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      smileybri
      last edited by

      WAN  (DHCP): 98.249.234.152 100baseTX <full-duplex>LAN     192.168.0.1 100baseTX <full-duplex>Status: Interfaces

      WAN interface (rl0)
      Status up
      DHCP up    
      MAC address 00:80:ad:b6:89:fe
      IP address 98.249.234.152  
      Subnet mask 255.255.248.0
      Gateway 98.249.232.1
      ISP DNS servers 127.0.0.1
      75.75.75.75
      75.75.76.76
      216.146.35.35
      216.146.36.36
      Media 100baseTX <full-duplex>In/out packets 4909835/6531611 (1.03 GB/4.96 GB)
      In/out packets (pass) 4460194/6531611 (1019.78 MB/4.96 GB)
      In/out packets (block) 449641/0 (33.31 MB/0 bytes)
      In/out errors 0/0
      Collisions 0
      LAN interface (fxp0)
      Status up
      MAC address 00:13:20:6b:78:15
      IP address 192.168.0.1  
      Subnet mask 255.255.255.0
      Media 100baseTX <full-duplex>In/out packets 6558625/4468742 (4.96 GB/1.00 GB)
      In/out packets (pass) 6534033/4468742 (4.96 GB/1.00 GB)
      In/out packets (block) 24592/0 (1.77 MB/0 bytes)
      In/out errors 0/0
      Collisions 0

      Using dial-on-demand will bring the connection up again if any packet triggers it. To substantiate this point: disconnecting manually will not prevent dial-on-demand from making connections to the outside! Don't use dial-on-demand if you want to make sure that the line is kept disconnected.</full-duplex></full-duplex></full-duplex></full-duplex>

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        smileybri
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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          Ooops, yes Status: Diagnostics:. Anyway no errors there and I assume your NICs are still set to auto-negotiate (the default setting).

          In that case I would look at an MTU problem. Try setting the WAN MTU lower.

          Also you can test the download speed directly to the pfSense box by downloading a file from a known good source:

          fetch -o /dev/null http://speedtest.wdc01.softlayer.com/downloads/test.zip

          or 100MB test file

          fetch -o /dev/null http://speedtest.wdc01.softlayer.com/downloads/test100.zip

          Steve

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          • S
            smileybri
            last edited by

            I thought that I should report that I just tried IPFire on near identical hardware (Same NIC types) and the other system had 1GB ram (I just realized this one has 512MB). The results are the same. I think I am going to throw the Linksys WRT54G a it just to test and report back.

            I ran the command "fetch -o /dev/null http://speedtest.wdc01.softlayer.com/downloads/test.zip" at
            Diagnostics: Execute command > Execute Shell command

            It completed after a couple of minutes but didn't give me any output as to speed. Should I have done that in the PHP Execute are instead?

            Oh, and Steve, thanks for your help. You have been great. I would have abandoned this altogether had you not provided some suggestions. I would really like to get it working. I'll try the command in the PHP Execute box before installing the Linksys.

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              smileybri
              last edited by

              I plugged into a 10/100 switch instead of my 10/100/100 and got the above result.

              Still not the 20Mbps I get with my computer plugged right into the modem, but better.

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                You have to run the fetch command at the CLI to see the output. Sorry I should have said that.

                So where is the switch?

                Steve

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                  smileybri
                  last edited by

                  My Computer connected directly to the LAN side of the pfSense box. (FYI I typically try these tests three times to make sure they are consistent. I post if they are in the same range.

                  My computer has Gigabit Ethernet so I think that either the Realtek NIC or pfSense has trouble negotiating with Gigabit ports.

                  Steve, how can I get to the Command LIne Interface (CLI)? The live terminal isn't responding to keyboard input - only to the keyboard or mouse being connected or disconnected as in…

                  usm0: <logitech 0="" 2="" usb-ps="" trackball,="" class="" blah="" on="" usbus0<br="">usm0: 3 buttons and [XYZ] coordinates ID=0

                  Those are the last two lines with the lines above that related to the USB Keyboard. How do I enter the command?</logitech>

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                  • S
                    smileybri
                    last edited by

                    That theory is out. Again connected to the 10/100

                    (the cables are 7 ft. to answer where is the switch) The switch is mounted to the wall behind the desk.

