Internet connection hangs when downloading any file
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Hello to all, this is my first post at pfSense forum!
I recently bought an Asus E35M1-M motherboard in order to build a pfSense router.
The motherboard has an onboard Realtek Gigabit Ethernet card (i'm almost sure it's a 8168) .I had an old 3com 100mbps PCI network card (xl0 driver), so i put it at a PCI port on the Asus motherboard, i downloaded the latest snapshot pfSense ISO and proceeded to the installation. I selected the 3COM as WAN and the onboard Realtek as LAN.
I successfully completed all the installation, i setup up my internet connection, my NAT rules, i installed a TAP OpenVPN server bridged with my LAN interface. I checked that all these worked correctly and i installed the router as a production machine.
After the installation i went to download a CentOS 7 torrent, the torrent client reached the full speed of my line (14mbps).
At the time of the download i tried to visit a webpage but it was opening really slow. I tried a lot of other pages and they had the same problem. I stopped the download and all the pages started opening normally.
I started again the torrent and i tried to make a VoIP call. The call was connected immediately but i had some (acceptable) voice distortion.
I tried to download the same CentOS 7 iso from an FTP server from Firefox (one concurrent connection) and i had exactly the same problem with opening web pages.
All the tests were done with different computers, tried WiFi and cable connection, no difference at all.
I tried a clean installation of the stable pfSense but i had exactly the same problems.
The options "Hardware Checksum Offloading" and "Hardware TCP Segmentation Offloading"
I replaced the old 3COM card with a brand new TP-Link TG-3468 (Realtek 8168 chipset, exactly the same as the onboard motherboard card) but the problem still exists.I connected back my TP-Link WDR3600 (with OpenWRT) and all the problems disappeared.
I attach the output of the command pciconf -lv . I would be really grateful to anyone who can help me solve the problem.hostb0@pci0:0:0:0: class=0x060000 card=0x84a51043 chip=0x15101022 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]'
device = 'Family 14h Processor Root Complex'
class = bridge
subclass = HOST-PCI
vgapci0@pci0:0:1:0: class=0x030000 card=0x84a51043 chip=0x98021002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]'
device = 'Wrestler [Radeon HD 6310]'
class = display
subclass = VGA
hdac0@pci0:0:1:1: class=0x040300 card=0x84a51043 chip=0x13141002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]'
device = 'Wrestler HDMI Audio'
class = multimedia
subclass = HDA
ahci0@pci0:0:17:0: class=0x010601 card=0x84961043 chip=0x43911002 rev=0x40 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]'
device = 'SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]'
class = mass storage
subclass = SATA
ohci0@pci0:0:18:0: class=0x0c0310 card=0x84961043 chip=0x43971002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]'
device = 'SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller'
class = serial bus
subclass = USB
ehci0@pci0:0:18:2: class=0x0c0320 card=0x84961043 chip=0x43961002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]'
device = 'SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller'
class = serial bus
subclass = USB
ohci1@pci0:0:19:0: class=0x0c0310 card=0x84961043 chip=0x43971002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]'
device = 'SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller'
class = serial bus
subclass = USB
ehci1@pci0:0:19:2: class=0x0c0320 card=0x84961043 chip=0x43961002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]'
device = 'SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller'
class = serial bus
subclass = USB
none0@pci0:0:20:0: class=0x0c0500 card=0x84961043 chip=0x43851002 rev=0x42 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]'
device = 'SBx00 SMBus Controller'
class = serial bus
subclass = SMBus
hdac1@pci0:0:20:2: class=0x040300 card=0x84451043 chip=0x43831002 rev=0x40 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]'
device = 'SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)'
class = multimedia
subclass = HDA
isab0@pci0:0:20:3: class=0x060100 card=0x84961043 chip=0x439d1002 rev=0x40 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]'
device = 'SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-ISA
pcib1@pci0:0:20:4: class=0x060401 card=0x00000000 chip=0x43841002 rev=0x40 hdr=0x01
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]'
device = 'SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-PCI
ohci2@pci0:0:20:5: class=0x0c0310 card=0x84961043 chip=0x43991002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]'
device = 'SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller'
class = serial bus
subclass = USB
pcib2@pci0:0:21:0: class=0x060400 card=0x00001002 chip=0x43a01002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x01
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]'
device = 'SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-PCI
pcib3@pci0:0:21:1: class=0x060400 card=0x00001002 chip=0x43a11002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x01
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]'
device = 'SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-PCI
pcib4@pci0:0:21:2: class=0x060400 card=0x00001002 chip=0x43a21002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x01
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]'
device = 'SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2)'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-PCI
ohci3@pci0:0:22:0: class=0x0c0310 card=0x84961043 chip=0x43971002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]'
device = 'SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller'
class = serial bus
subclass = USB
ehci2@pci0:0:22:2: class=0x0c0320 card=0x84961043 chip=0x43961002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]'
device = 'SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller'
class = serial bus
subclass = USB
hostb1@pci0:0:24:0: class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x17001022 rev=0x43 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]'
device = 'Family 12h/14h Processor Function 0'
class = bridge
subclass = HOST-PCI
hostb2@pci0:0:24:1: class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x17011022 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]'
device = 'Family 12h/14h Processor Function 1'
class = bridge
subclass = HOST-PCI
hostb3@pci0:0:24:2: class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x17021022 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]'
device = 'Family 12h/14h Processor Function 2'
class = bridge
subclass = HOST-PCI
hostb4@pci0:0:24:3: class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x17031022 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]'
device = 'Family 12h/14h Processor Function 3'
class = bridge
subclass = HOST-PCI
hostb5@pci0:0:24:4: class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x17041022 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]'
device = 'Family 12h/14h Processor Function 4'
class = bridge
subclass = HOST-PCI
hostb6@pci0:0:24:5: class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x17181022 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]'
device = 'Family 12h/14h Processor Function 6'
class = bridge
subclass = HOST-PCI
hostb7@pci0:0:24:6: class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x17161022 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]'
device = 'Family 12h/14h Processor Function 5'
class = bridge
subclass = HOST-PCI
hostb8@pci0:0:24:7: class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x17191022 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]'
device = 'Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7'
class = bridge
subclass = HOST-PCI
re0@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x34687470 chip=0x816810ec rev=0x06 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'
device = 'RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller'
class = network
subclass = ethernet
re1@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x84321043 chip=0x816810ec rev=0x06 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'
device = 'RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller'
class = network
subclass = ethernet
pcib5@pci0:4:0:0: class=0x060401 card=0x84891043 chip=0x10801b21 rev=0x01 hdr=0x01
vendor = 'ASMedia Technology Inc.'
