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      Jimbohello @bobbenheim
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      @bobbenheim

      lenovo m93p
      core i5 4th gen
      no hardware offloading
      aes-ni
      2 nic intel pro

      useless stuf disable in bios / onboard nic / onboard sound card / etc !

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        Jimbohello @bobbenheim
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        @bobbenheim

        and ! yes the maximun reach point is reach without limiter !
        940 -945 approx

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          Stewart
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          We've seen in APU1 and APU2 boxes. The disparity gets larger and larger the higher we set it.

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            noplan @Stewart
            last edited by

            @Stewart said in Wrong limiter speed:

            We've seen in APU1 and APU2 boxes

            yes same here.. but with some testing
            the limiter is set to a solid work.

            we use it to prevent clients / networks / hosts
            to consume all the bandwidth available

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              SteveITS Galactic Empire
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              What does Diagnostics > Limiter Info show during the testing?

              See post https://forum.netgate.com/topic/112527/playing-with-fq_codel-in-2-4/38 ... "On downloads you will commonly see below the configured bitrate because each time you hit the limit pfSense will tell the sender to slow down below the limit."

              "minimum bandwidth" I think is referring to that limiters can't guarantee a device will get any bandwidth at all, they can only cap the device.

              Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
              When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
              Upvote ๐Ÿ‘ helpful posts!

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                bobbenheim @Jimbohello
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                @Jimbohello what are your limiter settings?

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                  Jimbohello @bobbenheim
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                  @bobbenheim
                  <dnshaper>
                  <queue>
                  <name>in</name>
                  <number>1</number>
                  <qlimit></qlimit>
                  <plr></plr>
                  <description></description>
                  <bandwidth>
                  <item>
                  <bw>799</bw>
                  <burst></burst>
                  <bwscale>Mb</bwscale>
                  <bwsched>none</bwsched>
                  </item>
                  </bandwidth>
                  <enabled>on</enabled>
                  <buckets></buckets>
                  <mask>none</mask>
                  <maskbits></maskbits>
                  <maskbitsv6></maskbitsv6>
                  <delay>0</delay>
                  <sched>wf2q+</sched>
                  <aqm>droptail</aqm>
                  <ecn></ecn>
                  <queue>
                  <name>in-queue</name>
                  <number>1</number>
                  <qlimit></qlimit>
                  <description></description>
                  <weight></weight>
                  <enabled>on</enabled>
                  <buckets></buckets>
                  <mask>dstaddress</mask>
                  <maskbits>32</maskbits>
                  <maskbitsv6>128</maskbitsv6>
                  <aqm>droptail</aqm>
                  <ecn></ecn>
                  </queue>
                  </queue>
                  <queue>
                  <name>out</name>
                  <number>2</number>
                  <qlimit></qlimit>
                  <plr></plr>
                  <description></description>
                  <bandwidth>
                  <item>
                  <bw>799</bw>
                  <burst></burst>
                  <bwscale>Mb</bwscale>
                  <bwsched>none</bwsched>
                  </item>
                  </bandwidth>
                  <enabled>on</enabled>
                  <buckets></buckets>
                  <mask>none</mask>
                  <maskbits></maskbits>
                  <maskbitsv6></maskbitsv6>
                  <delay>0</delay>
                  <sched>wf2q+</sched>
                  <aqm>droptail</aqm>
                  <ecn></ecn>
                  <queue>
                  <name>out-queue</name>
                  <number>2</number>
                  <qlimit></qlimit>
                  <description></description>
                  <weight></weight>
                  <enabled>on</enabled>
                  <buckets></buckets>
                  <mask>srcaddress</mask>
                  <maskbits>32</maskbits>
                  <maskbitsv6>128</maskbitsv6>
                  <aqm>droptail</aqm>
                  <ecn></ecn>
                  </queue>
                  </queue>
                  </dnshaper>

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                    Stewart @noplan
                    last edited by Stewart

                    @noplan Certainly we can make it work. It's just that the numbers don't really line up. Oh, and fast.com goes crazy when put through one of the limiters. Through the ones we set up last week fast.com couldn't get more than 120Mbps no matter what the limiter was set to. Without the limiter it would get the full 600+Mbps. I thought that was odd. Speedtest.net is the one that would increase, just at a different rate to what the limiter was being set at.