                    Oh, and the WAN port on my old Lynksys seems defunct so I can't get a test on that.

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                    • S
                      smileybri
                      last edited by

                      fetch -o /dev/null http://speedtest.wdc01.softlayer.com/downloads/test.zip
                      Results: 100% of 11MB 153 kBps

                      I found a couple of other network cards. Linksys LNE100TX v5.1 & Netwok Everywhere NC100 v2.1 if you think they would do the trick.

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                        smileybri
                        last edited by

                        Okay, I found another WRT54GL with dd-wrt and I connected it.

                        The first test was 25+ down and 5+ up and the above was likely due to Comcast caching. I switched to the Naples, FL server and got:

                        but it still could be because of cached data. Much better results though.

                        I'm leaving the Linksys device for now until I can get some more suggestions. Now that I can browse leisurely from my laptop I will look through some posts here and see what kind of hardware people are getting good results with and then see if I have any of that laying around here.

                        Thank you, Steve. You have been an huge help.

                        -Brian

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          Hmm, no menu on the console eh? Which install type are you running? If you selected embedded kernel or you're using a NanoBSD image then the console is switched to the serial port, which is more common on an embedded appliance.
                          However you can still get to the console menu by connecting via SSH. Once at the menu slect option 8 for the command line.

                          When I said where is the switch I meant where in the network is it. Since you say your client machine is connected directly to the pfSense LAN port I assume the switch is between the WAN port and the cable modem? Any reason you have switch there at all?

                          Steve

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                            smileybri
                            last edited by

                            Sorry Steve!

                            I was testing many different connections. Typically I have this setup…

                            Modem > Router/Firewall > Gigabit Switch > My Desktop PC
                                                                                    > Gigabit Switch on the other side of the house > Entertainment Center PC
                                                                                                                                                    > TV
                                                                                                                                                    > DirecTV HD DVR
                                                                                                                                                    > Two printers
                                                              > 10/100 Switch
                                                              > Linux server
                                                              > 4 PC workbench

                            I was doing tests of pfSense with my PC attached to:
                            The LAN port of the pfSense machine directly
                            The 10/100 switch in between the LAN port of pfSense and my PC
                            The Gigabit switch n between the LAN port of pfSense and my PC

                            I actually confirmed that the Gigabit ports were getting 2 to 3 Mbbs down while the 10/100 was getting about 10 Mbps down. That is the LAN port of the pfSense machine attached to the various ports. Gigabit is out but probably due to the age of the NICs I am assuming.

                            All in all the Linksys router wins but I am eager to dive back in and test other hardware. I have a few computers that are newer that might be up to the challenge, but I might wait until I can get my hands on better NIC cards.

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                              cmb
                              last edited by

                              What does dmesg show? After boot, go to Diag>Command and run dmesg. Paste the output here.

                              I suspect you have a NIC sharing an IRQ with some other component of the system, sometimes that'll cause significant performance degradation.

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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                @smileybri:

                                fetch -o /dev/null http://speedtest.wdc01.softlayer.com/downloads/test.zip
                                Results: 100% of 11MB 153 kBps

                                Sorry I totally overlooked this result above. How was that achieved? It seems very slow. Implies the slow part of the connection is the WAN interface. I would try swapping WAN and LAN and re-running that test.

                                Steve

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                                  smileybri
                                  last edited by

                                  Steve, thanks. I rebooted and selected the option on the box itself to get the console and ran command right from the console. I will swap interfaces later and give the result again, but swapping the WAN and LAN was one of the very first things I did to no effect so I don't have much hope in the result being much different.

                                  I have the machine disconnected from the network now. The family wants the Internet up and working for a while without interruption. Here is the report from only a machine connected to the LAN side.

