Fix the squid package {completed}
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I'm not seeing CPU spikes like that, but my bandwidth is all over the place.
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Can you easily switch off squid and test without it?
Just to make sure the hardware, cables and stuff work as expected. -
Same file download, without using the proxy.
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This is a full install and you're using single or MP kernel?
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MP kernel AFAIK, it's a dual processor machine. I have had the same results on a single processor box as well. Is there a shell command I can run to tell me which kernel I am running?
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For sure it's somewhere here: https://<your-pfsense-ip>/status.php</your-pfsense-ip>
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Just a sampling…
FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p11 #0: Mon Feb 18 01:25:40 EST 2008
sullrich@builder6.pfsense.com:/usr/obj.pfSense/usr/src/sys/pfSense_SMP.6FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs
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Are you by any case heeting swap?!
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Heeting swap? I don't understand what that means.
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I am guessing 'needing swap'?
Have you checked your throttling settings? More specifically is 'Throttle only specific extensions' [Proxy / traffic management] Checked? From my understanding, if that is not checked all file transfers get throttled by default, which may be contributing to your speed loss?
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Just tried it again both ways, checked and unchecked on 'Throttle only specific extensions'…no change.
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Are you by any case heeting swap?!
I mean, is swap getting used?!
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The top output on my 1.2RC3 box that is working properly shows 100k of swap in use. The 1.2RC5 with the new squid package just shows 1024M available, 1024M free. Perhaps you're on to something.
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Can you please post the generated squid.conf.
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Here are two squid.conf, one from our working box and one from the new slower box. I have tested with only two interfaces on different boxes and see the same result. I have the newer box in non-transparent mode so the few people who use it won't have to put up with the slowness.
squid.conf.2.6.5.pf.1.2.rc3.txt
squid.conf.2.6.18.pf.1.2.rc5.txt -
So basically the differences are:
diff squid.conf.2.6.5.pf.1.2.rc3.txt squid.conf.2.6.18.pf.1.2.rc5.txt
1c1
http_access deny allto be sureterface(s)nsacl/blacklist.acl"s.acl"025-65535
\ No newline at end of file
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http_access deny allto be sureterface(s)nsquid/acl/throttle_exts.acl"-65535
\ No newline at end of file -
The diff related to throttle went away after I changed the box for 'Throttle only specific extensions'. The do not cache entries are diff because there are no donotcache entries on the 2.6.18 box. Other than that, they look the same to me, aside from a couple of cache size cfg and IP changes.
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He means to ask if you are running into swap space. I asume you are not since you are on a Dual core machine and likely have atleast 1GB of ram.
Can you try using the single processor kernel and see if the problem persists?
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Is there an easier way to change kernel besides reinstall?
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Mount the install CD (or copy the kernel to a USB key), backup the old kernel, copy the new one off the CD, reboot.
