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      SteveITS Galactic Empire @maverikh
      last edited by SteveITS

      @maverikh 2.6 is the burst/turbo. 1.6 base.

      https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/91532/intel-pentium-processor-j3710-2m-cache-up-to-2-64-ghz.html

      As noted above look at the % CPU usage while doing your test. If it’s maxed out, it’s maxed out.

      Edit: powerd will reduce the clock speed if idle. When working pfSense will show two numbers on the dashboard.

      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.
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        maverikh @SteveITS
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        @steveits Thank you all, Correct me if im wrong with this....

        It's safe to say that if my CPU is at 7% utilization and then I loaded Suricata, and it only jumps the CPU to roughly 16% ...its not likely the cpu will speed up and therefore having some affect on internet bandwidth.

        PowerD (maximum) has no affect on CPU clock when set.
        I wanted to see if bandwidth improved directly by having the CPU run full clock speed.

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          SteveITS Galactic Empire @maverikh
          last edited by

          @maverikh Then CPU isn’t your bottleneck. Are you using inline or legacy/default mode? I skimmed the above, didn’t see the NICs posted?

          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.
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            maverikh @SteveITS
            last edited by

            @steveits Inline workers.

            Intel 2.5Gbps nic's x4 ports I think its the I225-V
            Protectli FW4C

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              Dobby_ @maverikh
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              @maverikh

              no powerd. should i use it even though no battery ups?

              If you use it (powerD high adaptive) and your internet
              traffic goes under higher load and the CPU is not
              scaling up (turn up to higher GHz), this will be then
              the problem as I see it, and you may solve it by setting
              up PowerD.

              So i put artic silver on the cpu
              cpu temp went down 10c dashboard

              The most clients (buyers) of QoTom, Protectli,......
              will do so often it first, after arriving and unpacking
              as I have seen them reporting and also like you say
              the temp went something between 5 C° to 10 C°
              then down!

              What numbers you will see at the WAN port (throughput)
              if you are not using suricata? I mean you said it went down
              to something around 300 MBit/s, but from how much before?

              #~. @Dobby

              Turris Omnia - 4 Ports - 2 GB RAM / TurrisOS 7 Release (Btrfs)
              PC Engines APU4D4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense CE 2.7.2 Release (ZFS)
              PC Engines APU6B4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense+ (Plus) 24.03_1 Release (ZFS)

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                maverikh @Dobby_
                last edited by

                @dobby_ 1Gpbs down to now 500Mbps so i saw some improvement

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                  Dobby_ @maverikh
                  last edited by

                  @maverikh said in Suricata Kills down speed:

                  1Gpbs down to now 500Mbps so i saw some improvement

                  Are you using PPPoE on that internet account? If so your
                  pfSense will be nailed or pinned to one CPU core!!! If not
                  the entire WAN load will be balanced over all CPU cores
                  pending on your settings, your NIC (support it or not) and
                  also the amount and size of queues that will be able to set up. 4C / 4T = 4 queues and more queues means more transported data and for sure faster throughput comes bysite

                  #~. @Dobby

                  Turris Omnia - 4 Ports - 2 GB RAM / TurrisOS 7 Release (Btrfs)
                  PC Engines APU4D4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense CE 2.7.2 Release (ZFS)
                  PC Engines APU6B4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense+ (Plus) 24.03_1 Release (ZFS)

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                    maverikh @Dobby_
                    last edited by

                    @dobby_ Its fiber to the modem ONT, 1Gbps/1Gbps synchronis. not ppoe. Gateway based

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                      Dobby_ @maverikh
                      last edited by

                      @maverikh said in Suricata Kills down speed:

                      Its fiber to the modem ONT, 1Gbps/1Gbps synchronis. not ppoe. Gateway based

                      You could try out to play around with the queue amount
                      and also the size to get let call it something more out for
                      your max. throughput.

                      #~. @Dobby

                      Turris Omnia - 4 Ports - 2 GB RAM / TurrisOS 7 Release (Btrfs)
                      PC Engines APU4D4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense CE 2.7.2 Release (ZFS)
                      PC Engines APU6B4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense+ (Plus) 24.03_1 Release (ZFS)

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                        maverikh @Dobby_
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                        @dobby_ Perhaps my tunables is part of issues....

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