                                  $ dmesg
                                  Copyright © 1992-2010 The FreeBSD Project.
                                  Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
                                  The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
                                  FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
                                  FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p13 #0: Fri Apr 12 10:54:59 EDT 2013
                                      root@snapshots-8_1-amd64.builders.pfsense.org:/usr/obj.pfSense/usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_SMP.8 amd64
                                  Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
                                  CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz (2793.02-MHz K8-class CPU)
                                    Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0xf41  Family = f  Model = 4  Stepping = 1
                                    Features=0xbfebfbff <fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,pse36,clflush,dts,acpi,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,ss,htt,tm,pbe>Features2=0x641d <sse3,dtes64,mon,ds_cpl,cnxt-id,cx16,xtpr>AMD Features=0x20100800 <syscall,nx,lm>TSC: P-state invariant
                                  real memory  = 536870912 (512 MB)
                                  avail memory = 484552704 (462 MB)
                                  ACPI APIC Table: <dell  4700 ="">FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs
                                  FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 1 core(s) x 2 HTT threads
                                  cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID:  0
                                  cpu1 (AP/HT): APIC ID:  1
                                  ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 8
                                  ioapic0 <version 2.0="">irqs 0-23 on motherboard
                                  lapic0: Forcing LINT1 to edge trigger
                                  wlan: mac acl policy registered
                                  ipw_monitor: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
                                  ipw_monitor: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
                                  module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_monitor_fw, 0xffffffff804732e0, 0) error 1
                                  wpi: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_wpi/.
                                  wpi: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
                                  module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (wpi_fw, 0xffffffff80656da0, 0) error 1
                                  ipw_bss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
                                  ipw_bss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
                                  module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_bss_fw, 0xffffffff804731a0, 0) error 1
                                  ipw_ibss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
                                  ipw_ibss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
                                  module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_ibss_fw, 0xffffffff80473240, 0) error 1
                                  kbd1 at kbdmux0
                                  cryptosoft0: <software crypto="">on motherboard
                                  padlock0: No ACE support.
                                  acpi0: <dell 4700 ="">on motherboard
                                  acpi0: [ITHREAD]
                                  acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
                                  acpi0: reservation of 0, a0000 (3) failed
                                  acpi0: reservation of 100000, f00000 (3) failed
                                  acpi0: reservation of 1000000, 1e688c00 (3) failed
                                  Timecounter "ACPI-safe" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 850
                                  acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x808-0x80b on acpi0
                                  cpu0: <acpi cpu="">on acpi0
                                  cpu1: <acpi cpu="">on acpi0
                                  acpi_hpet0: <high precision="" event="" timer="">iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff on acpi0
                                  Timecounter "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 900
                                  acpi_button0: <power button="">on acpi0
                                  acpi_button0: enable wake failed
                                  pcib0: <acpi host-pci="" bridge="">port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
                                  pci0: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib0
                                  pcib1: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">irq 16 at device 1.0 on pci0
                                  pci1: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib1
                                  vgapci0: <vga-compatible display="">port 0xe898-0xe89f mem 0xdff00000-0xdff7ffff,0xc0000000-0xcfffffff,0xdfec0000-0xdfefffff irq 16 at device 2.0 on pci0
                                  agp0: <intel 82915g="" (915g="" gmch)="" svga="" controller="">on vgapci0
                                  agp0: detected 7932k stolen memory
