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      roxy @stephenw10
      last edited by roxy

      @stephenw10
      iperf -V

      #server side
      - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
      Test Complete. Summary Results:
      [ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
      [  5] (sender statistics not available)
      [  5]   0.00-60.00  sec  12.9 GBytes  1.84 Gbits/sec                  receiver
      rcv_tcp_congestion cubic
      iperf 3.9
      Linux iperf 6.5.13-3-pve #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC PMX 6.5.13-3 (2024-03-20T10:45Z) x86_64
      
      
      # client side
      [  5]  57.00-58.00  sec   222 MBytes  1.86 Gbits/sec
      [  5]  58.00-59.01  sec   237 MBytes  1.98 Gbits/sec
      [  5]  59.01-60.00  sec   223 MBytes  1.88 Gbits/sec
      - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
      Test Complete. Summary Results:
      [ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
      [  5]   0.00-60.00  sec  12.9 GBytes  1.84 Gbits/sec                  sender
      [  5]   0.00-60.00  sec  12.9 GBytes  1.84 Gbits/sec                  receiver
      CPU Utilization: local/sender 8.1% (0.1%u/8.0%s), remote/receiver 7.6% (0.3%u/7.4%s)
      rcv_tcp_congestion cubic
      
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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        Odd. Your output seems to have a space where retr and cwnd would be shown, but isn't. Same iperf version.

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          TheNarc @roxy
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          @roxy Apologies if I've somewhat lost the thread here but do you have a control, so to speak? That is to say, have you run iperf to the pfSense box from more than one host on your LAN and seen the same results? And, ideally, have you also run iperf tests directly between two hosts on your LAN and seen sustained 2.5Gbps throughput? Just trying to isolate variables. I wish I could help because it sounds like we have nearly (maybe exactly) identical pfSense hardware, except my whole LAN is still 1Gbps. I noticed from BIOS screen shots I took that I actually have ASPM enabled; haven't noticed any ill effects, but may disable it when I get a chance.

          Also have you tried a UDP iperf test? I think iperf3 -c <pfsense_ip> -u -b 2.5G should work. I'm not sure what we'll necessarily learn if that goes worse/same/better but it's another data point to gather.

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            AnonymousRetard @roxy
            last edited by AnonymousRetard

            @roxy I think we have the same hardware and BIOS. I am able to sustain about ~2.3 Gbits/sec constantly using iperf now that I have new 2.5Gbe switches. Based on your openssl benchmarks also getting slower over time while you say temperatures are fine I'd guess you are hitting power limits just like @TheNarc seemed to be doing. I'm not sure why my box never experienced these issues with the same BIOS version but I guess the default settings which are normally hidden might be different. You might have to flash the same custom BIOS @TheNarc did and play with the PL1 settings it can unlock.

            An explanation could be that the manufacturer of these boxes have realized they are not really built to passively cool a sustained heatload from these CPUs and have therefore added low sustained power limits (PL1) to remove crashes (which is an issue I experienced instead). So even though my box was performing much better out-of-the-box it would instead crash from sustained high temperatures and the only solution I found was to add an external fan blowing on the case. The CPU is fine with much higher temperatures but the other components in the very small and very badly ventilated box will cook the RAM and NVMe drives inside making them unstable because of the high ambient temperatures the CPU causes.

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              roxy @TheNarc
              last edited by

              @TheNarc

              Of course, I am open to talk.

              Thets right, we may have both similar hardware

              First, let me paste the output on iperf3 (client, MacOS) with your options -u -b 2.5G
              I see stable 2.4 Gbps 🎉 for 60 secs.

              ❯ iperf3 -c 192.168.18.200 -t 60 -u -b 2.5G -V                                                                       ─╯
              iperf 3.16
              Darwin roxys-mbp.local 23.4.0 Darwin Kernel Version 23.4.0: Fri Mar 15 00:10:42 PDT 2024; root:xnu-10063.101.17~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 arm64
              Control connection MSS 1448
              Setting UDP block size to 1448
              Time: Wed, 03 Apr 2024 19:32:03 UTC
              Connecting to host 192.168.18.200, port 5201
                    Cookie: q4zcsvcxyn4vkw6ppthdaoxjmthkmldp3eai
                    Target Bitrate: 2500000000
              [  5] local 10.0.2.21 port 61476 connected to 192.168.18.200 port 5201
              Starting Test: protocol: UDP, 1 streams, 1448 byte blocks, omitting 0 seconds, 60 second test, tos 0
              [ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Total Datagrams
              [  5]   0.00-1.00   sec   287 MBytes  2.40 Gbits/sec  207546
              [  5]   1.00-2.00   sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206445
              [  5]   2.00-3.00   sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206381
              [  5]   3.00-4.00   sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206378
              [  5]   4.00-5.00   sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206381
              [  5]   5.00-6.00   sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206333
              [  5]   6.00-7.00   sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206466
              [  5]   7.00-8.00   sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206470
              [  5]   8.00-9.00   sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206268
              [  5]   9.00-10.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206338
              [  5]  10.00-11.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206531
              [  5]  11.00-12.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206339
              [  5]  12.00-13.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206485
              [  5]  13.00-14.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206331
              [  5]  14.00-15.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206399
              [  5]  15.00-16.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206370
              [  5]  16.00-17.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206357
              [  5]  17.00-18.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206353
              [  5]  18.00-19.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206394
              [  5]  19.00-20.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206312
              [  5]  20.00-21.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206508
              [  5]  21.00-22.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206282
              [  5]  22.00-23.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206509
              [  5]  23.00-24.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206332
              [  5]  24.00-25.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206459
              [  5]  25.00-26.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206396
              [  5]  26.00-27.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206338
              [  5]  27.00-28.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206402
              [  5]  28.00-29.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206351
              [  5]  29.00-30.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206362
              [  5]  30.00-31.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206462
              [  5]  31.00-32.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206355
              [  5]  32.00-33.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206347
              [  5]  33.00-34.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206477
              [  5]  34.00-35.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206256
              [  5]  35.00-36.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206372
              [  5]  36.00-37.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206484
              [  5]  37.00-38.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206253
              [  5]  38.00-39.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206534
              [  5]  39.00-40.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206246
              [  5]  40.00-41.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206405
              [  5]  41.00-42.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206485
              [  5]  42.00-43.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206312
              [  5]  43.00-44.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206413
              [  5]  44.00-45.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206487
              [  5]  45.00-46.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206258
              [  5]  46.00-47.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206448
              [  5]  47.00-48.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206659
              [  5]  48.00-49.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206452
              [  5]  49.00-50.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206271
              [  5]  50.00-51.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206343
              [  5]  51.00-52.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206516
              [  5]  52.00-53.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206392
              [  5]  53.00-54.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206273
              [  5]  54.00-55.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206523
              [  5]  55.00-56.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206201
              [  5]  56.00-57.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206410
              [  5]  57.00-58.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206433
              [  5]  58.00-59.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206317
              [  5]  59.00-60.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206401
              - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
              Test Complete. Summary Results:
              [ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Jitter    Lost/Total Datagrams
              [  5]   0.00-60.00  sec  16.7 GBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  0.000 ms  0/12384601 (0%)  sender
              [  5]   0.00-60.01  sec  10.0 GBytes  1.44 Gbits/sec  0.014 ms  0/12379713 (0%)  receiver
              CPU Utilization: local/sender 90.9% (18.3%u/72.5%s), remote/receiver 26.0% (2.8%u/23.1%s)
              
              iperf Done.
              

