PFsense Not Showing Speeds Paid For

charliem

I am paying for speeds from my ISP for 150/100. If I plug my laptop in directly to the modem I am getting way under 150(116-117) down and a tad over 100 up.

Maybe I'm missing something. If you plug directly into the modem for a speed test, how is pfSense involved at all?

kejianshi

Same question here…

chpalmer

Read the bottom of his second post here.

https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=85474.msg468957#msg468957

I believe he re-wrote his initial post and left out pertinent information.

ghostshell

@chpalmer:

Keep in mind that the x550-e x750-e and x1250-e ports (0-3) are limited in speed by the fact that they are on a pci bus.

The x750-e and x1250-e came with the option for 4 additional ports (4 - 7) that are on a pci-e bus. If you can snag one of these you would be able to achieve your speeds.

The three platforms are identical so the optional board out of the latter two will fit the x550-e if you should find one…

As posted in response to steph I am using an x5500e, also have a x1250e available.

chpalmer

@ghostshell:

What did I leave out?

Well now ya fixed it! :o

Try using the 1250 and use the latter 4 ports. You will want to make sure you add

Insert the following line into the file /boot/loader.conf.local. You will have to create that file if you've not already done so.
hw.msk.msi_disable=1 
```You can create the file and insert the code with the following commands:
/etc/rc.conf_mount_rw echo 'hw.msk.msi_disable=1' >> /boot/loader.conf.local /etc/rc.conf_mount_ro

from

https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/PfSense_on_Watchguard_Firebox

ghostshell

Here is a summary of the info

Paying for 150/100

Laptop to the modem directly = 145-147/98-101

Laptop directly to the PFSense Watchguard x5500e = 116-117/98-101

PFSense Version = 2.1.5

Media = HDD

No QOS or Limiters enabled

ghostshell

Tried x1250e and same speeds as the x5500e, both are using the same HDD

chpalmer

Theoretical you should be able to do a gigabit across the pci bus just fine.

What kind of use is the CPU showing?

I run 500+mbps across my subnets all the time on my x-e box. Im using all 8 ports at this time.

ghostshell

@chpalmer:

Theoretical you should be able to do a gigabit across the pci bus just fine.

What kind of use is the CPU showing?

I run 500+mbps across my subnets all the time on my x-e box. Im using all 8 ports at this time.

Ill check now that the x1250e is up

ghostshell

@chpalmer:

Theoretical you should be able to do a gigabit across the pci bus just fine.

What kind of use is the CPU showing?

I run 500+mbps across my subnets all the time on my x-e box. Im using all 8 ports at this time.

State table size
0.09% (173/201000)
Show states
MBUF Usage
8.52% (2182/25600)
Load average
{ 0.05 0.02 0.00 }
CPU usage
12%
Memory usage
12.11%
SWAP usage
0% of 2048 MB

ghostshell

I apologize to all helping, I am working on hardware, while on the phone with support while trying to check the config. Im sorry if I have been mistyping my info. If you ask I shall get whatever is needed to figure this out. I dont believe support saying its my hardware, but could be. I love my PFSense so if I need to get better hardware i'm open to suggestions. Have not had any issues with the Watchguard x1250e or x5500e until this bandwidth upgrade.

kejianshi

Yeah - I'd say get new hardware if you are committed to running pfsense.
Get some hardware that is current, common, tested and supported.

ghostshell

Suggestions?

What about these?

https://www.pfsense.org/hardware/#pfsense-store

kejianshi

FW-7551

Or equivalent hardware tested to be pfsense compatible.

If you go your own way you might end up spending time that is worth more than the cost of FW-7551.

Its a gamble to do your own thing.

ghostshell

Pfsense 2.1.5 Mini ITX

or maybe

Dell pfsense Firewall Router 4-Port 3.00GHz Dual Core 4gb RAM 2x 250GB HDD

ghostshell

@kejianshi:

FW-7551

Or equivalent hardware tested to be pfsense compatible.

If you go your own way you might end up spending time that is worth more than the cost of FW-7551.

Its a gamble to do your own thing.

I like the FW-7551, the ITX is one the did sell in the store

kejianshi

Up to you.
To me it sounds like you want a tested, supported out of the box solution.
Maybe buy directly from the pfsense store.
Me myself, I build but I spend alot of time checking before building.

I do like the FW-7551

ghostshell

I enjoyed building my boxes so ill have to poke around, just not sure what specs I need to hit the speeds I am paying for.

kejianshi

If you enjoy building, and are willing to pay abit, an 8 core atom board is a way to go.
They are pretty sweet and are sure to be supported on pfsense 2.2 and forward.
Look into the supermicro boards

I could easily hit your bandwidth with my oldest 2 core athlon build at 2.4 GHZ which is still running.
Actually, I'm using that tonight. Still its a money matter. If you have abit of money I'd go with the 8 core atom I suggested.

chpalmer

I have a hard time believing these x-e boxes wont push that traffic… Of coarse Im running one with a 2.26ghz proc with 533fsb and 2GB RAM. So maybe thats whats helping mine?!?

Im hoping stephenw10 will comment some more as he has more experience pushing these boxes to their limits than probably anyone else here...

ghostshell- you are using the 32bit version correct? Have you tried a 2.2RC snapshot?