                                  agp0: aperture size is 256M
                                  vgapci1: <vga-compatible display="">mem 0xdff80000-0xdfffffff at device 2.1 on pci0
                                  pcib2: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">irq 16 at device 28.0 on pci0
                                  pci2: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib2
                                  uhci0: <intel 82801fb="" fr="" fw="" frw="" (ich6)="" usb="" controller="" usb-a="">port 0xff80-0xff9f irq 21 at device 29.0 on pci0
                                  uhci0: [ITHREAD]
                                  usbus0: <intel 82801fb="" fr="" fw="" frw="" (ich6)="" usb="" controller="" usb-a="">on uhci0
                                  uhci1: <intel 82801fb="" fr="" fw="" frw="" (ich6)="" usb="" controller="" usb-b="">port 0xff60-0xff7f irq 22 at device 29.1 on pci0
                                  uhci1: [ITHREAD]
                                  usbus1: <intel 82801fb="" fr="" fw="" frw="" (ich6)="" usb="" controller="" usb-b="">on uhci1
                                  uhci2: <intel 82801fb="" fr="" fw="" frw="" (ich6)="" usb="" controller="" usb-c="">port 0xff40-0xff5f irq 18 at device 29.2 on pci0
                                  uhci2: [ITHREAD]
                                  usbus2: <intel 82801fb="" fr="" fw="" frw="" (ich6)="" usb="" controller="" usb-c="">on uhci2
                                  uhci3: <intel 82801fb="" fr="" fw="" frw="" (ich6)="" usb="" controller="" usb-d="">port 0xff20-0xff3f irq 23 at device 29.3 on pci0
                                  uhci3: [ITHREAD]
                                  usbus3: <intel 82801fb="" fr="" fw="" frw="" (ich6)="" usb="" controller="" usb-d="">on uhci3
                                  ehci0: <intel 82801fb="" (ich6)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">mem 0xffa80800-0xffa80bff irq 21 at device 29.7 on pci0
                                  ehci0: [ITHREAD]
                                  usbus4: EHCI version 1.0
                                  usbus4: <intel 82801fb="" (ich6)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">on ehci0
                                  pcib3: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">at device 30.0 on pci0
                                  pci3: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib3
                                  rl0: <realtek 10="" 8129="" 100basetx="">port 0xdc80-0xdcff mem 0xdfbfef80-0xdfbfefff irq 17 at device 1.0 on pci3
                                  miibus0: <mii bus="">on rl0
                                  rlphy0: <realtek internal="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus0
                                  rlphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
                                  rl0: [ITHREAD]
                                  fxp0: <intel 82562ez="" (ich6)="">port 0xdc40-0xdc7f mem 0xdfbff000-0xdfbfffff irq 20 at device 8.0 on pci3
                                  miibus1: <mii bus="">on fxp0
                                  inphy0: <i82562et 10="" 100="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus1
                                  inphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
                                  fxp0: [ITHREAD]
                                  pci0: <multimedia, audio="">at device 30.2 (no driver attached)
                                  isab0: <pci-isa bridge="">at device 31.0 on pci0
                                  isa0: <isa bus="">on isab0
                                  atapci0: <intel ich6="" udma100="" controller="">port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xffa0-0xffaf irq 16 at device 31.1 on pci0
                                  ata0: <ata 0="" channel="">on atapci0
                                  ata0: [ITHREAD]
                                  ata1: <ata 1="" channel="">on atapci0
                                  ata1: [ITHREAD]
                                  atapci1: <intel ich6="" sata150="" controller="">port 0xfe00-0xfe07,0xfe10-0xfe13,0xfe20-0xfe27,0xfe30-0xfe33,0xfea0-0xfeaf irq 20 at device 31.2 on pci0
                                  atapci1: [ITHREAD]
                                  ata2: <ata 0="" channel="">on atapci1
                                  ata2: [ITHREAD]
                                  ata3: <ata 1="" channel="">on atapci1
                                  ata3: [ITHREAD]
                                  pci0: <serial bus,="" smbus="">at device 31.3 (no driver attached)
                                  atrtc0: <at realtime="" clock="">port 0x70-0x7f irq 8 on acpi0
                                  ppc0: <parallel port="">port 0x378-0x37f,0x778-0x77f irq 7 on acpi0
                                  ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
                                  ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/8 bytes threshold
                                  ppc0: [ITHREAD]
                                  ppbus0: <parallel port="" bus="">on ppc0
                                  plip0: <plip network="" interface="">on ppbus0
                                  plip0: [ITHREAD]
                                  lpt0: <printer>on ppbus0
                                  lpt0: [ITHREAD]
                                  lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
                                  ppi0: <parallel i="" o="">on ppbus0
                                  uart0: <16550 or compatible> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
                                  uart0: [FILTER]
