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    Pfsense dropping my connection to 30mg

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    • J
      jonidesousa
      last edited by

      all seems fine

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        Some input errors on the LAN NIC but not a significant number.

        If you bypass pfSense can you still get the expected rate from the ISP? It could be some upstream problem.

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        • J
          jonidesousa
          last edited by

          Yes. If no pfsense I get the correct speeds..

          I'm still trying to find out what 10.6.0.5 is now since I don't have the managed switch connected anymore.

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by stephenw10

            Hmm, well if you have some IP conflict that could be a factor.

            c8:9e:43:9c:cd:35 is a Netgear MAC

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            • J
              jonidesousa
              last edited by

              Still trying to figure this out.

              That mac address was in fact the managed switch. and once I've turned it off something else got the 10.6.0.5 IP. but I'm still trying to find what it is.

              either way now I should have the normal speed right? but no :/

              testing speed from my PFsense I get the full speed. could it be the LAN that is faulty?

              Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
              Testing from .....
              Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
              Selecting best server based on ping...
              Hosted by 31173 Services ..... [110.73 km]: 36.775 ms
              Testing download speed................................................................................
              Download: 238.14 Mbit/s
              Testing upload speed......................................................................................................
              Upload: 19.41 Mbit/s

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                Yup, good test. If pfSense itself gets full speed it must be something on the LAN side.

                Can you try a client connected directly to pfSense, no switch?

                Can you try assigning LAN as a different NIC?

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                • J
                  jonidesousa
                  last edited by

                  I need to try and connect one device directly to pfsense.

                  but I tried to reassign the interfaces and got this:

                  WAN -> bce1
                  LAN -> bce0
                  OPT1 -> re0
                  OPT2 -> tun_wg0

                  Do you want to proceed [y|n]? y

                  Writing configuration...
                  Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: fwrite(): Argument #1 ($stream) must be of type resource, bool given in /etc/inc/config.lib.inc:1056
                  Stack trace:
                  #0 /etc/inc/config.lib.inc(1056): fwrite(false, 'a:31:{i:1705182...')
                  #1 /etc/inc/config.lib.inc(660): backup_config()
                  #2 /etc/inc/config.console.inc(380): write_config('Console assignm...')
                  #3 /etc/rc.initial.setports(40): set_networking_interfaces_ports()
                  #4 {main}
                  thrown in /etc/inc/config.lib.inc on line 1056
                  PHP ERROR: Type: 1, File: /etc/inc/config.lib.inc, Line: 1056, Message: Uncaught TypeError: fwrite(): Argument #1 ($stream) must be of type resource, bool given in /etc/inc/config.lib.inc:1056
                  Stack trace:
                  #0 /etc/inc/config.lib.inc(1056): fwrite(false, 'a:31:{i:1705182...')
                  #1 /etc/inc/config.lib.inc(660): backup_config()
                  #2 /etc/inc/config.console.inc(380): write_config('Console assignm...')
                  #3 /etc/rc.initial.setports(40): set_networking_interfaces_ports()
                  #4 {main}
                  thrownpfSense - Serial: YLUE134425 - Netgate Device ID: 19b77b9ed692c9c7bffc

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                  • J
                    jonidesousa
                    last edited by

                    Also in case you ask if I have space
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                    • J
                      jonidesousa
                      last edited by

                      ok so I guess that error was to do with user...

                      right now I've switched the nics around. for a moment I didn't had internet connection.

                      But now back to where we were, 30mg speed.

                      the only thing I forget to do was to test speed connected directly to pfsense which I will do.

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        Do you, or have you ever, had any traffic shaping in that config?

                        Definitely worth checking since it seems to be part of the config following the interface change. Though it could be something downstream still.

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                        • J
                          jonidesousa
                          last edited by

                          Have never had and I don't think I have, unless I'm looking at the wrong thing.

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            No Limiters and no Queues?

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                            • J
                              jonidesousa
                              last edited by

                              no nothing :(

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                              • J
                                jonidesousa
                                last edited by

                                Tomorrow I will try connecting directly. but I've replaced the switch, it would be very unlucky if both were to be faulty :/

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                                • J
                                  jonidesousa
                                  last edited by

                                  Just wanted to add, that I'm using AdguardHome in PFsense. it's not the best config but worked so far and it meant 1 less hardware to buy and all dns/firewall was in one device.

                                  I've followed this article: https://broadband.forum/threads/installing-adguard-home-on-pfsense.205884/

                                  But like I said it worked until now. so not sure how this could also be throttling the speed

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                                  • J
                                    jonidesousa @jonidesousa
                                    last edited by

                                    it doesn't look like it's causing anything. I've just turned that service off, rebooted and the same speed :(

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                                    • J
                                      jonidesousa
                                      last edited by jonidesousa

                                      SO...

                                      End up buying new hardware. Restore backup and speeds are now good.

                                      Thanks so much for the help @stephenw10 !!! Really appreciate it.

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