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    (yet another) IPsec throughput help request

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      pete35 @SpaceBass
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      @SpaceBass

      You may try to adjust your MTU/MSS Settings on both sides equally to exactly these numbers here:

      cb49bff4-31a9-43bc-b70d-bd1e2f2e170f-image.png

      <a href="https://carsonlam.ca">bintang88</a>
      <a href="https://carsonlam.ca">slot88</a>

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        SpaceBass @pete35
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        @pete35 I dont (currently) use an interface for ipsec

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          michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @SpaceBass
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          @SpaceBass Do you have any Cryptographic Acceleration? Is it on?

          Firewall: NetGate,Palo Alto-VM,Juniper SRX
          Routing: Juniper, Arista, Cisco
          Switching: Juniper, Arista, Cisco
          Wireless: Unifi, Aruba IAP
          JNCIP,CCNP Enterprise

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            SpaceBass @michmoor
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            @michmoor AES-NI, yes it is active on both pfSense machines

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              pete35 @SpaceBass
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              @SpaceBass

              you can try to set MSS Clamping under system/advanced/firewall&Nat

              a396fc11-82a3-41bd-aa89-1837acbd783f-image.png

              Why dont you use routed vti?

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              <a href="https://carsonlam.ca">slot88</a>

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                NOCling
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                For Tunnel mode MSS 1328 is most effective:
                https://packetpushers.net/ipsec-bandwidth-overhead-using-aes/

                Netgate 6100 & Netgate 2100

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                  SpaceBass @NOCling
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                  @NOCling said in (yet another) IPsec throughput help request:

                  For Tunnel mode MSS 1328 is most effective:
                  https://packetpushers.net/ipsec-bandwidth-overhead-using-aes/

                  WOAH! Massive difference (in only one direction)...

                  From US -> Europe

                  [SUM]   0.00-10.00  sec   252 MBytes   211 Mbits/sec  9691             sender
                  [SUM]   0.00-10.20  sec   233 MBytes   192 Mbits/sec                  receiver
                  

                  Europe -> US

                  [SUM]   0.00-10.20  sec  22.0 MBytes  18.1 Mbits/sec    0             sender
                  [SUM]   0.00-10.00  sec  20.5 MBytes  17.2 Mbits/sec                  receiver
                  
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                    NOCling
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                    Nice, but now you have to find a way to the paring jungle how it will work fast on both ways.
                    Looks like US -> EU runs a other way than EU -> US.

                    We talk about that, in our last meeting and the solution is not easy.
                    One Point is to use a Cloud Service Provider he is present on both sides and you can use the interconnect between this cloud instances.

                    Netgate 6100 & Netgate 2100

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                      SpaceBass @NOCling
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                      @NOCling and unfortunately my success was very short-lived ...
                      It looks like iperf3 traffic is still improved, but I'm moving data at 500kB/s - 1.50MB/s

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                        michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @SpaceBass
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                        @SpaceBass if you temp switch to Wireguard does the issue follow?
                        If it does it may not be MTU related.

                        Firewall: NetGate,Palo Alto-VM,Juniper SRX
                        Routing: Juniper, Arista, Cisco
                        Switching: Juniper, Arista, Cisco
                        Wireless: Unifi, Aruba IAP
                        JNCIP,CCNP Enterprise

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                          NOCling
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                          How do you move your Data?
                          SMB is a very bad decision for high latency ways, you need rsync or other wan optimized protocols.

                          Netgate 6100 & Netgate 2100

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                            SpaceBass @NOCling
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                            @NOCling said in (yet another) IPsec throughput help request:

                            How do you move your Data?

                            rsync - have tried both an NFSv4 mount and over ssh (for testing purpose)

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