              The option -u is using UDP rather than TCP.
              When I run iperf3 without -u, i.e. with TCP, I still the speed decreased to 1.2 Gbps (but if if the test takes longer, the speed converges to 1.9 GBps)

              ❯ iperf3 -c 192.168.18.200 -t 60 -V                                                                                  ─╯
              iperf 3.16
              Darwin roxys-mbp.local 23.4.0 Darwin Kernel Version 23.4.0: Fri Mar 15 00:10:42 PDT 2024; root:xnu-10063.101.17~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 arm64
              Control connection MSS 1448
              Time: Wed, 03 Apr 2024 19:33:50 UTC
              Connecting to host 192.168.18.200, port 5201
                    Cookie: oybbl36xu7jrh7vmufngybr4arqe6fdymo7m
                    TCP MSS: 1448 (default)
              [  5] local 10.0.2.21 port 57879 connected to 192.168.18.200 port 5201
              Starting Test: protocol: TCP, 1 streams, 131072 byte blocks, omitting 0 seconds, 60 second test, tos 0
              [ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
              [  5]   0.00-1.00   sec   283 MBytes  2.37 Gbits/sec
              [  5]   1.00-2.00   sec   282 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec
              [  5]   2.00-3.00   sec   281 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec
              [  5]   3.00-4.00   sec   280 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec
              [  5]   4.00-5.00   sec   281 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec
              [  5]   5.00-6.00   sec   281 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec
              [  5]   6.00-7.00   sec   280 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec
              [  5]   7.00-8.00   sec   280 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec
              [  5]   8.00-9.00   sec   280 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec
              [  5]   9.00-10.00  sec   280 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  10.00-11.00  sec   280 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  11.00-12.00  sec   280 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  12.00-13.00  sec   281 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  13.00-14.00  sec   280 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  14.00-15.00  sec   279 MBytes  2.34 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  15.00-16.00  sec   280 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  16.00-17.00  sec   281 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  17.00-18.00  sec   280 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  18.00-19.00  sec   183 MBytes  1.53 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  19.00-20.00  sec   246 MBytes  2.07 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  20.00-21.00  sec   176 MBytes  1.48 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  21.00-22.00  sec   154 MBytes  1.29 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  22.00-23.00  sec   134 MBytes  1.12 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  23.00-24.00  sec   138 MBytes  1.16 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  24.00-25.00  sec   146 MBytes  1.22 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  25.00-26.00  sec   147 MBytes  1.24 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  26.00-27.00  sec   150 MBytes  1.26 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  27.00-28.00  sec   150 MBytes  1.26 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  28.00-29.00  sec   141 MBytes  1.19 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  29.00-30.00  sec   155 MBytes  1.30 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  30.00-31.00  sec   134 MBytes  1.12 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  31.00-32.00  sec   156 MBytes  1.31 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  32.00-33.00  sec   154 MBytes  1.29 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  33.00-34.01  sec   154 MBytes  1.29 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  34.01-35.00  sec   154 MBytes  1.30 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  35.00-36.01  sec   153 MBytes  1.28 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  36.01-37.01  sec   155 MBytes  1.30 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  37.01-38.00  sec   149 MBytes  1.26 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  38.00-39.00  sec   148 MBytes  1.23 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  39.00-40.00  sec   155 MBytes  1.30 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  40.00-41.00  sec   155 MBytes  1.30 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  41.00-42.00  sec   154 MBytes  1.29 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  42.00-43.00  sec   152 MBytes  1.27 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  43.00-44.00  sec   155 MBytes  1.29 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  44.00-45.00  sec   178 MBytes  1.50 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  45.00-46.00  sec   178 MBytes  1.50 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  46.00-47.00  sec   192 MBytes  1.61 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  47.00-48.01  sec   214 MBytes  1.79 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  48.01-49.00  sec   200 MBytes  1.69 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  49.00-50.01  sec   221 MBytes  1.85 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  50.01-51.00  sec   209 MBytes  1.76 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  51.00-52.01  sec   190 MBytes  1.59 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  52.01-53.01  sec   188 MBytes  1.58 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  53.01-54.00  sec   205 MBytes  1.73 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  54.00-55.01  sec   206 MBytes  1.72 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  55.01-56.00  sec   208 MBytes  1.75 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  56.00-57.01  sec   211 MBytes  1.76 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  57.01-58.00  sec   189 MBytes  1.58 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  58.00-59.00  sec   199 MBytes  1.67 Gbits/sec
              [  5]  59.00-60.00  sec   208 MBytes  1.74 Gbits/sec
              - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
              Test Complete. Summary Results:
              [ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
              [  5]   0.00-60.00  sec  12.0 GBytes  1.72 Gbits/sec                  sender
              [  5]   0.00-60.01  sec  12.0 GBytes  1.72 Gbits/sec                  receiver
              CPU Utilization: local/sender 7.9% (0.1%u/7.8%s), remote/receiver 4.5% (0.2%u/4.3%s)
              rcv_tcp_congestion cubic
              
              iperf Done.
              

              Let me describe my setup.
              I have two Intel N100 :-) machines. Both have 4 x 2.5 Gbps Intel NIC i226V . Both from TopTon ;-)
              One is quite fresh, and I see diferent BIOS-es on both of them. First machine (older one) does have Performance in bios Advanced tab. Second machine (newer on) does not :-(

              I have installed Proxmox on first (older) machine, and some time ago I experimented with pfsense running in VM.
              But now, I have installed pfsense on bare metal second machine (newer one).

              The pfsense NICs are physical ports and I named them as follows: (WAN) ISP, LAN, DMZ and SERVICES.
              The proxmox ports are as follows

              • vmbr1 (SERVICES) : enp4s0
              • vmbr2 (LAN) : enp2s0
              • vmbr3 (DMZ): enp1s0, enp3s0 - yeas, I have bridged two NICs

              enp1s0 is connected to pfsense's DMZ
              enp3s0 is connected to my MacBook's eth card (usb 2.5 Gbps)

              I have started two Linux Containerx in Proxmox (ubuntu 22.04 + iperf3 running):

              • Container1: connected with vmbr3 (DMZ)
              • Container2: connected with vmbr1 (SERVICES)

              When I run iperf3 -c <ip> from my Macboox I am in the DMZ network, so the traffic goes to Proxmox's enp3s0 and directly to vmb3 and to the iperf3 server running in VM (Container1).
              Then I see no traffic in pfsense. This is ok to me. I would expect such behaviour, since this looks like connecting two devices in the same network (connected with vmbr - switch).
              But when I ask iperf3 -c <ip> with ip from SERVICES network, then I see ..... what I presented above.
              The traffic goes to proxmox first, but there is no bridge, and the traffic has to go from Proxmox machine to my pfsense through
              Macbookx -> proxmox enp3s0 : vmbr3 : enp1s0 -> pfsense DMZ --- firewall rules --- pfsense SERVICES -> proxmox enp4s0 : vmbr1 --> Container 2

              I think this really tests if my pfsense is able to handle 2.5 Gbps
              I tried to simply my pfsense rules on DMZ interface, but I didn't see any difference if there was only one rule Pass Any Traffic

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                @roxy said in Topton N100 Reporting 402 MHz:

                Test Complete. Summary Results:
                [ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Jitter Lost/Total Datagrams
                [ 5] 0.00-60.00 sec 16.7 GBytes 2.39 Gbits/sec 0.000 ms 0/12384601 (0%) sender
                [ 5] 0.00-60.01 sec 10.0 GBytes 1.44 Gbits/sec 0.014 ms 0/12379713 (0%) receiver
                CPU Utilization: local/sender 90.9% (18.3%u/72.5%s), remote/receiver 26.0% (2.8%u/23.1%s)

                That's the important part there. When testing with UDP there is no reply traffic so the sender just sends at whatever speed you tell it to. BUT the receiver only actually saw 1.4Gbps. Unclear why it doesn't show a large loss % there unless it didn't in fact actually send.
                What does the server end show for that test?

