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    Need help getting pfsense to work properly

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      Guest
      last edited by

      OKay so, this is how my setup looks like: INTERNET -> pfsense -> laptop(using LAN)
      No switch or gateway or bridge or anything used.

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        Chrismallia
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        is your modem bridged? are you getting a external IP in pfsense wan ? not a internal ip such as 192.168.x.x and what hardware are you using to run pfsense?

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          Guest
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          As i mentioned before no bridge used. I have an username and a password; and the connection is pppoE.

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            Guest
            last edited by

            The hardware:
            Mobo: MSI using G31 chipset (https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/G31TMP21#hero-overview)
            CPU: E8500 (https://ark.intel.com/products/33911/Intel-Core2-Duo-Processor-E8500-6M-Cache-3_16-GHz-1333-MHz-FSB)
            RAM: 1*2gb 800mhz Kingston
            HDD: 80gb IDE hdd 7.2k rpm

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              Chrismallia
              last edited by

              You should bridge it. what is the lan IP you given  to pfsense ?

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                Guest
                last edited by

                192.168.1.1/24

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                  Chrismallia
                  last edited by

                  and whats the ip you are getting from your modem to pfsense wan?

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                    Guest
                    last edited by

                    I can't tell you that, but starts with 85 or 89 if i remember correctly.

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                      Chrismallia
                      last edited by

                      if your modem is not bridged you  should be getting a internal IP like 192.168.x.x  on wan  so if you are getting external ip your modem is bridged.

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                        Guest
                        last edited by

                        hmmm… man learns every day, thanks for the info. is that good or bad news?

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                          Guest
                          last edited by

                          What should i do now?

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                            Chrismallia
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                            try turning off the modem and pfsense for a while maybe you got multiple IPs queued from your ISP or try Intel nics

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                              Guest
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                              The modem can't be turned off because it is outside extremely high and gets power from the street. I tryed again today and same behaviour. Any tips left? I tryed disabling some driver features then enabling them they had 0 impact on performance… CPU usage is still between 1 and 3 percentage.

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                                Guest
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                                At this point im giving up and calling pfsense is still in beta access. Barely works and full with bugs which can't be fixed…
                                It is quite sad that an 3usd cheap router outperforms pfsense...

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                                  Guest
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                                  Today i gave a try to 2.4 but seems same… Download speeds locked at 2mb/s and whatever i do i can't exceed 3% cpu usage...
                                  I started using steam for testing speeds because speedtest.net started giving me download test error messages.
                                  If anyone could help me, i would greatly appreciate it...

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                                    Guest
                                    last edited by

                                    Just got a bootloop when i tryed to reboot the pfsense… So back to 2.3 but this time i'll try to use the 32bit version.

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                                      Guest
                                      last edited by

                                      Okay, same behaviour with 32bit version… download speeds locked at 2mb/s and cpu usage locked at 3%...
                                      I think the only thing left is to sell the hardware...

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                                        Gertjan
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                                        Don't know why YOU are locked on the fact that the CPU only uses 3 %.
                                        Look at mine : https://www.test-domaine.fr/munin/brit-hotel-fumel.net/pfsense.brit-hotel-fumel.net/processes.html - the green part (approx. 3 %) is the same and everything works fine - ISP gives me about 25 Mbit, and that comes through.

                                        Don't tell us you have problems, tell about the problem, describe it. Copy past settings, screen, your findings.

                                        Don't tell us that you can't find your IP "Internet", that's like saying that you driving a car, but are not aware that some where i the same car an engin must be running …

                                        Check out other forum threads about how to question and ask so feedback can be given that can help you.

                                        Btw : pfSense 2.3.4 is not buggy, very stable and work great for years now for me

                                        No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                                        Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                                          Chrismallia
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                                          Dude it has something to do with your Hardware or setup, look at my results pfsense 2.3.4

                                          speedtest{pfsense.PNG
                                          speedtest{pfsense.PNG_thumb

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                                            Guest
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                                            I tried different NICs, even Intel ones and always the same results: download speed locked at 2mb/s and upload speed is random but between 1.5 and 3.5mb/s.
                                            While on my 3usd cheap router i get 10.5mb/s download and 5mb/s upload easyly…
                                            No idea what the problem is...

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