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    Netgate 4200 - internet speed slower ca. 10Mb/s than ISP router

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      bigsy @Gertjan
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      @Gertjan said in Netgate 4200 - internet speed slower ca. 10Mb/s than ISP router:

      Maintaining 1500 on a pppoe connection will cause fragmenting, thus the overall speed will suffer.

      In the UK many ISPs support RFC4638 which allows for an MTU of 1500 on PPPoE, and this is supported in pfSense.

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        johndoe102 @Gertjan
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        @Gertjan

        I am aware about the WAN's MTU. I tried different values starting with 1500 and then with 1492.
        I also tried to add and change MSS values (without, then 1500 and then 1492).
        Unfortunately no changes at all.
        regards
        Tom

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          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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          Mmm, you may need to set the parent NIC to 1508.

          However I would want more data points. You could just be seeing some random link rate differences or line loading etc.

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            johndoe102 @stephenw10
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            @stephenw10

            Hello,
            I set all back to default (so no MTU set in the GUI).
            Please find attached screen shots from interface status and shell output for ifconfig -a
            Maybe this can help you a bit.

            WAN is on igc3 with VLAN 7 for PPPoE
            LAN is on igc2

            best regards
            Tom

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              Gertjan @johndoe102
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              @johndoe102 said in Netgate 4200 - internet speed slower ca. 10Mb/s than ISP router:

              I tried different values starting with 1500 and then with 1492.

              Trying ?
              What about : pppoe ping determine packet size MTU
              The answer is is probably on the first link. Like this one Ping Test to determine Optimal MTU Size on Router.

              No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
              Edit : and where are the logs ??

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                What's with the VLAN 7 tagged interface in igc3?

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                  johndoe102 @stephenw10
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                  @stephenw10
                  VLAN 7 is required by my local ISP provider for PPPoE connection (VDSL in Germany). So not only user/password.

                  best regards
                  Tom

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    Then the PPPoE should be on igc3.7 not igc3 directly.

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                      johndoe102 @stephenw10
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                      @stephenw10

                      Hello,
                      PPPoE is on igc3.7.

                      regards
                      Tom
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                        johndoe102 @Gertjan
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                        @Gertjan

                        I did that too ... determined based on those descriptions ... the results I tried were: 1500,1492,1472,1464.
                        No difference. The download behind the Netgate 4200 is about 10Mb/s slower than if use the default ISP modem/router combo.

                        regards
                        Tom

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                          w0w @johndoe102
                          last edited by w0w

                          @johndoe102
                          Try 1508 for vlan7 interface and 1500 for PPPoE
                          Also try deferred setting
                          https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/hardware/tune.html#pppoe-with-multi-queue-nics

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                            johndoe102 @w0w
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                            @w0w
                            Thank you for the hints.
                            regards
                            Tom

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