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                  roxy @AnonymousRetard
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                  @AnonymousRetard

                  I would be very thankful, if you could share the link to bios and the ISO file with instruction how to upgrade the bios.

                  My machine with pfsense has no option about Power Performance in the BIOS.
                  24-04-03 10-51-02 5101.jpg 24-04-03 10-53-59 5106.jpg

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                    roxy @stephenw10
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                    @stephenw10

                    Here is the output of iperf on server side

                    Server listening on 5201
                    -----------------------------------------------------------
                    Time: Wed, 03 Apr 2024 20:07:28 GMT
                    Accepted connection from 10.0.2.21, port 58347
                          Cookie: kmci352mh4io6chfwtgjqwhuehic7m62q6hd
                          Target Bitrate: 2500000000
                    [  5] local 192.168.18.200 port 5201 connected to 10.0.2.21 port 63601
                    Starting Test: protocol: UDP, 1 streams, 1448 byte blocks, omitting 0 seconds, 60 second test, tos 0
                    [ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Jitter    Lost/Total Datagrams
                    [  5]   0.00-1.00   sec   279 MBytes  2.34 Gbits/sec  0.008 ms  2966/205296 (1.4%)  
                    [  5]   1.00-2.00   sec   281 MBytes  2.36 Gbits/sec  0.004 ms  2978/206332 (1.4%)  
                    [  5]   2.00-3.00   sec   267 MBytes  2.23 Gbits/sec  0.141 ms  12941/206131 (6.3%)  
                    [  5]   3.00-4.00   sec   280 MBytes  2.36 Gbits/sec  0.002 ms  3544/206604 (1.7%)  
                    [  5]   4.00-5.00   sec   282 MBytes  2.37 Gbits/sec  0.002 ms  1698/206253 (0.82%)  
                    [  5]   5.00-6.00   sec   282 MBytes  2.37 Gbits/sec  0.003 ms  2240/206403 (1.1%)  
                    [  5]   6.00-7.00   sec   283 MBytes  2.37 Gbits/sec  0.003 ms  1406/206361 (0.68%)  
                    [  5]   7.00-8.00   sec   269 MBytes  2.26 Gbits/sec  0.003 ms  11370/206372 (5.5%)  
                    [  5]   8.00-9.00   sec   280 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec  0.002 ms  3777/206369 (1.8%)  
                    [  5]   9.00-10.00  sec   283 MBytes  2.37 Gbits/sec  0.005 ms  1385/206401 (0.67%)  
                    [  5]  10.00-11.00  sec   281 MBytes  2.36 Gbits/sec  0.002 ms  3063/206405 (1.5%)  
                    [  5]  11.00-12.00  sec   283 MBytes  2.37 Gbits/sec  0.008 ms  1682/206392 (0.81%)  
                    [  5]  12.00-13.00  sec   274 MBytes  2.30 Gbits/sec  0.011 ms  7850/206174 (3.8%)  
                    [  5]  13.00-14.00  sec   279 MBytes  2.34 Gbits/sec  0.002 ms  3002/205331 (1.5%)  
                    [  5]  14.00-15.00  sec   220 MBytes  1.85 Gbits/sec  0.004 ms  46443/205734 (23%)  
                    [  5]  15.00-16.00  sec   176 MBytes  1.48 Gbits/sec  0.004 ms  78575/206230 (38%)  
                    [  5]  16.00-17.00  sec   174 MBytes  1.46 Gbits/sec  0.013 ms  80466/206449 (39%)  
                    [  5]  17.00-18.00  sec   173 MBytes  1.46 Gbits/sec  0.017 ms  80174/205795 (39%)  
                    [  5]  18.00-19.00  sec   170 MBytes  1.43 Gbits/sec  0.014 ms  83626/206832 (40%)  
                    [  5]  19.00-20.00  sec   174 MBytes  1.46 Gbits/sec  0.010 ms  80084/206016 (39%)  
                    [  5]  20.00-21.00  sec   168 MBytes  1.41 Gbits/sec  0.011 ms  84685/206555 (41%)  
                    [  5]  21.00-22.00  sec   175 MBytes  1.46 Gbits/sec  0.012 ms  80001/206417 (39%)  
                    [  5]  22.00-23.00  sec   170 MBytes  1.43 Gbits/sec  0.004 ms  83025/206048 (40%)  
                    [  5]  23.00-24.00  sec   174 MBytes  1.46 Gbits/sec  0.004 ms  80145/206175 (39%)  
                    [  5]  24.00-25.00  sec   174 MBytes  1.46 Gbits/sec  0.012 ms  80689/206907 (39%)  
                    [  5]  25.00-26.00  sec   176 MBytes  1.47 Gbits/sec  0.004 ms  78746/205936 (38%)  
                    [  5]  26.00-27.00  sec   175 MBytes  1.47 Gbits/sec  0.004 ms  79499/206541 (38%)  
                    [  5]  27.00-28.00  sec   174 MBytes  1.46 Gbits/sec  0.008 ms  80868/206754 (39%)  
                    [  5]  28.00-29.00  sec   175 MBytes  1.47 Gbits/sec  0.004 ms  79228/206089 (38%)  
                    [  5]  29.00-30.00  sec   174 MBytes  1.46 Gbits/sec  0.013 ms  80242/206141 (39%)  
                    [  5]  30.00-31.00  sec   174 MBytes  1.46 Gbits/sec  0.013 ms  80401/206639 (39%)  
                    [  5]  31.00-32.00  sec   171 MBytes  1.44 Gbits/sec  0.004 ms  82607/206593 (40%)  
                    [  5]  32.00-33.00  sec   163 MBytes  1.37 Gbits/sec  0.004 ms  87459/205775 (43%)  
                    [  5]  33.00-34.00  sec   163 MBytes  1.37 Gbits/sec  0.004 ms  88392/206567 (43%)  
                    [  5]  34.00-35.00  sec   164 MBytes  1.38 Gbits/sec  0.004 ms  87857/206668 (43%)  
                    [  5]  35.00-36.00  sec   165 MBytes  1.38 Gbits/sec  0.014 ms  87006/206455 (42%)  
                    [  5]  36.00-37.00  sec   165 MBytes  1.38 Gbits/sec  0.007 ms  86617/205829 (42%)  
                    [  5]  37.00-38.00  sec   161 MBytes  1.35 Gbits/sec  0.005 ms  89475/206368 (43%)  
                    [  5]  38.00-39.00  sec   163 MBytes  1.37 Gbits/sec  0.012 ms  88176/206412 (43%)  
                    [  5]  39.00-40.00  sec   165 MBytes  1.38 Gbits/sec  0.012 ms  87100/206534 (42%)  
                    [  5]  40.00-41.00  sec   163 MBytes  1.37 Gbits/sec  0.013 ms  88299/206425 (43%)  
                    [  5]  41.00-42.00  sec   164 MBytes  1.38 Gbits/sec  0.004 ms  87527/206649 (42%)  
                    [  5]  42.00-43.00  sec   160 MBytes  1.34 Gbits/sec  0.004 ms  90439/206193 (44%)  
                    [  5]  43.00-44.00  sec   164 MBytes  1.37 Gbits/sec  0.009 ms  87612/206096 (43%)  
                    [  5]  44.00-45.00  sec   159 MBytes  1.33 Gbits/sec  0.004 ms  91141/206329 (44%)  
                    [  5]  45.00-46.00  sec   165 MBytes  1.38 Gbits/sec  0.007 ms  87291/206462 (42%)  
                    [  5]  46.00-47.00  sec   163 MBytes  1.37 Gbits/sec  0.013 ms  88283/206609 (43%)  
                    [  5]  47.00-48.00  sec   164 MBytes  1.37 Gbits/sec  0.014 ms  87942/206502 (43%)  
                    [  5]  48.00-49.00  sec   164 MBytes  1.38 Gbits/sec  0.008 ms  87637/206516 (42%)  
                    [  5]  49.00-50.00  sec   165 MBytes  1.38 Gbits/sec  0.006 ms  87192/206386 (42%)  
                    [  5]  50.00-51.00  sec   163 MBytes  1.37 Gbits/sec  0.011 ms  88272/206318 (43%)  
                    [  5]  51.00-52.00  sec   164 MBytes  1.38 Gbits/sec  0.013 ms  86997/205996 (42%)  
                    [  5]  52.00-53.00  sec   162 MBytes  1.36 Gbits/sec  0.004 ms  89590/206568 (43%)  
                    [  5]  53.00-54.00  sec   163 MBytes  1.36 Gbits/sec  0.006 ms  88809/206489 (43%)  
                    [  5]  54.00-55.00  sec   164 MBytes  1.37 Gbits/sec  0.009 ms  88019/206431 (43%)  
                    [  5]  55.00-56.00  sec   165 MBytes  1.38 Gbits/sec  0.004 ms  87189/206516 (42%)  
                    [  5]  56.00-57.00  sec   165 MBytes  1.38 Gbits/sec  0.004 ms  86963/206396 (42%)  
                    [  5]  57.00-58.00  sec   164 MBytes  1.38 Gbits/sec  0.014 ms  87700/206487 (42%)  
                    [  5]  58.00-59.00  sec   163 MBytes  1.36 Gbits/sec  0.004 ms  87945/205709 (43%)  
                    [  5]  59.00-60.00  sec   165 MBytes  1.38 Gbits/sec  0.005 ms  87183/206435 (42%)  
                    [  5]  60.00-60.00  sec   672 KBytes  1.36 Gbits/sec  0.007 ms  716/1191 (60%)  
                    - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
                    Test Complete. Summary Results:
                    [ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Jitter    Lost/Total Datagrams
                    [  5] (sender statistics not available)
                    [SUM]  0.0-60.0 sec  18746 datagrams received out-of-order
                    [  5]   0.00-60.00  sec  11.4 GBytes  1.63 Gbits/sec  0.007 ms  3944234/12379986 (32%)  receiver
                    iperf 3.9
                    Linux iperf 6.5.13-3-pve #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC PMX 6.5.13-3 (2024-03-20T10:45Z) x86_64
                    -----------------------------------------------------------
                    Server listening on 5201
                    -----------------------------------------------------------
                    

