
                                    last edited by Mar 8, 2022, 10:39 PM

                                    @benoithamet I had the same problem after update to 2.6.0 ... Thank you for this post, it was a great help to me.

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                                      propeto13
                                      last edited by Feb 18, 2023, 4:38 AM

                                      so, what's the fix for those of us on bare-metal and not VMs?

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                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                        last edited by Feb 18, 2023, 2:50 PM

                                        To throughput issue after upgrading to 2.6?

                                        From what? On what hardware? What sort of slow down are you seeing?

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