device = 'ASM1083/1085 PCIe to PCI Bridge'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-PCI
fwohci0@pci0:5:2:0: class=0x0c0010 card=0x81fe1043 chip=0x30441106 rev=0xc0 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'VIA Technologies, Inc.'
device = 'VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller'
class = serial bus -
Today i installed Proxmox 4 at that PC and installed pfSense as a virtual machine. I tried all the available virtual network cards with no difference at all.
I have started thinking that the problem are the Realtek cards. Maybe i should buy Intel?
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Today i installed Proxmox 4 at that PC and installed pfSense as a virtual machine. I tried all the available virtual network cards with no difference at all.
I have started thinking that the problem are the Realtek cards. Maybe i should buy Intel?
some people experience issues with broadcom and realtek cards, though issues exist with various Intel cards as well.
I would stick with the Intel i350-t4 or i350-t2 card.
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Seems to me that you don't have any QoS enabled (Quality of Service). Search for QoS or traffic shaper on the forum may help you a bit (Its a complex matter….).
Personally I have no experience with QoS and/or Traffic Shaper, but others may have.Other option is limiting your torrent traffic in the Torrent application, if possible.
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Today i installed Proxmox 4 at that PC and installed pfSense as a virtual machine. I tried all the available virtual network cards with no difference at all.
I have started thinking that the problem are the Realtek cards. Maybe i should buy Intel?
some people experience issues with broadcom and realtek cards, though issues exist with various Intel cards as well.
I would stick with the Intel i350-t4 or i350-t2 card.
I ordered a used Intel PRO1000PT Dual Port from eBay, I will receive it after 2nd of August. I will try a clean installation with that card and check the results. Do you have some specific hints for installations with Realtek cards?
Seems to me that you don't have any QoS enabled (Quality of Service). Search for QoS or traffic shaper on the forum may help you a bit (Its a complex matter….).
Personally I have no experience with QoS and/or Traffic Shaper, but others may have.Other option is limiting your torrent traffic in the Torrent application, if possible.
I tried to setup a Traffic Shaper with the pfSense wizard. I setted torrents at low priority, all other protocols at default and VoIP at highest priority. At the status I saw data at the torrent queue as expected, but it was not possible to do any other activity at the time of the download. I had ping over 550ms at any ip on the internet. The problem not only exists with torrents but also with a simple http/ftp download from any browser… The strangest of all is that if I try to make a VoIP call (SIP protocol) i have very little distortion. It seems that small packets do not have a problem.
Regarding the QoS again, with my OpenWRT router (TP-Link WDR 3600) even if I disable completely its QoS, it does not have the problems of the pfSense box.
As I also answered to the other user, I have ordered an Intel card. Are there some hints or tricks for Realtek cards?
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Did you get this resolved with new network cards? I'm having this exact issue using D-Link DGE-530T cards. I believe it only started after a recent update to 2.3.2 as I hadn't experienced this before. I haven't had a chance to revert back to an older version to test yet but probably will this weekend.
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Did you get this resolved with new network cards? I'm having this exact issue using D-Link DGE-530T cards. I believe it only started after a recent update to 2.3.2 as I hadn't experienced this before. I haven't had a chance to revert back to an older version to test yet but probably will this weekend.
Unfortunately not… I received the Intel 3 days ago, I did a fresh install of the stable build with no luck. After that, I tried to install the 32bit stable version and the PC did not boot :p :p I finally fresh installed the 64bit daily snapshot which appears to have a little bit better performance. I tried to play with the QoS and I realized that if I find the way to find tune it, I will solve the problem. I'm looking for a guide for a simple QoS but I can't find something complete and for beginners...
