Behind pfsense and my download speed is cut in half
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So the Xfinity technician tested the firewall he brought with him and the speed was half?
If so there is nothing to talk about here. They need to fix it. There is nothing we can do for you.
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@provels if you look back at my submissions here, I have other firewalls that were tested; SG1100, UniFi USG etc, all with the same issue behind the Xfinity cable modem and my Netgear CM1000.
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@hpspar05 Then we'll all agree it's a Comcast issue.
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Ok then, yeah, it has to be some upstream issue. And unfortunately it sounds like the sort of issue that Comcast will deny for as long as they can before some high level technician fixes it in 2mins.
Steve
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@Derelict The tech only brought out a test cable modem, he didn’t have a separate Xfinity firewall if that’s a thing.
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Whatever it is it's not pfSense. You'll have to work with Xfinity to figure out what it is.
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The Netgear CM1000 is generally a stellar modem. Broadcom based. Nothing wrong with those.
Try spoofing the mac address of your laptop on your router WAN page. I have seen various cable ISP's hand out very different IP ranges based on MAC address.
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@stephenw10 yelp and bingo.) Even you guys are throttling my replies, I can’t reply back until after 120sec Lol
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@hpspar05 Considering the caustic behavior on this thread it's about to be locked unless some actual information is posted.
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@Derelict Yes I think this is so, what’s happening here isn’t something they will own up to or fix though I believe. Ultimately, Xfinity wants people to rent their equipment.
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You should certainly try spoofing the MAC address to match your laptop if you have not already.
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@stephenw10 That’s above my pay grade and skill set Lol
. How do I do that? I’m just a novice still learning.;) -
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/book/interfaces/interface-configuration.html#mac-address
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@Derelict ummm the dude that was the issue has ceased and desist his actions, so why this from you now? There are guys here help me with this issue so what’s the problem you’re seeing now?
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@Derelict we’re getting ready to go to church now, and thanks for the information Derelict
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@stephenw10 Update, guess what? ;) we went to Target and picked up a basic Netgear N600 WiFi Dual Band Router connected it to my Netgear CM1000 modem and we got 98mbps down even with my VPN on and the router is only 100mbps.
Conclusion? Xfinity has somehow targeted or tagged my pfsense, a USG, a USG Pro, firewalls for throttling? I don’t know what to make of this, this cheap Netgear router isn’t being cut of it download speed but my pfsense and other enterprise firewalls tested are. Go figure.
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You guys aren’t going to believe this, after telling Xfinity that I was going find an investigative reporter to look into this issue, and about an hour later... my download speed is back to normal, 167mbps and 7.7mbps. Coincidence?
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ha ha ... i don't think so ...
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Ha. Classic!
