6100 slows down my gigabit internet connection
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@ryanrozich Why are you comparing a speedtest from AT&T against their own local servers close to you versus a speedtest to some Internet site? That's apples to oranges.
Either use AT&T's test with and without pfSense, or Speedtest.net's test. Don't mix them.
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@ryanrozich one thing is I would test through pfsense, not on pfsense is a router - not really designed to perform as a client/server for such testing.
Run your speed test on a client that routes through pfsense.
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@johnpoz thanks for the reply. Im getting similar numbers when I run the speedtest.net web test on my macbook pro that is connected through the 6100 device
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That's apples to oranges.
Fair point, different test servers and software could account for the difference.
Either use AT&T's test with and without pfSense, or Speedtest.net's test. Don't mix them.
The AT&T speedtest is baked into the modem. I'll try doing a test again by connecting a computer directly to the modem and running speedtest and then doing it again with the computer connected though the pfSense
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@ryanrozich If the AT&T test is built in then ignore it completely and just use speedtest.net.
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@kom or https://speedof.me as OOKLA allows ISPs to self-embed and those are always faster than real-world speed.
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Yes, try repeating that test from the MBP to the same test server when it's just connected to AT&Ts router directly.
You might also connect the 6100 CLI and run
top -HaSP. Note the CPU usage when you're testing through it.Steve
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solved, when I used speedtest on both I got similar numbers - so the pfsense was no slowing down my connection. Thanks to everyone for the help!
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@ryanrozich that looks like a wireless test on the Mac Book. Is it? Can you hard wire?
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@michmoor all the tests were using a hard wired connection. All good now though, I am not seeing significant difference when I hard wire the computer to the modem vs when connecting (wired) through the netgate box. The problem was that I was using two different measurements (ATTs on the modem vs headless speedtest from pfsense)
