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    XG-7100 efficiency low?

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    • M
      mke
      last edited by

      Will share info whenever they come with some answer.

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      • johnpozJ
        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
        last edited by

        Great.. Got to be something stupid ;) I don't think it will be "days" either..

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        • RicoR
          Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
          last edited by

          Is your problem fixed?

          -Rico

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          • johnpozJ
            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
            last edited by

            I had heard a snip from Chris that they were about to discuss with the ticket opener.. But that is all I got out of him ;) Hope the OP comes back and let us know some info about this myself.

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            • MalnPr0M
              MalnPr0 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by MalnPr0

              I setup a lab to test this. The LAGG appears to be working very well.

              Lab Details:
              HOST-1 (SG-5100)
              DUT (XG-7100)
              HOST-2 (SG-5100)

              HOST-1
              IX0 -> LAGG0.4091 / PORT 1 (ETH1)
              IX1 -> LAGG0.4090 / PORT 2 (ETH2)
              IX2 -> LAGG0.4091 / PORT 3 (ETH3)
              IX3 -> LAGG0.4090 / PORT 4 (ETH4)

              HOST-2:
              IX0 -> LAGG0.3091 / PORT 5 (ETH5)
              IX1 -> LAGG0.3090 / PORT 6 (ETH6)
              IX2 -> LAGG0.3091 / PORT 7 (ETH7)
              IX3 -> LAGG0.3090 / PORT 8 (ETH8)

              DUT-NETWORK
              LAGG0.4090 = WAN_1
              LAGG0.4091 = LAN_1
              LAGG0.3090 = WAN_2
              LAGG0.3091 = LAN_2

              Each WAN and LAN has two IPs assigned from two different networks - for a total of 4 WAN IPs and 4 LAN IPs.

              LAN-1 = 1.1.1.1/30, 3.3.3.1/30

              • 16.0.0.0/18 -> 1.1.1.2 (HOST-1.IX0)
              • 16.0.64.0/18 -> 3.3.3.2 (HOST-1.IX2)

              LAN-2 = 5.5.5.1/30, 7.7.7.1/30

              • 16.0.128.0/18 -> 5.5.5.2 (HOST-2.IX0)
              • 16.0.192.0/18 -> 7.7.7.2 (HOST-2.IX2)

              WAN-1 = 2.2.2.1/30, 4.4.4.1/30

              • 48.0.0.0/18 -> 2.2.2.2 (HOST-1.IX1)
              • 48.0.64.0/18 -> 4.4.4.2 (HOST-1.IX3)

              WAN-2 = 6.6.6.1/30, 8.8.8.1/30

              • 48.0.128.0/18 -> 6.6.6.2 (HOST-1.IX2)
              • 48.0.192.0/18 -> 8.8.8.2 (HOST-1.IX4)

              For UDP traffic, I used the latest trex build to generate traffic.
              For TCP traffic, I used the latest iperf3 build to generate traffic.

              Sending 1500 byte UDP packets, I consistently get around 4.8 Gbps (highest was around 4.86 Gbps / 405 Kpps).
              Sending TCP packets with iperf over 1500 MTU, I get close to 4 Gbps.

              The results of each were the same under the following scenarios (TCP performed a little better with PF disabled):
              PF disabled, PF enabled, NAT disabled, NAT enabled, static routes to local WAN, policy routes to external WAN.

              In all scenarios, the results line up for both unidirectional and bidirectional (in the case of bidirectional, the same result as unidirectional but the result applies to both RX and TX for each ethernet switched interface).

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              • johnpozJ
                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                last edited by

                Yeah those numbers seem what you would think.. So the question now is helping the OP figure out what is going on in his testing.. Prob have to prove to him that something is not wrong with his hardware..

                Or what could be in his config that could be causing the problem.

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                • DerelictD
                  Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                  last edited by Derelict

                  I cannot duplicate @mke's findings:

                  Clients sending (uploading)

                  Simultaneous iperf3 -c 172.18.208.1 -P4 -t60 and iperf3 -c 172.18.209.1 -P4 -t60

                  XG-2758 igb1 <-> XG7100 lagg0.4082 <-> lagg0.4083 <-> MacBook Pro 882,881,928 (897Mb/sec)
                  XG-2758 igb2 <-> XG7100 lagg0.4084 <-> lagg0.4085 <-> Proxmox VM 908,876,895 (893Mb/sec)

                  Servers sending (downloading)

                  Simultaneous iperf3 -R -c 172.18.208.1 -P4 -t60 and iperf3 -R -c 172.18.209.1 -P4 -t60

                  XG-2758 igb1 <-> XG7100 lagg0.4082 <-> lagg0.4083 <-> MacBook Pro 924,924,926 (925Mb/sec)
                  XG-2758 igb2 <-> XG7100 lagg0.4084 <-> lagg0.4085 <-> Proxmox VM 931,932,926 (930Mb/sec)

                  MacBook downloading, VM uploading

                  Simultaneous iperf3 -R -c 172.18.208.1 -P4 -t60 and iperf3 -c 172.18.209.1 -P4 -t60

                  XG-2758 igb1 <-> XG7100 lagg0.4082 <-> lagg0.4083 <-> MacBook Pro 925,878,899 (901Mb/sec)
                  XG-2758 igb2 <-> XG7100 lagg0.4084 <-> lagg0.4085 <-> Proxmox VM 860,917,903 (893Mb/sec)

                  iperf3 servers running on same XG-2758. This is far from a perfect test environment but it is sufficient to duplicate what is being asserted and I was not successful in doing so.

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                  • M
                    mke
                    last edited by

                    They are still investigating this but so far cannot replicate the problem. Since I have more than one XG-7100 I did more testing but not with iperf but real pipes at two different locations, result was the same(struggling to go over 1gig) and I even did video on this and sent them but can't post since it shows my IPs and I don't have time to do editing.

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                    • johnpozJ
                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                      last edited by

                      So can you duplicate their iperf testing?

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                      • M
                        mke
                        last edited by

                        What I would love to do is to do iperf across real links with multiple sites with mix of xg7100 and SG-8860 all with gig pipes, not sure if will be able and right now I have very limited time.

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                        • johnpozJ
                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                          last edited by

                          do you have any of the switch ports still open - you could use those without disruption of your active links.

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                            mke
                            last edited by

                            I don't have access to those devices since they are in different locations so physically it is problematic to do testing right now.

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                              mke
                              last edited by

                              I got finally an answer after multiple test using multiple XG7100, different routers, pipes, core switches, combinations. It ended up that testing in the real world using same website is misleading. I did try different speed tests but wanted to use that same particular on both laptops because for higher speeds it gave me very good results(single laptop) that reflected situation however while testing multiple computers it showed bottleneck on their side, sick.

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                              • DerelictD
                                Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                                last edited by

                                Thank you for coming back and reporting your findings.

                                That is why one should not rely on external test sites when testing device performance.

                                Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
                                A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
                                DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
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                                • johnpozJ
                                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  @Derelict said in XG-7100 efficiency low?:

                                  That is why one should not rely on external test sites when testing device performance.

                                  You don't say ;) heheheeh

                                  An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
                                  If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
                                  Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
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