                    and here is the output on client side (MacOS)

                    ❯ iperf3 -c 192.168.18.200 -t 60 -u -b 2.5G -V                                                                                                                              ─╯
                    iperf 3.16
                    Darwin roxys-mbp.local 23.4.0 Darwin Kernel Version 23.4.0: Fri Mar 15 00:10:42 PDT 2024; root:xnu-10063.101.17~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 arm64
                    Control connection MSS 1448
                    Setting UDP block size to 1448
                    Time: Wed, 03 Apr 2024 20:07:28 UTC
                    Connecting to host 192.168.18.200, port 5201
                          Cookie: kmci352mh4io6chfwtgjqwhuehic7m62q6hd
                          Target Bitrate: 2500000000
                    [  5] local 10.0.2.21 port 63601 connected to 192.168.18.200 port 5201
                    Starting Test: protocol: UDP, 1 streams, 1448 byte blocks, omitting 0 seconds, 60 second test, tos 0
                    [ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Total Datagrams
                    [  5]   0.00-1.00   sec   288 MBytes  2.41 Gbits/sec  208278
                    [  5]   1.00-2.00   sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206327
                    [  5]   2.00-3.00   sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206373
                    [  5]   3.00-4.00   sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206285
                    [  5]   4.00-5.00   sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206448
                    [  5]   5.00-6.00   sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206320
                    [  5]   6.00-7.00   sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206484
                    [  5]   7.00-8.00   sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206329
                    [  5]   8.00-9.00   sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206472
                    [  5]   9.00-10.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206409
                    [  5]  10.00-11.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206371
                    [  5]  11.00-12.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206434
                    [  5]  12.00-13.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206296
                    [  5]  13.00-14.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206422
                    [  5]  14.00-15.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206395
                    [  5]  15.00-16.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206292
                    [  5]  16.00-17.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206444
                    [  5]  17.00-18.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206422
                    [  5]  18.00-19.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206325
                    [  5]  19.00-20.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206399
                    [  5]  20.00-21.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206316
                    [  5]  21.00-22.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206491
                    [  5]  22.00-23.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206291
                    [  5]  23.00-24.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206453
                    [  5]  24.00-25.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206358
                    [  5]  25.00-26.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206349
                    [  5]  26.00-27.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206477
                    [  5]  27.00-28.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206393
                    [  5]  28.00-29.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206454
                    [  5]  29.00-30.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206262
                    [  5]  30.00-31.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206515
                    [  5]  31.00-32.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206328
                    [  5]  32.00-33.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206272
                    [  5]  33.00-34.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206456
                    [  5]  34.00-35.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206449
                    [  5]  35.00-36.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206259
                    [  5]  36.00-37.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206438
                    [  5]  37.00-38.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206453
                    [  5]  38.00-39.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206382
                    [  5]  39.00-40.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206296
                    [  5]  40.00-41.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206490
                    [  5]  41.00-42.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206334
                    [  5]  42.00-43.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206429
                    [  5]  43.00-44.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206423
                    [  5]  44.00-45.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206342
                    [  5]  45.00-46.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206319
                    [  5]  46.00-47.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206422
                    [  5]  47.00-48.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206468
                    [  5]  48.00-49.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206198
                    [  5]  49.00-50.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206460
                    [  5]  50.00-51.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206363
                    [  5]  51.00-52.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206525
                    [  5]  52.00-53.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206222
                    [  5]  53.00-54.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206451
                    [  5]  54.00-55.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206297
                    [  5]  55.00-56.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206428
                    [  5]  56.00-57.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206497
                    [  5]  57.00-58.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206403
                    [  5]  58.00-59.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206335
                    [  5]  59.00-60.00  sec   285 MBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  206447
                    - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
                    Test Complete. Summary Results:
                    [ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Jitter    Lost/Total Datagrams
                    [  5]   0.00-60.00  sec  16.7 GBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  0.000 ms  0/12385070 (0%)  sender
                    [  5]   0.00-60.00  sec  11.4 GBytes  1.63 Gbits/sec  0.007 ms  0/12379986 (0%)  receiver
                    CPU Utilization: local/sender 91.6% (18.2%u/73.3%s), remote/receiver 24.8% (2.8%u/21.9%s)
                    
                    iperf Done.
                    

