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Poor WAN Performance Between Reboots

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    WN1X @tjs4ever
    last edited by May 7, 2025, 12:01 AM

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      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by May 7, 2025, 3:59 AM

      You might be able to get more performance by tweaking the power/thermal management settings in the BIOS. Check the threads for N100 devices.

      Since you're using PPPoE you should also get better performance by using the new if_pppoe driver in 2.8-beta.

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        tjs4ever
        last edited by May 7, 2025, 1:25 PM

        So my first order of business this morning was to run some new speedtests and I am back to gigabit speeds on the WAN.

        I checked ifconfig and the interface is connected as 1000baseT

        It looks like I'm back to square 1. I'm going to swap out the cable that connects the modem to my pfSense to rule out a bad cable.

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          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by May 7, 2025, 1:27 PM

          What NIC type are you using to connect the WAN?

          You can probably set to negotiate the link at 2.5G only.

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            tjs4ever @stephenw10
            last edited by May 7, 2025, 1:37 PM

            @stephenw10 the beelink is using dual Intel I225-V

            Where can I hard-code the link speed for the WAN interface? I see that option under LAN but not under WAN settings.

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              WN1X @tjs4ever
              last edited by May 7, 2025, 1:41 PM

              @tjs4ever Interfaces->PORT1WAN Speed & Duplex.

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                tjs4ever @WN1X
                last edited by May 7, 2025, 1:49 PM

                @WN1X no such setting available under WAN, is it because it's PPPOE?

                LAN has it.

                The other interfaces : WAN and the two interfaces setup for my Nord have no such option.

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                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by May 7, 2025, 2:38 PM

                  Assign the parent NIC as a new interface and set it there. You can leave it as IP types none or set it to the modem/ONT subnet if you want to access that.

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                    WN1X @tjs4ever
                    last edited by May 7, 2025, 2:39 PM

                    @tjs4ever Someone using PPPOE will need to assist you.

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                      tjs4ever @stephenw10
                      last edited by May 7, 2025, 2:57 PM

                      @stephenw10 thanks, I think I figured it out. I assigned a new interface, kept the default name of OPT3. I had to enable it though, when disabling I lost WAN immediately. I left the IP type as none and hard-coded the speed to 2500base-T. I guess I need to just wait another day or two and see what happens.

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