                                  orm0: <isa option="" roms="">at iomem 0xc0000-0xca7ff,0xca800-0xcbfff on isa0
                                  sc0: <system console="">at flags 0x100 on isa0
                                  sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
                                  vga0: <generic isa="" vga="">at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
                                  atkbdc0: <keyboard controller="" (i8042)="">at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
                                  atkbd0: <at keyboard="">irq 1 on atkbdc0
                                  kbd0 at atkbd0
                                  atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
                                  atkbd0: [ITHREAD]
                                  p4tcc0: <cpu frequency="" thermal="" control="">on cpu0
                                  p4tcc1: <cpu frequency="" thermal="" control="">on cpu1
                                  Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
                                  IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
                                  usbus0: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
                                  usbus1: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
                                  usbus2: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
                                  usbus3: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
                                  usbus4: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
                                  acd0: CDROM <lite-on cd-rom="" ltn-489s="" 8ds2="">at ata0-master UDMA33
                                  ad4: 38146MB <hitachi hds728040pla320="" pf1oa63a="">at ata2-master UDMA100 SATA
                                  ugen0.1: <intel>at usbus0
                                  uhub0: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus0
                                  ugen1.1: <intel>at usbus1
                                  uhub1: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus1
                                  ugen2.1: <intel>at usbus2
                                  uhub2: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus2
                                  ugen3.1: <intel>at usbus3
                                  uhub3: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus3
                                  ugen4.1: <intel>at usbus4
                                  uhub4: <intel 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus4
                                  lapic1: Forcing LINT1 to edge trigger
                                  SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
                                  Root mount waiting for: usbus4 usbus3 usbus2 usbus1 usbus0
                                  uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
                                  uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
                                  uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
                                  uhub3: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
                                  Root mount waiting for: usbus4
                                  Root mount waiting for: usbus4
                                  uhub4: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered
                                  Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad4s1a
                                  ugen0.2: <vendor 0x0557="">at usbus0
                                  uhub5: <vendor 2="" 9="" 0x0557="" product="" 0x7000,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.10="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus0
                                  uhub5: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
                                  ugen0.3: <dell>at usbus0
                                  ukbd0: <dell 0="" 3="" dell="" usb="" keyboard,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.10="" 3.01,="" addr="">on usbus0
                                  kbd2 at ukbd0
                                  ugen0.4: <logitech>at usbus0
                                  ums0: <logitech 0="" 2="" 4="" usb-ps="" trackball,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 2.00,="" addr="">on usbus0
                                  ums0: 3 buttons and [XYZ] coordinates ID=0
                                  pflog0: promiscuous mode enabled
                                  fxp0: link state changed to UP
                                  fxp0: link state changed to DOWN
                                  fxp0: link state changed to UP
                                  ugen0.4: <logitech>at usbus0 (disconnected)
                                  ums0: at uhub5, port 4, addr 4 (disconnected)</logitech></logitech></logitech></dell></dell></vendor></vendor></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></hitachi></lite-on></cpu></cpu></at></keyboard></generic></system></isa></parallel></printer></plip></parallel></parallel></at></serial></ata></ata></intel></ata></ata></intel></isa></pci-isa></multimedia,></i82562et></mii></intel></realtek></mii></realtek></acpi></acpi></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></acpi></acpi></vga-compatible></intel></vga-compatible></acpi></acpi></acpi></acpi></power></high></acpi></acpi></dell></software></version></dell ></syscall,nx,lm></sse3,dtes64,mon,ds_cpl,cnxt-id,cx16,xtpr></fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,pse36,clflush,dts,acpi,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,ss,htt,tm,pbe>