                    I have also started netstat -i when server was saying about 1.4 Gbps

                    igc2      1500 <Link#3>            00:d0:b4:02:1c:b8                        889310806     0     0   28809147     0     0
                    igc2         - fe80::%igc2/64      fe80::2d0:b4ff:fe02:1cb8%igc2                    0     -     -          1     -     -
                    igc2         - 10.0.2.0/24         10.0.2.1                                        27     -     -      45202     -     -
                    igc3      1500 <Link#4>            00:d0:b4:02:1c:b9                         28898629     0     0  877373098     0     0
                    igc3         - fe80::%igc3/64      fe80::2d0:b4ff:fe02:1cb9%igc3                    0     -     -          0     -     -
                    igc3         - 192.168.18.0/24     192.168.18.1                                  5279     -     -       5249     -     -
                    
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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      @roxy said in Topton N100 Reporting 402 MHz:

                      [ 5] 0.00-60.00 sec 11.4 GBytes 1.63 Gbits/sec 0.007 ms 3944234/12379986 (32%) receiver

                      Yup so 36% packet loss. I guess that's a bug in the earlier iperf version at the sender end that it doesn't show the loss value correctly.

                      Try testing in reverse (-R) to make sure it behaves the same both ways.

                      Try sending to/from pfSense directly to see if he throttling is obvious in one direction or on one NIC there.

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        Note it's actually pretty much the same as TCP so that rules out TCP windowing as an issue.

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                        • R
                          roxy @stephenw10
                          last edited by

                          @stephenw10

                          I tried to run -R in both directions:

                          • iperf -R started on Macboox
                          ❯ iperf3 -c 192.168.18.200 -t 60 -u -b 2.5G -V -R                                                                                                                           ─╯
                          iperf 3.16
                          Darwin roxys-mbp.local 23.4.0 Darwin Kernel Version 23.4.0: Fri Mar 15 00:10:42 PDT 2024; root:xnu-10063.101.17~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 arm64
                          Control connection MSS 1448
                          Setting UDP block size to 1448
                          Time: Wed, 03 Apr 2024 20:17:03 UTC
                          Connecting to host 192.168.18.200, port 5201
                          Reverse mode, remote host 192.168.18.200 is sending
                                Cookie: pnrcf6hfoswg5hh3kkkmawoajjqzhmxamjxr
                                Target Bitrate: 2500000000
                          [  5] local 10.0.2.21 port 58920 connected to 192.168.18.200 port 5201
                          Starting Test: protocol: UDP, 1 streams, 1448 byte blocks, omitting 0 seconds, 60 second test, tos 0
                          [ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Jitter    Lost/Total Datagrams
                          [  5]   0.00-1.01   sec   284 MBytes  2.37 Gbits/sec  0.006 ms  4390/210049 (2.1%)
                          [  5]   1.01-2.01   sec   281 MBytes  2.36 Gbits/sec  0.006 ms  0/203620 (0%)
                          [  5]   2.01-3.01   sec   281 MBytes  2.36 Gbits/sec  0.007 ms  0/203441 (0%)
                          [  5]   3.01-4.00   sec   280 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec  0.006 ms  0/203058 (0%)
                          [  5]   4.00-5.01   sec   283 MBytes  2.37 Gbits/sec  0.005 ms  0/204846 (0%)
                          [  5]   5.01-6.00   sec   282 MBytes  2.37 Gbits/sec  0.008 ms  0/204482 (0%)
                          [  5]   6.00-7.00   sec   284 MBytes  2.38 Gbits/sec  0.007 ms  2/205329 (0.00097%)
                          [  5]   7.00-8.01   sec   278 MBytes  2.33 Gbits/sec  0.006 ms  0/201284 (0%)
                          [  5]   8.01-9.00   sec   280 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec  0.007 ms  0/202408 (0%)
                          [  5]   9.00-10.01  sec   283 MBytes  2.36 Gbits/sec  0.006 ms  0/204621 (0%)
                          [  5]  10.01-11.01  sec   281 MBytes  2.36 Gbits/sec  0.022 ms  1/203717 (0.00049%)
                          [  5]  11.01-12.01  sec   283 MBytes  2.38 Gbits/sec  0.006 ms  0/205052 (0%)
                          [  5]  12.01-13.01  sec   281 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec  0.004 ms  0/203161 (0%)
                          [  5]  13.01-14.01  sec   282 MBytes  2.37 Gbits/sec  0.006 ms  0/204246 (0%)
                          [  5]  14.01-15.00  sec   281 MBytes  2.37 Gbits/sec  0.006 ms  0/203680 (0%)
                          [  5]  15.00-16.01  sec   284 MBytes  2.37 Gbits/sec  0.006 ms  0/205526 (0%)
                          [  5]  16.01-17.01  sec   281 MBytes  2.36 Gbits/sec  0.005 ms  0/203429 (0%)