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                      bobbenheim @Jimbohello
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                      @Jimbohello Can you try enabling ECN in the limiter (not the queues) and see if that makes a difference, else you might also need to increase queue length from the default 50 to something larger.
                      Have you made any tweaks in loader.conf.local?

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                        Jimbohello @bobbenheim
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                        @bobbenheim

                        what tweak ?

                        in loader.conf.local

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                          Jimbohello @bobbenheim
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                          @bobbenheim
                          Explicit Congestion Notification is selected, but neither Tail Drop nor Worst-case Weighted fair Queueing (default) support it.

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                            Jimbohello @bobbenheim
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                            @bobbenheim

                            this give a better result on lowering de error in the accuracy
                            from a limit of 799
                            i can reach 735

                            before it was close to 500 !
                            we are on the right way ! :)

                            <dnshaper>
                            <queue>
                            <name>in</name>
                            <number>1</number>
                            <qlimit>100</qlimit>
                            <plr></plr>
                            <description></description>
                            <bandwidth>
                            <item>
                            <bw>799</bw>
                            <burst></burst>
                            <bwscale>Mb</bwscale>
                            <bwsched>none</bwsched>
                            </item>
                            </bandwidth>
                            <enabled>on</enabled>
                            <buckets></buckets>
                            <mask>none</mask>
                            <maskbits></maskbits>
                            <maskbitsv6></maskbitsv6>
                            <delay>0</delay>
                            <sched>fq_codel</sched>
                            <aqm>codel</aqm>
                            <ecn>on</ecn>
                            <queue>
                            <name>in-queue</name>
                            <number>1</number>
                            <qlimit></qlimit>
                            <description></description>
                            <weight></weight>
                            <enabled>on</enabled>
                            <buckets></buckets>
                            <mask>dstaddress</mask>
                            <maskbits>32</maskbits>
                            <maskbitsv6>128</maskbitsv6>
                            <aqm>codel</aqm>
                            <ecn></ecn>
                            <param_codel_target>5</param_codel_target>
                            <param_codel_interval>100</param_codel_interval>
                            </queue>
                            <param_fq_codel_target>5</param_fq_codel_target>
                            <param_fq_codel_interval>100</param_fq_codel_interval>
                            <param_fq_codel_quantum>1514</param_fq_codel_quantum>
                            <param_fq_codel_limit>10240</param_fq_codel_limit>
                            <param_fq_codel_flows>1024</param_fq_codel_flows>
                            <param_codel_target>5</param_codel_target>
                            <param_codel_interval>100</param_codel_interval>
                            </queue>
                            <queue>
                            <name>out</name>
                            <number>2</number>
                            <qlimit>100</qlimit>
                            <plr></plr>
                            <description></description>
                            <bandwidth>
                            <item>
                            <bw>799</bw>
                            <burst></burst>
                            <bwscale>Mb</bwscale>
                            <bwsched>none</bwsched>
                            </item>
                            </bandwidth>
                            <enabled>on</enabled>
                            <buckets></buckets>
                            <mask>none</mask>
                            <maskbits></maskbits>
                            <maskbitsv6></maskbitsv6>
                            <delay>0</delay>
                            <sched>fq_codel</sched>
                            <aqm>codel</aqm>
                            <ecn>on</ecn>
                            <queue>
                            <name>out-queue</name>
                            <number>2</number>
                            <qlimit></qlimit>
                            <description></description>
                            <weight></weight>
                            <enabled>on</enabled>
                            <buckets></buckets>
                            <mask>srcaddress</mask>
                            <maskbits>32</maskbits>
                            <maskbitsv6>128</maskbitsv6>
                            <aqm>codel</aqm>
                            <ecn></ecn>
                            <param_codel_target>5</param_codel_target>
                            <param_codel_interval>100</param_codel_interval>
                            </queue>
                            <param_fq_codel_target>5</param_fq_codel_target>
                            <param_fq_codel_interval>100</param_fq_codel_interval>
                            <param_fq_codel_quantum>1514</param_fq_codel_quantum>
                            <param_fq_codel_limit>10240</param_fq_codel_limit>
                            <param_fq_codel_flows>1024</param_fq_codel_flows>
                            <param_codel_target>5</param_codel_target>
                            <param_codel_interval>100</param_codel_interval>
                            </queue>
                            </dnshaper>

