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    Speed test is slow direct from my PC to PFSense

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    • DerelictD
      Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
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      @billsecond said in Speed test is slow direct from my PC to PFSense:

      I am not sure why its not showing closer to 3-4gbps

      How do you expect to get more than 1Gb out of 1Gb NICs? You are going to need 10G to the ISP.

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        billsecond @Derelict
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        @Derelict because when connected direct to the network I’m on 10gbps. Not through the router.

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        • DerelictD
          Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
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          Non-trivial to set up a lab like that. is virtualization involved? What switches etc?

          Going to need more information. Guarantee the C2758 is capable of forwarding faster than you are seeing there, barring some strange issue with your particular unit.

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            billsecond
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            @Derelict
            No, Virtualization is not involved, I have the nic in my personal PC directly connected via a cat6 cable to the device.

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            • johnpozJ
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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              you happen to be doing any jumbo frames? Since your running 10ge and all.

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                The igb NICs are all 1G. You have 10G NICs in that firewall too?

                Steve

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                  billsecond @stephenw10
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                  @stephenw10 said in Speed test is slow direct from my PC to PFSense:

                  The igb NICs are all 1G. You have 10G NICs in that firewall too?
                  Steve

                  Not on this one, this is my test device. But My point was that I was getting very slow speeds on this device. The device that I will be building is 10gb device. I was also explaining that if I hook up my PC direct to my existing non-test network (all 10gb), I do get a faster speed test.

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                    Ok, so we are still looking at the ~250Mbps limit on a 1Gbps connection.

                    So do the tests I asked about here and we can check the results.

                    Steve

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                      c0r3
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                      Any update to this thread? im having the same problem with the bandwidth speed when using pfsense.

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                        You should start a new thread for this and detail exactly what you're seeing and what you have done.
                        There are numerous reason you could be seeing less throughput that you expect. The chances you are hitting the same issue as the OP in this thread are low.

                        Steve

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