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    Upgrade to 2.6.0 download speed is slow

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      benoithamet @benoithamet
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      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
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        @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 ๐Ÿ‘ helpful posts!

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          benoithamet @SteveITS
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          @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
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            @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 ๐Ÿ‘ helpful posts!

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              benoithamet @SteveITS
              last edited by benoithamet

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

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                  benoithamet @stephenw10
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                  @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
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                    Interesting. Thanks for confirming.

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                      benoithamet @stephenw10
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                      @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
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                        @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
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                          so, what's the fix for those of us on bare-metal and not VMs?

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                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                            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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