                          [  5]  17.01-18.01  sec   280 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec  0.006 ms  0/202459 (0%)
                          [  5]  18.01-19.00  sec   282 MBytes  2.37 Gbits/sec  0.005 ms  0/204534 (0%)
                          [  5]  19.00-20.01  sec   283 MBytes  2.38 Gbits/sec  0.006 ms  0/205153 (0%)
                          [  5]  20.01-21.01  sec   283 MBytes  2.37 Gbits/sec  0.005 ms  0/204738 (0%)
                          [  5]  21.01-22.00  sec   282 MBytes  2.37 Gbits/sec  0.007 ms  0/203882 (0%)
                          [  5]  22.00-23.01  sec   276 MBytes  2.30 Gbits/sec  0.008 ms  3353/203151 (1.7%)
                          [  5]  23.01-24.01  sec   253 MBytes  2.13 Gbits/sec  0.009 ms  19458/202949 (9.6%)
                          [  5]  24.01-25.01  sec   214 MBytes  1.79 Gbits/sec  0.007 ms  49268/204091 (24%)
                          [  5]  25.01-26.01  sec   177 MBytes  1.49 Gbits/sec  0.011 ms  72849/201227 (36%)
                          [  5]  26.01-27.01  sec   175 MBytes  1.47 Gbits/sec  0.008 ms  72156/199099 (36%)
                          [  5]  27.01-28.01  sec   177 MBytes  1.48 Gbits/sec  0.008 ms  74643/202743 (37%)
                          [  5]  28.01-29.01  sec   177 MBytes  1.48 Gbits/sec  0.009 ms  76163/204323 (37%)
                          [  5]  29.01-30.01  sec   177 MBytes  1.48 Gbits/sec  0.006 ms  76239/204163 (37%)
                          [  5]  30.01-31.01  sec   177 MBytes  1.48 Gbits/sec  0.008 ms  77237/205285 (38%)
                          [  5]  31.01-32.00  sec   176 MBytes  1.48 Gbits/sec  0.009 ms  75752/203409 (37%)
                          [  5]  32.00-33.01  sec   173 MBytes  1.45 Gbits/sec  0.008 ms  77610/203051 (38%)
                          [  5]  33.01-34.01  sec   177 MBytes  1.48 Gbits/sec  0.007 ms  75793/203859 (37%)
                          [  5]  34.01-35.01  sec   176 MBytes  1.48 Gbits/sec  0.009 ms  76527/204223 (37%)
                          [  5]  35.01-36.01  sec   177 MBytes  1.48 Gbits/sec  0.007 ms  76114/204129 (37%)
                          [  5]  36.01-37.01  sec   176 MBytes  1.48 Gbits/sec  0.010 ms  75646/203456 (37%)
                          [  5]  37.01-38.01  sec   177 MBytes  1.48 Gbits/sec  0.007 ms  73664/201515 (37%)
                          [  5]  38.01-39.01  sec   177 MBytes  1.48 Gbits/sec  0.006 ms  76484/204554 (37%)
                          [  5]  39.01-40.00  sec   177 MBytes  1.49 Gbits/sec  0.006 ms  75950/204111 (37%)
                          [  5]  40.00-41.01  sec   177 MBytes  1.48 Gbits/sec  0.007 ms  74295/202266 (37%)
                          [  5]  41.01-42.01  sec   176 MBytes  1.48 Gbits/sec  0.009 ms  75209/202965 (37%)
                          [  5]  42.01-43.01  sec   177 MBytes  1.48 Gbits/sec  0.012 ms  75755/203587 (37%)
                          [  5]  43.01-44.01  sec   177 MBytes  1.48 Gbits/sec  0.010 ms  77618/205504 (38%)
                          [  5]  44.01-45.01  sec   177 MBytes  1.48 Gbits/sec  0.011 ms  76334/204282 (37%)
                          [  5]  45.01-46.01  sec   177 MBytes  1.48 Gbits/sec  0.006 ms  75007/203013 (37%)
                          [  5]  46.01-47.01  sec   169 MBytes  1.42 Gbits/sec  0.011 ms  79994/202506 (40%)
                          [  5]  47.01-48.01  sec   166 MBytes  1.39 Gbits/sec  0.012 ms  82280/202449 (41%)
                          [  5]  48.01-49.01  sec   166 MBytes  1.39 Gbits/sec  0.010 ms  84088/204417 (41%)
                          [  5]  49.01-50.01  sec   166 MBytes  1.39 Gbits/sec  0.006 ms  84663/204999 (41%)
                          [  5]  50.01-51.01  sec   166 MBytes  1.39 Gbits/sec  0.007 ms  83931/204321 (41%)
                          [  5]  51.01-52.01  sec   166 MBytes  1.39 Gbits/sec  0.011 ms  84151/204381 (41%)
                          [  5]  52.01-53.01  sec   166 MBytes  1.39 Gbits/sec  0.011 ms  73779/194017 (38%)
                          [  5]  53.01-54.01  sec   166 MBytes  1.39 Gbits/sec  0.008 ms  64941/185143 (35%)
                          [  5]  54.01-55.01  sec   166 MBytes  1.39 Gbits/sec  0.010 ms  82550/202878 (41%)
                          [  5]  55.01-56.01  sec   166 MBytes  1.39 Gbits/sec  0.009 ms  79876/200038 (40%)
                          [  5]  56.01-57.01  sec   138 MBytes  1.16 Gbits/sec  0.010 ms  33284/133357 (25%)
                          [  5]  57.01-58.00  sec   156 MBytes  1.31 Gbits/sec  0.009 ms  56809/169839 (33%)
                          [  5]  58.00-59.01  sec   163 MBytes  1.37 Gbits/sec  0.009 ms  87254/205243 (43%)
                          [  5]  59.01-60.01  sec   165 MBytes  1.38 Gbits/sec  0.007 ms  84383/203939 (41%)
                          - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
                          Test Complete. Summary Results:
                          [ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Jitter    Lost/Total Datagrams
                          [  5]   0.00-60.04  sec  16.3 GBytes  2.33 Gbits/sec  0.000 ms  0/0 (0%)  sender
                          [SUM]  0.0-60.0 sec  830 datagrams received out-of-order
                          [  5]   0.00-60.01  sec  12.6 GBytes  1.81 Gbits/sec  0.007 ms  2725500/12091197 (23%)  receiver
                          
