Review of 3 DIY installs: DC2500CC, GA-J1900-D3V, H81M-A+G1840+2xINTEL PRO

[aleatorvb]

Attached some photos. I will try to do some latency tests tomorrow and I will start learning about managed switches…


[whitexp]

hello, I'm following ..
thanks for tests

[bplein]

@aleatorvb:

I don't pretend to have done this in a very controller manner, as I wanted to see the real-life scenario, hopefully someone will benefit from this.

The short version:

• 300 mbps - get DC2500CCE

I think your test might have some tweaking to do.

I get over 500Mbit downloads over my AT&T Uverse (gigabit) service through my PFSense running on a DC2500CCE.

Last night after upgrading to PFSense 2.2, I measured again, got about 600 down and 300 up.

[aleatorvb]

Was this over a pppoe or direct (dhcp/static ip/etc) wan connetion?

[bplein]

This is a direct connection (GigE) to AT&T's on premises SOHO router, which uses DHCP to their central switch/office.

[stephenw10]

Are you both using the real Intel boards with Intel NICs?
I would expect >500Mbps throught that board. The D510 was shown to push 485Mbps.

Steve

[bplein]

I am using the onboard NICs, yes, Intel (it's an Intel motherboard).

I do not know why my throughput is asymmetrical. If I plug straight into AT&T's router, I get 900+down and 600+up. There are lots of variables:

• 2 switch hops from my desktop to my pfSense router.

• I run NAT

• This is speedtest.net, not a straight test running ncat or other tools

[messerchmidt]

you try 2.2 final on those boxes?

[aleatorvb]

I will upgrade all of them to 2.2 in the next few weeks and post the results here. As far as i know they work fine with 2.2

[whitexp]

any news ?