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                                    cmb
                                    last edited by

                                    SATA controller and the NIC are sharing an IRQ. That could be why. At times it is, though it's common and usually causes no problems, it'd be my strongest suspicion in this case. Mucking with BIOS settings may change that around (things like PNP OS setting). Disabling unused hardware in the BIOS may also do it.

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                                    • stephenw10S
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                      last edited by

                                      @smileybri:

                                      swapping the WAN and LAN was one of the very first things I did to no effect so I don't have much hope in the result being much different.

                                      Yes but this test only uses the WAN interface so if, for example, your Realtek NIC was causing a problem and you swapped that to the LAN that problem should be removed.

                                      Something I notice from your dmesg is that you have a Hyperthreading P4. Hyperthreading in these older CPUs has been shown to little advantage and in some cases even reduce performance. This couldn't possibly bring down the throughput to <5Mbps but it's worth noting.

                                      Steve

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                                        smileybri
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                                        Okay, I disabled HT and Audio, Parallel Port & Serial Port. Then ran again…

                                        $ dmesg
                                        Copyright © 1992-2010 The FreeBSD Project.
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                                        FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
                                        FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p13 #0: Fri Apr 12 10:54:59 EDT 2013
                                            root@snapshots-8_1-amd64.builders.pfsense.org:/usr/obj.pfSense/usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_SMP.8 amd64
                                        Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
                                        CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz (2793.02-MHz K8-class CPU)
                                          Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0xf41  Family = f  Model = 4  Stepping = 1
                                          Features=0xbfebfbff <fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,pse36,clflush,dts,acpi,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,ss,htt,tm,pbe>Features2=0x641d <sse3,dtes64,mon,ds_cpl,cnxt-id,cx16,xtpr>AMD Features=0x20100800 <syscall,nx,lm>TSC: P-state invariant
                                        real memory  = 536870912 (512 MB)
                                        avail memory = 484544512 (462 MB)
                                        ACPI APIC Table: <dell  4700 ="">WARNING: Non-uniform processors.
                                        WARNING: Using suboptimal topology.
                                        ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 8
                                        ioapic0 <version 2.0="">irqs 0-23 on motherboard
                                        lapic0: Forcing LINT1 to edge trigger
                                        wlan: mac acl policy registered
                                        ipw_monitor: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
                                        ipw_monitor: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
                                        module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_monitor_fw, 0xffffffff804732e0, 0) error 1
                                        wpi: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_wpi/.
                                        wpi: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
                                        module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (wpi_fw, 0xffffffff80656da0, 0) error 1
                                        ipw_bss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
                                        ipw_bss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
                                        module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_bss_fw, 0xffffffff804731a0, 0) error 1
                                        ipw_ibss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
                                        ipw_ibss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
                                        module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_ibss_fw, 0xffffffff80473240, 0) error 1
                                        kbd1 at kbdmux0
                                        cryptosoft0: <software crypto="">on motherboard
                                        padlock0: No ACE support.
                                        acpi0: <dell 4700 ="">on motherboard
                                        acpi0: [ITHREAD]
                                        acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
                                        acpi0: reservation of 0, a0000 (3) failed
                                        acpi0: reservation of 100000, f00000 (3) failed
                                        acpi0: reservation of 1000000, 1e688c00 (3) failed
                                        Timecounter "ACPI-safe" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 850
                                        acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x808-0x80b on acpi0
                                        cpu0: <acpi cpu="">on acpi0
                                        acpi_hpet0: <high precision="" event="" timer="">iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff on acpi0
                                        Timecounter "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 900
                                        acpi_button0: <power button="">on acpi0
