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    Nperf not same speed as Pfsense traffic graph

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    • johnpozJ
      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Autourdupc
      last edited by johnpoz

      @Autourdupc looks your showing Bytes in graph vs bits..

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      Divide the numbers your seeing /8 to get Bytes..

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      • AutourdupcA
        Autourdupc @johnpoz
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        @johnpoz

        Thanks... But not this !

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        Any other idea ?

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          MoonKnight @Autourdupc
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          @Autourdupc

          Hi,
          Did you test from www.speedtest.net also to make sure nothing is wrong with nperf?

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            Autourdupc @MoonKnight
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            @MoonKnight said in Nperf not same speed as Pfsense traffic graph:

            Did you test from www.speedtest.net also to make sure nothing is wrong with nperf?

            It seems not better !
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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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              That's still the difference between bits and Bytes. What exactly are you expecting to see on the traffic graph there?

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                pwood999
                last edited by

                Just to make it clearer, speedtest websites generally use Mb/s which is "Mega-Bits per second".

                PfSense has the option to display in either Bits/sec or Bytes/sec. You need to select "bits" for the Unit Size.

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                • AutourdupcA
                  Autourdupc @pwood999
                  last edited by

                  @pwood999 @stephenw10

                  What I found strange is not bits, bytes, ...
                  It concerns the values.
                  I mean :
                  Measured by speedtest : 150 while pFsense measure more than 200
                  Same with nperf measure : 189 while pFsense measure much more than 200

                  But you are right.
                  Setting pFsense using "Bits" give the same as Speedtest.

                  Thanks you very much for answering and explanations.

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    What sort of WAN connection do you have? Something with overhead like PPPoE or over some VPN?

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                    • AutourdupcA
                      Autourdupc @stephenw10
                      last edited by

                      @stephenw10
                      Just a fiber link with a french box named "Freebox".

                      Fiber ------>  Freebox -----------> pfsense  ------------->  LAN
                           82.x.x.x          192.168.0.x            192.168.20.x
                      
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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        So just DHCP?

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                        • AutourdupcA
                          Autourdupc @stephenw10
                          last edited by Autourdupc

                          @stephenw10
                          pfsense ?
                          DNS resolver, DHCP, VPN (OpenVPN) when I'm out of home, PABX (via WAN to SIP account and via VPN when I'm out of home) + IP phone on LAN, VLAN for cameras, pfBlockerNG
                          And also some QoS for VoIP.

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            No I mean the WAN type? If the WAN is something encapsulated then that would mean additional traffic on the NIC.

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                            • AutourdupcA
                              Autourdupc @stephenw10
                              last edited by

                              @stephenw10

                              Nothing special... Only Gigabits IP link with Freebox

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                              • johnpozJ
                                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Autourdupc
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                                @Autourdupc No he means like some sort of tunnel, or something like PPPoE

                                Also keep in mind speed test is only showing you from and to your specific client and their servers.. while the interfaces on pfsense are going to show all traffic.. If your network is quiet while testing there shouldn't be much difference.. But its never going to be exactly the same - for starters on the wan there always going to be some noise level.. And same with lan you could have other traffic that doesn't even go out the wan or it might.

                                Also they are presenting you with 1 number, which is not the case with pfsense showing you a graph.. that data flow rate is going to fluctuate - they present just 1 number, which is never the case.. It doesn't jump to 100, and stay exactly at 100 for 30 seconds.

                                Also the graph on pfsense is going to do smoothing of what it presents of some different degrees..

                                I really wouldn't worry about it as long as your in the same ball park number.. But yeah you have to look at the numbers either both bits or both bytes and or do the math conversion in your head.. Because there is a 8X difference between B and b..

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