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                              bobbenheim @Jimbohello
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                              @Jimbohello can you run "top -aSH" in Diagnostics/Command Prompt and paste what it output under load?
                              There might also be some tweaks you can do in loader.conf.local
                              can you do a sysctl (e.g. "sysctl hw.em.enable_aim") in the command prompt for the following:
                              hw.em.enable_aim
                              hw.em.flow_control
                              hw.em.num_queues
                              hw.em.rx_process_limit
                              hw.em.tx_process_limit
                              hw.em.rxd
                              hw.em.txd
                              hw.em.max_interrupt_rate
                              net.link.ifqmaxlen

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                                Jimbohello @bobbenheim
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                                @bobbenheim

                                il get in touch as soon as i can do it ! but honestly
                                this is getting far deeper for something that is created on a simple click. i means creating a limiter suppose to be easy as 123.
                                IMO this is getthing ridiculous ! if so many thing need to be modify on a single limiter limitation, why when your press APPLY they donโ€™t run a script to set the right adjustement ! imagine you need to forward a port, and then you have to modify this and that TO MAKE IT WORK ! That will be irrelevent or if you prefer useless function !

                                anyway ill get back to you
                                youre help is please !

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                                  noplan @Jimbohello
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                                  @Jimbohello said in Wrong limiter speed:

                                  but honestly
                                  this is getting far deeper for something that is created on a simple click

                                  yes true and 4 WHAT

                                  cuz the limiter does what it is supposed to do !
                                  here and on some other boxes

                                  to be honest i can not see the use case for gettin as deep as shown here
                                  an any set up

                                  maybe u can help me out here explainin whats the urgent need

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                                    Jimbohello @noplan
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                                    @noplan

                                    nothing urgent bro !
                                    simple !

                                    let say your 50 on a network, 5 start a download !
                                    the gateway goes down and packetloss occur on high level !

                                    with the limiter nothing of that appends because gateway still have room to breathed and nothing goes down on the gateway.

                                    that the big advantage of the limiter.

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                                      Stewart
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                                      For us, we were setting it up in a church. They stream several services at the same time. To accommodate this we brought in a second WAN and route specific devices out that interface. To prevent each machine from taking up too much of the bandwidth and affecting the other streams we limit their max usage. In this case it is a 35Mbps upload split between 4 devices, each with a 10Mbps upload limit but only needing 5Mbps for the streams. For example, there are 4 streams going and someone decides to (unwisely and against policy) upload a previous stream to the platform from one of the streaming boxes. Normally that would use up all possible bandwidth but with a limiter in place that particular device is unable to affect the other streams. If the full 10Mbps is used then there is still 25Mbps remaining for the other 3 devices. If each of those 3 devices is using 5Mbps then they are only using 15Mbps out of the 25Mbps, leaving a cushion of 10Mbps. Technically, in this case, 3 users could be offending and the 4th stream should still run fine. Without the limiter just one bad actor could ruin it for everyone else.

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                                        Stewart @Jimbohello
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                                        @Jimbohello said in Wrong limiter speed:

                                        on

                                        Could you post this as a screenshot, cropped to just the config section? I'm having a hard time following and duplicating. Thanks.

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                                          bobbenheim @Jimbohello
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                                          @Jimbohello The problem is that traffic shaping isn't a one size fits all kinda setup. Default settings is more likely to be something that works with bandwidths likely to be 100 Mb/s or below because that is what general use cases were, when the settings were chosen. These settings doesn't take other factors, like different types of hardware setup used or what type of internet connection is used (COAX, xDSL, PTP fiber, GPON fiber), into consideration.
                                          This also means that the above 900 Mb/s, like in your case, doesn't show the expected performance because the default settings just doesn't work well for that kinda of bandwidth. So this means that tuning is necessary to either obtain the maximum performance which is possible or what is expected as set by the limiter. Once done tuning you can leave it alone and don't bother with it again.

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                                            Jimbohello @bobbenheim
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                                            @bobbenheim

                                            thankโ€™s for the explaination!
                                            verry appreciate
                                            ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

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