                                        acpi_button0: enable wake failed
                                        pcib0: <acpi host-pci="" bridge="">port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
                                        pci0: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib0
                                        pcib1: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">irq 16 at device 1.0 on pci0
                                        pci1: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib1
                                        vgapci0: <vga-compatible display="">port 0xecd8-0xecdf mem 0xdff00000-0xdff7ffff,0xc0000000-0xcfffffff,0xdfec0000-0xdfefffff irq 16 at device 2.0 on pci0
                                        agp0: <intel 82915g="" (915g="" gmch)="" svga="" controller="">on vgapci0
                                        agp0: detected 7932k stolen memory
                                        agp0: aperture size is 256M
                                        vgapci1: <vga-compatible display="">mem 0xdff80000-0xdfffffff at device 2.1 on pci0
                                        pcib2: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">irq 16 at device 28.0 on pci0
                                        pci2: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib2
                                        uhci0: <intel 82801fb="" fr="" fw="" frw="" (ich6)="" usb="" controller="" usb-a="">port 0xff80-0xff9f irq 21 at device 29.0 on pci0
                                        uhci0: [ITHREAD]
                                        usbus0: <intel 82801fb="" fr="" fw="" frw="" (ich6)="" usb="" controller="" usb-a="">on uhci0
                                        uhci1: <intel 82801fb="" fr="" fw="" frw="" (ich6)="" usb="" controller="" usb-b="">port 0xff60-0xff7f irq 22 at device 29.1 on pci0
                                        uhci1: [ITHREAD]
                                        usbus1: <intel 82801fb="" fr="" fw="" frw="" (ich6)="" usb="" controller="" usb-b="">on uhci1
                                        uhci2: <intel 82801fb="" fr="" fw="" frw="" (ich6)="" usb="" controller="" usb-c="">port 0xff40-0xff5f irq 18 at device 29.2 on pci0
                                        uhci2: [ITHREAD]
                                        usbus2: <intel 82801fb="" fr="" fw="" frw="" (ich6)="" usb="" controller="" usb-c="">on uhci2
                                        uhci3: <intel 82801fb="" fr="" fw="" frw="" (ich6)="" usb="" controller="" usb-d="">port 0xff20-0xff3f irq 23 at device 29.3 on pci0
                                        uhci3: [ITHREAD]
                                        usbus3: <intel 82801fb="" fr="" fw="" frw="" (ich6)="" usb="" controller="" usb-d="">on uhci3
                                        ehci0: <intel 82801fb="" (ich6)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">mem 0xffa80800-0xffa80bff irq 21 at device 29.7 on pci0
                                        ehci0: [ITHREAD]
                                        usbus4: EHCI version 1.0
                                        usbus4: <intel 82801fb="" (ich6)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">on ehci0
                                        pcib3: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">at device 30.0 on pci0
                                        pci3: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib3
                                        rl0: <realtek 10="" 8129="" 100basetx="">port 0xdc80-0xdcff mem 0xdfbfef80-0xdfbfefff irq 17 at device 1.0 on pci3
                                        miibus0: <mii bus="">on rl0
                                        rlphy0: <realtek internal="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus0
                                        rlphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
                                        rl0: [ITHREAD]
                                        fxp0: <intel 82562ez="" (ich6)="">port 0xdc40-0xdc7f mem 0xdfbff000-0xdfbfffff irq 20 at device 8.0 on pci3
                                        miibus1: <mii bus="">on fxp0
                                        inphy0: <i82562et 10="" 100="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus1
                                        inphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
                                        fxp0: [ITHREAD]
                                        isab0: <pci-isa bridge="">at device 31.0 on pci0
                                        isa0: <isa bus="">on isab0
                                        atapci0: <intel ich6="" udma100="" controller="">port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xffa0-0xffaf irq 16 at device 31.1 on pci0
                                        ata0: <ata 0="" channel="">on atapci0
                                        ata0: [ITHREAD]
                                        ata1: <ata 1="" channel="">on atapci0
                                        ata1: [ITHREAD]
                                        atapci1: <intel ich6="" sata150="" controller="">port 0xfe00-0xfe07,0xfe10-0xfe13,0xfe20-0xfe27,0xfe30-0xfe33,0xfea0-0xfeaf irq 20 at device 31.2 on pci0
                                        atapci1: [ITHREAD]
                                        ata2: <ata 0="" channel="">on atapci1
                                        ata2: [ITHREAD]
                                        ata3: <ata 1="" channel="">on atapci1
                                        ata3: [ITHREAD]
                                        pci0: <serial bus,="" smbus="">at device 31.3 (no driver attached)
                                        atrtc0: <at realtime="" clock="">port 0x70-0x7f irq 8 on acpi0
                                        orm0: <isa option="" roms="">at iomem 0xc0000-0xca7ff,0xca800-0xcbfff on isa0
                                        sc0: <system console="">at flags 0x100 on isa0
                                        sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
                                        vga0: <generic isa="" vga="">at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
                                        atkbdc0: <keyboard controller="" (i8042)="">at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
                                        atkbd0: <at keyboard="">irq 1 on atkbdc0
