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

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    • JKnottJ
      JKnott @stephenw10
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      @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
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        @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
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            @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. ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

                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. ๐Ÿ˜‰

                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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                    • A
                      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
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                        @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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                            • johnpozJ
                              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                              Like a boat anchor or something to produce heat sure ;)

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                              • BerzerkB
                                Berzerk @johnpoz
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                                @johnpoz

                                Well, around here all the kids were required to buy devices for school. So they could run 'chrome'.

                                Threw some SSDs in the old laptops, and gave them to the poor kids. Parents didn't have to waste cash on new chromebooks, and they were able to do their school work.

                                Just a matter of knowing where and when.

                                A lot of people are using Raspberry Pies, and those are 'older' depending on your perspective.

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                  'Best connectivity'. You can feel the quality! ๐Ÿ˜‰

                                  But it's cardbus and that laptop supports it so it's probably 32bit PCI. You would hope for more than 200Mbps! (or I would at least).

                                  Steve

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                                  • johnpozJ
                                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                    Where are you at - my grandkids all got devices free from the school.. My six year old grandson got a ipad, and 10 year old grand daughter got a dell laptop.

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                                    • BerzerkB
                                      Berzerk @stephenw10
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                                      @stephenw10 That is what I thought. But didn't notice it as an issue, until I upgraded with my ISP.

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                                      • BerzerkB
                                        Berzerk @johnpoz
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                                        @johnpoz Alberta. School Board ant no piggy bank. They offered devices, but not free. Cheapest were still $300CAD.

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                                        • stephenw10S
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                          last edited by stephenw10

                                          Check the PCI bus. Maybe it has something else on there doing something funky? pciconf -lv

                                          The FreeBSD drivers for other things of that age are probably....sub optimal!

                                          Disable anything you can in the BIOS etc.

                                          What does your /var/log/dmesg.boot look like? Errors in there?

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                                          • johnpozJ
                                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                            last edited by johnpoz

                                            That sucks.. But even here in chicago they were giving away devices.. Pretty sure CPS gave away like 100k devices, with priority going to lower income families..

                                            edit: They want them back after this is all over though.

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