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    Not getting properthroughput on gigabit devices. 200mbps when it should be at least 600mbps

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    • DerelictD
      Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
      last edited by

      Get something with two intel PCIe NICs, idk, a lower-power Core i3 maybe. Might as well get something that has AES-NI going. An Atom C2000 maybe. You'll get 600 down or it's not the firewall.

      Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
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      • DerelictD
        Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate @Berzerk
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        @Berzerk said in Not getting properthroughput on gigabit devices. 200mbps when it should be at least 600mbps:

        You have no idea just how cheap I am.

        Good, Cheap, Fast. Pick two.

        Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
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        • BerzerkB
          Berzerk
          last edited by

          I choose cheap and fast? :)

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          • DerelictD
            Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
            last edited by

            It won't be good.

            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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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by stephenw10

              You can try the alternate Realtek driver, nothing much to lose by doing so.

              Yeah some of it is clearly in the FreeBSD default driver. There were also a lot of different models supported by that driver with different levels of crappyness!
              Disable all the hardware off-loading, often broken for Realtek.

              A device needs to have Gigabit NICs if it needs to pass more then 100Mbps. That doesn't mean it can pass 1Gbps. The same is true for 10GbE ports currently.

              I would think you could well be hitting some limitation in the PCMCIA there if it's actually that and not cardbus or whatever was after that.

              Actually passing 600Mbps of just firewall & NAT doesn't require much CPU power. As I said I could do it with a C2D E4500 quite easily. An old school Atom D525 will pass ~500Mbps.

              Steve

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              • johnpozJ
                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                @stephenw10 said in Not getting properthroughput on gigabit devices. 200mbps when it should be at least 600mbps:

                some limitation in the PCMCIA

                I haven't even seen a laptop with pcmcia in over 10 years for sure.. Use to be for like a modem, or a 10/100 ethernet.. Use to have some G wifi cards, etc.. I find it highly highly unlikely that anything pcmcia could push anything close to gig.. That your seeing even 200 surprises me.

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                • DerelictD
                  Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                  last edited by

                  I threw away a PCMCIA bluetooth adapter yesterday.

                  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!
                  Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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                  • BerzerkB
                    Berzerk
                    last edited by

                    @Derelict I've got a core 2 quad with an onboard intel, and I'm ordering an intel pcie now. 6gb ram as well. Should work.

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                    • JKnottJ
                      JKnott @stephenw10
                      last edited by

                      @stephenw10

                      All this talk about interfaces and brands has me wondering about my system.

                      Here's what I have
                      LAN bge0 (Broadcom?)
                      WAN re0 (Realtek?)
                      Test em0 (Intel?)

                      Perhaps I should swap WAN and Test. LAN is the mom board interface, which I'd rather have connected to the LAN.

                      PfSense running on Qotom mini PC
                      i5 CPU, 4 GB memory, 32 GB SSD & 4 Intel Gb Ethernet ports.
                      UniFi AC-Lite access point

                      I haven't lost my mind. It's around here...somewhere...

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                      • johnpozJ
                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Derelict
                        last edited by

                        @Derelict said in Not getting properthroughput on gigabit devices. 200mbps when it should be at least 600mbps:

                        I threw away a PCMCIA bluetooth adapter yesterday.

                        Look what I just found on one of my shelves - yeah this is going in the trash ;)

                        IMG_1187.jpg

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                        • BerzerkB
                          Berzerk @johnpoz
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                          @johnpoz
                          You guys would have a meltdown if you saw the Hardware I had lying around.

                          I had a 1/2speed cdrom that you loaded with a caddy for the longest time.

                          There was a 10MB 50lb MFM HD around here somewhere . . . I could open a museum.

                          Be thankful I set core 2 duos as the oldest I would let on the network.

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                          • johnpozJ
                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                            last edited by

                            @Derelict So you drove/shipped that all the way to TN, just to throw it away - hehehhe

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @JKnott
                              last edited by

                              @JKnott said in Not getting properthroughput on gigabit devices. 200mbps when it should be at least 600mbps:

                              Perhaps I should swap WAN and Test.

                              Yup, I would.

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                              • JKnottJ
                                JKnott @johnpoz
                                last edited by

                                @johnpoz said in Not getting properthroughput on gigabit devices. 200mbps when it should be at least 600mbps:

                                Look what I just found on one of my shelves - yeah this is going in the trash ;)

                                I could have used that years ago, with my first ThinkPad. It came with 802.11b only WiFi, which I replaced with one capable of g. However, in the swap, I lost my dial up modem. 😦

                                My current ThinkPad has n on 2.4 GHz only, though it's apparently possible to replace that with a dual band card.

                                I also have a 10 Mb hub here. 😉

                                PfSense running on Qotom mini PC
                                i5 CPU, 4 GB memory, 32 GB SSD & 4 Intel Gb Ethernet ports.
                                UniFi AC-Lite access point

                                I haven't lost my mind. It's around here...somewhere...

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                                • johnpozJ
                                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                  Why do you I still have these??

                                  wtf.jpg

                                  Best part of this thread is cleaned up some junk ;)

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by stephenw10

                                    Haha.

                                    That's not even Cardbus... like 16bit? Rapido!

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                                      akuma1x @Berzerk
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                                      @Berzerk said in Not getting properthroughput on gigabit devices. 200mbps when it should be at least 600mbps:

                                      @johnpoz
                                      You guys would have a meltdown if you saw the Hardware I had lying around.

                                      Dude, time to throw stuff away! It's nostalgic and all, but old tech is rarely useful.

                                      Jeff

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                                      • BerzerkB
                                        Berzerk @johnpoz
                                        last edited by

                                        @johnpoz
                                        This is one of the cards I'm using.
                                        20200831_150618.jpg

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                                        • johnpozJ
                                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                          last edited by johnpoz

                                          Early part of the pandemic - looking for shit to do I cleaned out my shelves and threw away a bunch of junk... Got some frustration out breaking up some old hard drives.. The really not that old 2.5 disks are nice but too small in size to do anything with - you hit them with a hammer and platters just shatter like glass and its like they are full of pebbles or sand when you shake them.. That was fun! ;)

                                          Threw out some old floppy drives.. Just taking up space, etc..

                                          But these old pcmcia cards were on the top of my desk - and got missed.. They are in the trash now... heheheh.. Even the oldest laptop I have, which should prob throw out doesn't even have a slot for them.

                                          edit: Wow.. But just because it says gig on it, doesn't mean it can actually do anything close to it ;)

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                                          • BerzerkB
                                            Berzerk @akuma1x
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                                            @akuma1x

                                            I've actually found old tech to be quite useful, in many circumstances.

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