Squid slowness issues - also a bounty post

mhab12

I am able to get 50+ mb/s when copying files to and from the pfSense box via WinSCP. Perhaps this isn't a write caching issue after all. I'm still ready to pay a bounty for a solution to this problem as it is impacting our business.

mhab12

I just downloaded and installed 1.2RC3 release, not the latest snapshot and speeds were fine after installing squid via the GUI. The issue must be in the pfsense code somewhere…

stevewm

I am having this problem as well.

I have a total of 6 pFsense boxen running 1.2 rc4 with the latest available Squid version via Packages. All 6 boxen are experiencing this issue.

When going through the proxy pages load about 30% to 40% slower. I can test at 2800kbps on a speed test site without going through the proxy and only 2200kbps going through it. I can reproduce this every time.

I am using local authentication in normal mode, NOT transparent mode.

I didn't try using Squid until RC4 was out, so cannot confirm if its a problem on an older version.

acidrop

Hello!

Are there any news with this issue?

heiko

Yes, please make a squid package update

sullrich

@acidrop:

Hello!

Are there any news with this issue?

Try the newest package.

Kilian

Hi, same problem here, 4 Mb downstream syncronous.

pfsense 1.2-RC3, and really serious problems with downstream using proxy, traffic sharper disabled.

squid version 2.6.18

can anyone help? is there a solution? i'm working with pfsense since a year ago and really proud of it, but no clue how to solve this issue :/

kind regards

mhab12

Please add to our bounty to fix the problem!

http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,7911.0.html

Cry Havok

With 1.2 release and the latest Squid package (and traffic shaper enabled) I'm seeing download speeds much the same as before the upgrades - between 16 and 17 Mb/s on my 20 Mb/s line.

paulino

Hi!

I am having the same squid slow transfer problems on my institution.
I have a dual-wan system: one 25 MBps cable connection on WAN for internet access and one institutional adsl 1MBps on WAN OPT3 (also has internet access using another gateway).
The OPT3 is connected to a 1GBps switch and has a public IP (we have 32 public ips for mail, webpage, etc… and a cisco router).
If I download a huge file from our servers (connected on the WAN OPT3 interface) I can easily get 11000 MBytes/sec from our internal lan's, passing through squid.
Nevertheless, accessing the internet (through the cable connection on WAN) I can get maximum 50Kbytes/sec using squid and 2000KBytes/sec using only NAT and proxy off.
Why using the same squid traffic is slow in one interface and normal on another?

Strangely if I discard the cable connection, deactivate WAN OPT3, and connect the 1MBps connection on WAN interface, I can get the full speed of it, downloading at about 200Kbytes/sec from the internet.
Can it be the different modems? On the cable I have a regular Motorola modem, and on the institucional I have a much higher quality adsl modem.
Can it be the NIC? When using cable we connect it to pfsense using a 100MBps 3Com card (xl driver) and the 1Mbps is on one VLAN that enters in pfsense throug a Intel PRO1000 (em driver) together with our internal networks...

Can anyone shed some light on this problem? I am liking a lot pfsense, but I cannot have squid turned on because of such slow transfers!

Yours,
Antonio Paulino

Cry Havok

Your choice of NICs will pretty certainly be at the core - Intel NICs are much better than the 3Com ones. I suspect if you switch it for another Intel you'll find a big improvement.

paulino

Hi!
Thank you for your sugestion.
I exchanged the 3Com NIC for a Intel Pro100 (fxp driver) but the problem stays…

Since it is the first time I use pfsense, does anyone knows when the problem first appeared? I don't need many fancy features of pfsense, so probably a old version will just suit me. I just need a simple multi wan routing/NAT/proxy box.

António Paulino

mhab12

The problem appeared sometime after 1.2rc3.

There was a link in another post to older versions. I just checked it and it has been updated and now only includes 1.2 final. If anyone knows where some old 1.2 RCs are located, that would be great. I have a live cd iso for 1.2rc2, but I would hope that the community will respond to the bounty to fix the problem before we're stuck at rc3.

Have you tried using only two interfaces (only LAN/WAN, disable/remove all opt interfaces) and see if your problem still exists?

paulino

Hi!

I found the old version (including 1.0.1) in one of the mirrors, named loquefaltaba.
There is one directory "old" which old versions, full iso and upgrade packages.

I haven't done it, but I will try, perhaps today, and then let you know.

António Paulino

eri--

Please can you guys provide the output of kldstat command or by any chance those that have issues are using spamd package?

mhab12

From my working (fast) 1.2rc3 box:

Id Refs Address    Size     Name
 1    3 0xc0400000 6df4ac   kernel
 2    1 0xc0ae0000 59e80    acpi.ko

From my working (very slow) 1.2-Release box:

Id Refs Address    Size     Name
 1    4 0xc0400000 7fb834   kernel
 2    1 0xc0bfc000 59e80    acpi.ko
 3    1 0xc6f56000 d000     ipfw.ko

What do these outputs mean?

sullrich

ipfw.ko is ipfw which is enabled for schedules and or captive portal.

rafael.cardoso

Hi I have five computers with pfsense, all with squid and works very well, never get this problem on any machine, don´t use intel or 3com cards, all cards are realtek 8139, ps - only one point I have a link (1 Mb), all others using pppoe connections. ??? ???

paulino

Hi!

Finally today I tested an older version of pfsense to diagnose the problem with squid, namely 1.2-RC2.
I used a machine where 1.2-RELEASE and squid 2.6.18 is slow (tested it).
First with only a 25Mbps connection (in WAN) and LAN connection downloading through squid is blazing fast (the same speed without squid).
Next I downloaded the config.xml from the production machine (1.2-RELEASE), changed the interface IP's (to keep the two machines working at the same time) and uploaded to the 1.2-RC2 version. This includes two-WAN configuration and the three internal networks. The speed stayed fast.
This means the problem is with 1.2-RC4 and later distribution, because now the configuration is the same in both machines: the 1.2-Rc2 is downloading fast and 1.2-RELEASE is downloading slow!

Any suggestions?
Paulino

mhab12

Thanks for the additional testing…it's appreciated.

@ Sullrich

Did the FreeBSD 6.3p?? change from rc3 to rc4 and beyond? I'm not familiar with what theses various releases mean or how much changes from version to version. Have there been any other symptoms that appeared with no changes in the pfsense code from rc3 to rc4? Still just trying to root out the cause of this one. Thanks for your continued input on this and amazing contributions with pfsense.