                          iperf Done.
                          
                          • iperf started on proxmox Contrainer
                          root@iperf:~# iperf3 -c 10.0.2.21 -t 60 -u -b 2.5G -V -R
                          iperf 3.9
                          Linux iperf 6.5.13-3-pve #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC PMX 6.5.13-3 (2024-03-20T10:45Z) x86_64
                          Control connection MSS 1448
                          Setting UDP block size to 1448
                          Time: Wed, 03 Apr 2024 20:21:39 GMT
                          Connecting to host 10.0.2.21, port 5201
                          Reverse mode, remote host 10.0.2.21 is sending
                                Cookie: ezs42tpqznw6q2vpixnajg2qdxrgg3vmd433
                                Target Bitrate: 2500000000
                          [  5] local 192.168.18.200 port 39124 connected to 10.0.2.21 port 5201
                          Starting Test: protocol: UDP, 1 streams, 1448 byte blocks, omitting 0 seconds, 60 second test, tos 0
                          [ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Jitter    Lost/Total Datagrams
                          [  5]   0.00-1.00   sec   279 MBytes  2.34 Gbits/sec  0.010 ms  1305/203601 (0.64%)  
                          [  5]   1.00-2.00   sec   276 MBytes  2.32 Gbits/sec  0.009 ms  6152/206187 (3%)  
                          [  5]   2.00-3.00   sec   281 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec  0.003 ms  3145/206375 (1.5%)  
                          [  5]   3.00-4.00   sec   278 MBytes  2.33 Gbits/sec  0.011 ms  5006/206302 (2.4%)  
                          [  5]   4.00-5.00   sec   279 MBytes  2.34 Gbits/sec  0.009 ms  3981/206297 (1.9%)  
                          [  5]   5.00-6.00   sec   282 MBytes  2.37 Gbits/sec  0.002 ms  1988/206290 (0.96%)  
                          [  5]   6.00-7.00   sec   279 MBytes  2.34 Gbits/sec  0.003 ms  4495/206340 (2.2%)  
                          [  5]   7.00-8.00   sec   281 MBytes  2.36 Gbits/sec  0.008 ms  2863/206301 (1.4%)  
                          [  5]   8.00-9.00   sec   280 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec  0.026 ms  3270/206375 (1.6%)  
                          [  5]   9.00-10.00  sec   278 MBytes  2.33 Gbits/sec  0.002 ms  4800/206264 (2.3%)  
                          [  5]  10.00-11.00  sec   280 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec  0.008 ms  3205/206314 (1.6%)  
                          [  5]  11.00-12.00  sec   263 MBytes  2.20 Gbits/sec  0.005 ms  16108/206319 (7.8%)  
                          [  5]  12.00-13.00  sec   280 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec  0.010 ms  3777/206400 (1.8%)  
                          [  5]  13.00-14.00  sec   283 MBytes  2.37 Gbits/sec  0.004 ms  1523/206418 (0.74%)  
                          [  5]  14.00-15.00  sec   283 MBytes  2.38 Gbits/sec  0.008 ms  1272/206398 (0.62%)  
                          [  5]  15.00-16.00  sec   282 MBytes  2.37 Gbits/sec  0.010 ms  2087/206365 (1%)  
                          [  5]  16.00-17.00  sec   282 MBytes  2.36 Gbits/sec  0.007 ms  2276/206342 (1.1%)  
                          [  5]  17.00-18.00  sec   248 MBytes  2.08 Gbits/sec  0.020 ms  25072/204614 (12%)  
                          [  5]  18.00-19.00  sec   172 MBytes  1.44 Gbits/sec  0.005 ms  81499/206211 (40%)  
                          [  5]  19.00-20.00  sec   161 MBytes  1.35 Gbits/sec  0.012 ms  89286/206132 (43%)  
                          [  5]  20.00-21.00  sec   160 MBytes  1.35 Gbits/sec  0.004 ms  90586/206723 (44%)  
                          [  5]  21.00-22.00  sec   159 MBytes  1.33 Gbits/sec  0.005 ms  90978/205917 (44%)  
                          [  5]  22.00-23.00  sec   159 MBytes  1.34 Gbits/sec  0.005 ms  91444/206691 (44%)  
                          [  5]  23.00-24.00  sec   163 MBytes  1.37 Gbits/sec  0.006 ms  88122/206110 (43%)  
                          [  5]  24.00-25.00  sec   158 MBytes  1.33 Gbits/sec  0.007 ms  92125/206642 (45%)  
                          [  5]  25.00-26.00  sec   163 MBytes  1.37 Gbits/sec  0.010 ms  88414/206610 (43%)  
                          [  5]  26.00-27.00  sec   161 MBytes  1.35 Gbits/sec  0.004 ms  89341/205915 (43%)  
                          [  5]  27.00-28.00  sec   162 MBytes  1.36 Gbits/sec  0.004 ms  89756/206770 (43%)  
                          [  5]  28.00-29.00  sec   163 MBytes  1.36 Gbits/sec  0.020 ms  88767/206481 (43%)  
                          [  5]  29.00-30.00  sec   161 MBytes  1.35 Gbits/sec  0.012 ms  89527/206107 (43%)  
                          [  5]  30.00-31.00  sec   164 MBytes  1.37 Gbits/sec  0.004 ms  87933/206530 (43%)  
                          [  5]  31.00-32.00  sec   164 MBytes  1.38 Gbits/sec  0.035 ms  87351/206370 (42%)  
                          [  5]  32.00-33.00  sec   164 MBytes  1.38 Gbits/sec  0.012 ms  87615/206338 (42%)  
                          [  5]  33.00-34.00  sec   159 MBytes  1.34 Gbits/sec  0.005 ms  90831/206324 (44%)  
                          [  5]  34.00-35.00  sec   166 MBytes  1.39 Gbits/sec  0.011 ms  86341/206488 (42%)  
                          [  5]  35.00-36.00  sec   165 MBytes  1.39 Gbits/sec  0.013 ms  86779/206444 (42%)  
                          [  5]  36.00-37.00  sec   166 MBytes  1.39 Gbits/sec  0.004 ms  86181/206453 (42%)  
                          [  5]  37.00-38.00  sec   164 MBytes  1.37 Gbits/sec  0.017 ms  87728/206418 (43%)  
                          [  5]  38.00-39.00  sec   154 MBytes  1.30 Gbits/sec  0.005 ms  94067/205943 (46%)  
                          [  5]  39.00-40.00  sec   151 MBytes  1.27 Gbits/sec  0.038 ms  97251/206697 (47%)  
                          [  5]  40.00-41.00  sec   152 MBytes  1.28 Gbits/sec  0.014 ms  95802/206210 (46%)  
                          [  5]  41.00-42.00  sec   153 MBytes  1.28 Gbits/sec  0.014 ms  95903/206515 (46%)  
                          [  5]  42.00-43.00  sec   146 MBytes  1.22 Gbits/sec  0.018 ms  100668/206266 (49%)  
                          [  5]  43.00-44.00  sec   152 MBytes  1.28 Gbits/sec  0.013 ms  96132/206551 (47%)  
                          [  5]  44.00-45.00  sec   154 MBytes  1.29 Gbits/sec  0.009 ms  94836/206011 (46%)  
                          [  5]  45.00-46.00  sec   154 MBytes  1.29 Gbits/sec  0.005 ms  95242/206582 (46%)  
                          [  5]  46.00-47.00  sec   152 MBytes  1.28 Gbits/sec  0.012 ms  96113/206386 (47%)  
                          [  5]  47.00-48.00  sec   150 MBytes  1.26 Gbits/sec  0.072 ms  97513/206004 (47%)  
                          [  5]  48.00-49.00  sec   154 MBytes  1.29 Gbits/sec  0.015 ms  95460/206722 (46%)  
                          [  5]  49.00-50.00  sec   152 MBytes  1.27 Gbits/sec  0.013 ms  96495/206513 (47%)  
                          [  5]  50.00-51.00  sec   151 MBytes  1.27 Gbits/sec  0.005 ms  96439/205973 (47%)  
                          [  5]  51.00-52.00  sec   149 MBytes  1.25 Gbits/sec  0.046 ms  98260/206434 (48%)  
                          [  5]  52.00-53.00  sec   151 MBytes  1.26 Gbits/sec  0.014 ms  97434/206634 (47%)  
                          [  5]  53.00-54.00  sec   154 MBytes  1.29 Gbits/sec  0.014 ms  94585/206313 (46%)  
                          [  5]  54.00-55.00  sec   153 MBytes  1.28 Gbits/sec  0.005 ms  95334/206006 (46%)  
                          [  5]  55.00-56.00  sec   153 MBytes  1.29 Gbits/sec  0.022 ms  95523/206559 (46%)  
                          [  5]  56.00-57.00  sec   154 MBytes  1.29 Gbits/sec  0.048 ms  95663/206890 (46%)  
                          [  5]  57.00-58.00  sec   152 MBytes  1.27 Gbits/sec  0.004 ms  95607/205594 (47%)  
                          [  5]  58.00-59.00  sec   154 MBytes  1.29 Gbits/sec  0.026 ms  95114/206488 (46%)  
                          [  5]  59.00-60.00  sec   154 MBytes  1.29 Gbits/sec  0.011 ms  95238/206729 (46%)  
                          - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
                          Test Complete. Summary Results:
                          [ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Jitter    Lost/Total Datagrams
                          [  5]   0.00-60.00  sec  16.7 GBytes  2.39 Gbits/sec  0.000 ms  0/12385241 (0%)  sender
                          [SUM]  0.0-60.0 sec  19367 datagrams received out-of-order
                          [  5]   0.00-60.00  sec  11.3 GBytes  1.62 Gbits/sec  0.011 ms  3977608/12377196 (32%)  receiver
                          
                          iperf Done.
                          
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                            TheNarc @roxy
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                            @roxy This is the BIOS I ended up flashing. And here is a link to the flashing instructions, such as they are. I remember the process being a bit temperamental, but it did eventually work. If you attempt it and run into issues I can try to help work through it.

