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

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

                        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
                            last edited by

                            '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
                              last edited by

                              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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                                      • BerzerkB
                                        Berzerk @johnpoz
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                                        @johnpoz And people say Canada has more free stuff. ๐Ÿ™„ ๐Ÿ˜”

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                                        • johnpozJ
                                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                          last edited by johnpoz

                                          I am curious where that budget came from ;) You would hope that the makers would step up and donate, or atleast offer them at fraction of cost, etc.

                                          But a new pi would be a great little device for sure - at very low cost.. problem would be is I don't think they make enough of them for the situation we are in.

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                                          • BerzerkB
                                            Berzerk @stephenw10
                                            last edited by stephenw10

                                            @stephenw10 Ya, there are a few things going on, on the bus.

                                            hostb0@pci0:0:0:0:	class=0x060000 card=0x30c5103c chip=0x2a008086 rev=0x0c hdr=0x00
                                                vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                                device     = 'Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub'
                                                class      = bridge
                                                subclass   = HOST-PCI
                                            pcib1@pci0:0:1:0:	class=0x060400 card=0x30c5103c chip=0x2a018086 rev=0x0c hdr=0x01
                                                vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                                device     = 'Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI Express Root Port'
                                                class      = bridge
                                                subclass   = PCI-PCI
                                            none0@pci0:0:3:0:	class=0x078000 card=0x30c5103c chip=0x2a048086 rev=0x0c hdr=0x00
                                                vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                                device     = 'Mobile PM965/GM965 MEI Controller'
                                                class      = simple comms
                                            atapci0@pci0:0:3:2:	class=0x010185 card=0x30c5103c chip=0x2a068086 rev=0x0c hdr=0x00
                                                vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                                device     = 'Mobile PM965/GM965 PT IDER Controller'
                                                class      = mass storage
                                                subclass   = ATA
                                            uart2@pci0:0:3:3:	class=0x070002 card=0x30c5103c chip=0x2a078086 rev=0x0c hdr=0x00
                                                vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                                device     = 'Mobile PM965/GM965 KT Controller'
                                                class      = simple comms
                                                subclass   = UART
                                            em0@pci0:0:25:0:	class=0x020000 card=0x30c5103c chip=0x10498086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
                                                vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                                device     = '82566MM Gigabit Network Connection'
                                                class      = network
                                                subclass   = ethernet
                                            uhci0@pci0:0:26:0:	class=0x0c0300 card=0x30c5103c chip=0x28348086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
                                                vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                                device     = '82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller'
                                                class      = serial bus
                                                subclass   = USB
                                            uhci1@pci0:0:26:1:	class=0x0c0300 card=0x30c5103c chip=0x28358086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
                                                vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                                device     = '82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller'
                                                class      = serial bus
                                                subclass   = USB
                                            ehci0@pci0:0:26:7:	class=0x0c0320 card=0x30c5103c chip=0x283a8086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
                                                vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                                device     = '82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller'
                                                class      = serial bus
                                                subclass   = USB
                                            hdac1@pci0:0:27:0:	class=0x040300 card=0x30c5103c chip=0x284b8086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
                                                vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                                device     = '82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller'
                                                class      = multimedia
                                                subclass   = HDA
                                            pcib2@pci0:0:28:0:	class=0x060400 card=0x30c5103c chip=0x283f8086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x01
                                                vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                                device     = '82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1'
                                                class      = bridge
                                                subclass   = PCI-PCI
                                            pcib3@pci0:0:28:4:	class=0x060400 card=0x30c5103c chip=0x28478086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x01
                                                vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                                device     = '82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5'
                                                class      = bridge
                                                subclass   = PCI-PCI
                                            uhci2@pci0:0:29:0:	class=0x0c0300 card=0x30c5103c chip=0x28308086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
                                                vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                                device     = '82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller'
                                                class      = serial bus
                                                subclass   = USB
                                            uhci3@pci0:0:29:1:	class=0x0c0300 card=0x30c5103c chip=0x28318086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
                                                vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                                device     = '82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller'
                                                class      = serial bus
                                                subclass   = USB
                                            uhci4@pci0:0:29:2:	class=0x0c0300 card=0x30c5103c chip=0x28328086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
                                                vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                                device     = '82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller'
                                                class      = serial bus
                                                subclass   = USB
                                            ehci1@pci0:0:29:7:	class=0x0c0320 card=0x30c5103c chip=0x28368086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
                                                vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                                device     = '82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller'
                                                class      = serial bus
                                                subclass   = USB
                                            pcib4@pci0:0:30:0:	class=0x060401 card=0x30c5103c chip=0x24488086 rev=0xf3 hdr=0x01
                                                vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                                device     = '82801 Mobile PCI Bridge'
                                                class      = bridge
                                                subclass   = PCI-PCI
                                            isab0@pci0:0:31:0:	class=0x060100 card=0x30c5103c chip=0x28118086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
                                                vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                                device     = '82801HEM (ICH8M-E) LPC Interface Controller'
                                                class      = bridge
                                                subclass   = PCI-ISA
                                            ahci0@pci0:0:31:2:	class=0x010601 card=0x30c5103c chip=0x28298086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
                                                vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                                device     = '82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA Controller [AHCI mode]'
                                                class      = mass storage
                                                subclass   = SATA
                                            vgapci0@pci0:1:0:0:	class=0x030000 card=0x30c5103c chip=0x95811002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
                                                vendor     = 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]'
                                                device     = 'RV630/M76 [Mobility Radeon HD 2600]'
                                                class      = display
                                                subclass   = VGA
                                            hdac0@pci0:1:0:1:	class=0x040300 card=0x30c5103c chip=0xaa081002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
                                                vendor     = 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]'
                                                device     = 'RV630 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 2600 PRO/XT / HD 3610]'
                                                class      = multimedia
                                                subclass   = HDA
                                            cbb0@pci0:2:6:0:	class=0x060700 card=0x30c5103c chip=0x04761180 rev=0xb9 hdr=0x02
                                                vendor     = 'Ricoh Co Ltd'
                                                device     = 'RL5c476 II'
                                                class      = bridge
                                                subclass   = PCI-CardBus
                                            cbb1@pci0:2:6:1:	class=0x060700 card=0x30c5103c chip=0x04761180 rev=0xb9 hdr=0x02
                                                vendor     = 'Ricoh Co Ltd'
                                                device     = 'RL5c476 II'
                                                class      = bridge
                                                subclass   = PCI-CardBus
                                            re0@pci0:3:0:0:	class=0x020000 card=0x52001385 chip=0x816910ec rev=0x10 hdr=0x00
                                                vendor     = 'Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'
                                                device     = 'RTL8169 PCI Gigabit Ethernet Controller'
                                                class      = network
                                                subclass   = ethernet
                                            
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