routing between vlans -- slow speed on an APU4
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Greetings,
I recently got my hands on a vmware esxi server, and on that server, there are a variety of vlans.I configures my APU for a trunk port, and connected a cable directly to the VMWare server.
The APU is a router on a stick, and routing between vlans works fine, but ...
I used rsync between two vlans and was surprised to see a 1.2M throughput. I have Cisco gigabit switches, and the server is a monster. There are no traffic policies being used. The port is connected at 1gbit full duplex
re1.1601: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
options=80003<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,LINKSTATE>
ether 0e:0e:be:3e:ae:ee
inet6 fe80::2ee:beee:feee:abee%re1.1601 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8
inet 172.16.1.254 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 172.16.1.255
nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex,master>)
status: active
vlan: 1601 vlanpcp: 0 parent interface: re1
groups: vlanAny thoughts or is this expected speed?
Thanks
M
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Whether that's 1.2Mbps or 1.2MBps both are incredibly slow. It would seem there is something basic at fault there.
The re NIC in the your output implies you have a 4GB APU1 rather than the new APU4 board, correct?You should disable all hardware off loading features in System > Advanced > Networking.
It may be necessary to disable for hardware VLAN tagging though I'm not aware of any specific issue there.
Check Status > Interfaces for errors.
Check the connected switch for logged errors if it logs that.
Steve
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Just have some curious questions.
- Just for clarity, by APU4, do you mean a Netgate APU4?
- What model switches are you using?
- Why did you trunk your ESXi box directly to your firewall instead of to the switch?
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Wow -- that did it! Move the needle to a stunning 581mbits a second.
Huge thanks -- awesome!!!
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What specific thing corrected it for reference?
Steve
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Even though it's "working", you should still re-visit your design. I wouldn't plug your server directly into your firewall.