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                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                              You only need to use -R at the client end. It's useful because you can test both ways from the client only. Old iperf couldn't do that.
                              Anyway it's the same both ways so it doesn't matter which NICs are sending or receiving in pfSense. That's good they should behave identically.
                              So testing to/from pfSense as the server directly would show if the problem is specific to sending or receiving traffic.

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                                roxy @TheNarc
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                                @TheNarc

                                Thanks, I was able to find your post before, so I downloaded bios4.rom, but unfortunately I am not able to open the link to ISO
                                To many Chineese characters in the iso link

                                {"code":500,"message":"failed link: failed to get file: failed get parent list: failed get dir: failed get parent list: failed get dir: object not found","data":null}
                                
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                                  TheNarc @roxy
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                                  @roxy I've still got the ISO but it's too large to attach here (21MB). I've uploaded it here

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                                    roxy @TheNarc
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                                    @TheNarc

                                    Thanks. But I am afraid with flashing the bios now. I will wait till I have more free time to fix bricked devices ;-)
                                    @TheNarc , does you hardware look exactly like mine ???
                                    4 NICs ???

                                    @roxy said in Topton N100 Reporting 402 MHz:

                                    @AnonymousRetard

                                    I would be very thankful, if you could share the link to bios and the ISO file with instruction how to upgrade the bios.

                                    My machine with pfsense has no option about Power Performance in the BIOS.
                                    24-04-03 10-51-02 5101.jpg 24-04-03 10-53-59 5106.jpg

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                                      TheNarc @roxy
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                                      @roxy Yeah I understand. For what it's worth, when it worked for me it "just worked". The difficulty I had was with the flash command, because the environment that the ISO boots into is a little odd. I think there was a "mount" command I had to use even though it seemed more like a DOS environment (uses drive letters). Anyway, if you decide to try it and have trouble I can see if my memory serves me well enough to help.

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                                        roxy @TheNarc
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                                        @TheNarc

                                        Good to know.

                                        BTW, I have found , probably noewer ISO file

                                        CW-AL-4L-V2.0(先锋四网N100-N200-I3-N305-V2支持5个M.2版本)2023.11.08.iso

                                        ;-) but I am even more afraid to use it ;-)

                                        see https://pan.x86pi.cn/d/BIOS%E6%9B%B4%E6%96%B0/1.Intel%E8%BF%B7%E4%BD%A0%E4%B8%BB%E6%9C%BA%E7%B3%BB%E5%88%97BIOS/1.%E7%AC%AC12%E4%BB%A3AlderLake-U-P-N%E5%85%A8%E7%B3%BB%E5%88%97/1.%E7%AC%AC12%E4%BB%A3AlderLake-N%E5%85%88%E9%94%8B%E5%9B%9B%E7%BD%91N95-N100-N200-N305%E7%B3%BB%E5%88%97-V1-V2/2.%E7%AC%AC12%E4%BB%A3AlderLake-N%E5%85%88%E9%94%8B%E5%9B%9B%E7%BD%91%E7%B3%BB%E5%88%97-V2/AlderLake-N%E5%85%88%E9%94%8B%E5%9B%9B%E7%BD%91N100-N200-I3-N305-V2_2023-11-08%E6%9B%B4%E6%96%B0/CW-AL-4L-V2.0(%E5%85%88%E9%94%8B%E5%9B%9B%E7%BD%91N100-N200-I3-N305-V2%E6%94%AF%E6%8C%815%E4%B8%AAM.2%E7%89%88%E6%9C%AC)2023.11.08.iso?sign=io2D4-Uq4Iu8MnJFDXPoCslAE1W3XC2bL0XReRoMGF4=:0

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                                          TheNarc @roxy
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                                          @roxy Yes as far as I can tell we have the exact same hardware. BIOS reports the same too (info doesn't change in the modded version):
                                          7768f579-c63c-4cc3-85fc-88865cab04ad-image.png

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                                            roxy @TheNarc
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                                            @TheNarc

                                            Okay,

                                            before I start flashing the bios in my Intel N100 device, I would like to summarize all the information and consider the pros and cons.

                                            I have the device: AlderLake ULX Intel(R) N100 device with the bios BK-1264NP Ver: 1.5 (build date 09/28/2023 17:23:35).
                                            I have pfsense 2.7.2-RELEASE (amb64) built on Wed Dec 6 21:10:00 CET 2023 installed on the device onto FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT.

                                            I didn't change the thermal paste yet; I left the original one. The device is running 24/7, and the temperature is around 40-45 degrees Celsius.
                                            I have a 128GB NVME installed, and I have a 8GB RAM installed.

                                            In my BIOS settings, I can't see any options to change Power Limit 1 and Power Limit 2.

                                            I don't have any issues with the thermal throttling, and the device is running smoothly.
                                            The only issue (right now) is the speed of transfering files between two NICs.
                                            The device is supposed to route the traffic between two NICs, and the speed should be around 2.5Gbps.

                                            I have observed that running iperf3 between two NICs gives 2.35Gbps at the beginning, but after 20-30 seconds, the speed drops to 1.2Gbps and increases to 1.8Gbps and stays around 1.8Gbps.

                                            Now, lets rethink the pros and cons of flashing the bios:
                                            Pros:

                                            • I will be able to change the Power Limit 1 and Power Limit 2; I can set them to 15W and 25W.
                                            • I will be able to set boot perfromance to Turbo mode.
                                            • I will be able to enable C-States.

                                            Cons:

                                            • I will spend time on flashing the bios.
                                            • I will to change the thermal paste and probably add new thermal pads and USB fan.
                                            • I can brick the device and I will have to buy a new one or move to another device and install pfSense on it, and configure it again.
                                            • My wife will be angry because I will spend time on the device instead of spending time with her.
                                            • My kids will be angry because I will spend time on the device instead of playing with them.

                                            Assuming the optimistic scenario, I will flash the bios, change the thermal paste, add new thermal pads, and add a USB fan and this could give me 2.35Gb/s speed between two NICs instead of current 1.8 Gbps, which is around 30% increase in speed, which I usually don't need.
                                            My current speed usage is around 54-100Mbps (because of WIFI speed). The only case I need 2.5Gbps is when I am transferring files between two NICs, which is not a common case. I need to connect with a cable and transfer the files. I really barely do that. I can use a USB stick to transfer the files.
                                            Moreover, I can always change the vmbr1 setting in my proxmox in order to avoid traffic between pfsense interfaces :-) -> this gives me 2.5Gbps speed of transferring files between.

                                            @TheNarc , are there any more advantages?

                                            Conclusion:
                                            I asked co-pilot what to do and I got:
                                            co-pilot suggesiton: I will not flash the bios, I will not change the thermal paste, I will not add new thermal pads, and I will not add a USB fan. I will spend time with my wife and kids and I will play with them. I will use a USB stick to transfer the files between two NICs. I will change the vmbr1 setting in my proxmox in order to avoid traffic between pfsense interfaces. I will enjoy my life.

                                            but, I am reaaly torn between the other option, which is

                                            dark side suggestion: I will flash the bios, I will change the thermal paste, I will add new thermal pads, and I will add a USB fan. I will spend time on the device instead of spending time with my wife and kids. I will transfer the files between two NICs with 2.3Gbps speed. I will enjoy my life.

                                            In both cases, I will enjoy my life.
                                            Don't know which one to choose.
                                            I need to think about it.

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