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    routing between vlans -- slow speed on an APU4

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      mayak
      last edited by

      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: vlan

      Any thoughts or is this expected speed?

      Thanks

      M

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        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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          marvosa
          last edited by marvosa

          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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            mayak @stephenw10
            last edited by

            @stephenw10

            Wow -- that did it! Move the needle to a stunning 581mbits a second.

            Huge thanks -- awesome!!!

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              What specific thing corrected it for reference?

              Steve

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                marvosa
                last edited by

                Even though it's "working", you should still re-visit your design. I wouldn't plug your server directly into your firewall.

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