                                        kbd0 at atkbd0
                                        atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
                                        atkbd0: [ITHREAD]
                                        ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range
                                        p4tcc0: <cpu frequency="" thermal="" control="">on cpu0
                                        Timecounter "TSC" frequency 2793017094 Hz quality 800
                                        Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
                                        IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
                                        usbus0: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
                                        usbus1: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
                                        usbus2: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
                                        usbus3: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
                                        usbus4: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
                                        acd0: CDROM <lite-on cd-rom="" ltn-489s="" 8ds2="">at ata0-master UDMA33
                                        ad4: 38146MB <hitachi hds728040pla320="" pf1oa63a="">at ata2-master UDMA100 SATA
                                        ugen0.1: <intel>at usbus0
                                        uhub0: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus0
                                        ugen1.1: <intel>at usbus1
                                        uhub1: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus1
                                        ugen2.1: <intel>at usbus2
                                        uhub2: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus2
                                        ugen3.1: <intel>at usbus3
                                        uhub3: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus3
                                        ugen4.1: <intel>at usbus4
                                        uhub4: <intel 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus4
                                        Root mount waiting for: usbus4 usbus3 usbus2 usbus1 usbus0
                                        uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
                                        uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
                                        uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
                                        uhub3: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
                                        Root mount waiting for: usbus4
                                        Root mount waiting for: usbus4
                                        Root mount waiting for: usbus4
                                        uhub4: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered
                                        Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad4s1a
                                        ugen0.2: <vendor 0x0557="">at usbus0
                                        uhub5: <vendor 2="" 9="" 0x0557="" product="" 0x7000,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.10="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus0
                                        uhub5: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
                                        ugen0.3: <dell>at usbus0
                                        ukbd0: <dell 0="" 3="" dell="" usb="" keyboard,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.10="" 3.01,="" addr="">on usbus0
                                        kbd2 at ukbd0
                                        ugen0.4: <logitech>at usbus0
                                        ums0: <logitech 0="" 2="" 4="" usb-ps="" trackball,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 2.00,="" addr="">on usbus0
                                        ums0: 3 buttons and [XYZ] coordinates ID=0
                                        pflog0: promiscuous mode enabled
                                        ugen0.4: <logitech>at usbus0 (disconnected)
                                        ums0: at uhub5, port 4, addr 4 (disconnected)
                                        fxp0: link state changed to DOWN
                                        fxp0: link state changed to UP
                                        fxp0: link state changed to DOWN
                                        fxp0: link state changed to UP</logitech></logitech></logitech></dell></dell></vendor></vendor></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></hitachi></lite-on></cpu></at></keyboard></generic></system></isa></at></serial></ata></ata></intel></ata></ata></intel></isa></pci-isa></i82562et></mii></intel></realtek></mii></realtek></acpi></acpi></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></acpi></acpi></vga-compatible></intel></vga-compatible></acpi></acpi></acpi></acpi></power></high></acpi></dell></software></version></dell ></syscall,nx,lm></sse3,dtes64,mon,ds_cpl,cnxt-id,cx16,xtpr></fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,pse36,clflush,dts,acpi,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,ss,htt,tm,pbe>

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                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                          Unfortunately your SATA controller and on board Intel NIC are both still on IRQ 20. Hard to know how to get around that. You may have options to move one or other in the BIOS. You could possibly boot from CD, which is PATA connected, and disable SATA. That would prove the IRQ theory at least but seems like a lot of trouble to go to.

                                          I'd have to first suspect that, realatively ancient, Realtek NIC.

                                          Try my test if you can. You can setup pfSense as a client behind your soho router to avoid disruption. Just set only one NIC and use fxp0 for it. With only one NIC pfSense will allow you to connect via that interface (which will still be called WAN).

                                          Steve

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