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    • jahonixJ
      jahonix
      last edited by

      Can you easily switch off squid and test without it?
      Just to make sure the hardware, cables and stuff work as expected.

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        mhab12
        last edited by

        Same file download, without using the proxy.

        nosquid.jpg
        nosquid.jpg_thumb

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        • jahonixJ
          jahonix
          last edited by

          This is a full install and you're using single or MP kernel?

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            mhab12
            last edited by

            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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            • jahonixJ
              jahonix
              last edited by

              For sure it's somewhere here:  https://<your-pfsense-ip>/status.php</your-pfsense-ip>

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                mhab12
                last edited by

                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.6

                FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs

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                  eri--
                  last edited by

                  Are you by any case heeting swap?!

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                    mhab12
                    last edited by

                    Heeting swap?  I don't understand what that means.

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                      Sn3ak
                      last edited by

                      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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                        mhab12
                        last edited by

                        Just tried it again both ways, checked and unchecked on 'Throttle only specific extensions'…no change.

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                          eri--
                          last edited by

                          Are you by any case heeting swap?!

                          I mean, is swap getting used?!

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                            mhab12
                            last edited by

                            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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                              eri--
                              last edited by

                              Can you please post the generated squid.conf.

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                                mhab12
                                last edited by

                                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

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                                  sullrich
                                  last edited by

                                  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
                                  –-
                                  http_access deny allto be sureterface(s)nsquid/acl/throttle_exts.acl"-65535
                                  \ No newline at end of file

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                                    mhab12
                                    last edited by

                                    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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                                      databeestje
                                      last edited by

                                      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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                                        mhab12
                                        last edited by

                                        Is there an easier way to change kernel besides reinstall?

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                                        • dotdashD
                                          dotdash
                                          last edited by

                                          Mount the install CD (or copy the kernel to a USB key), backup the old kernel, copy the new one off the CD, reboot.

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                                          • jahonixJ
                                            jahonix
                                            last edited by

                                            I bet it can be found in CVSweb as well, right?
                                            Anyone point me to the right link (still have my problems with this versioning system…)

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