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      stFfn
      last edited by

      im Running the newest version that i could download from the pfsense homepage.

      is there a way to downgrade somehow? or do i need to reinstall everything?

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        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        No, there's no way to downgrade without re-installing. But you would not want to anyway.

        You might try running a 2.5 snapshot instead: https://www.pfsense.org/snapshots/

        Did you find anything in the logs? Did you try switching to paravirtualised NIC type? (if you weren't already).

        Steve

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          stFfn
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          i dont see anything fishy in the logs. but im really unexperienced in reading logs :-/ is there a way i can post them here, to see if you find something obviouse?

          and what do you mean with "Did you try switching to paravirtualised NIC type?"?

          and that snapshot thing. there are so many downloads that i dont really know what to download :-/

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            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            You should just be able to post the logs here directly. I would always suggest putting them in code tags so they don't spam the thread.
            Otherwise you could post them as a txt attachment or link to pastebin etc.

            You can upgrade to 2.5 from the gui directly by choosing the development branch in Sys > Update > Settings.

            Steve

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              stFfn
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              installing 2.5 did not help.

              i´ll post some logs later when there is time.

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                stFfn
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                Hey,

                here are the logs. i´ll test Virtualizing the Networkcard tonight i think.

                System/General:
                https://pastebin.com/6QmqESpR

                System/Gateway:
                https://pastebin.com/RG6Nmk9p

                System/Routing:
                https://pastebin.com/MXucZ6tR

                System/DNS:
                https://pastebin.com/RAgXNDdh

                System/GuiService:
                https://pastebin.com/teFt1kZ9

                System/OSboot:
                https://pastebin.com/E6RYtKQi

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                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                  Yeah, you are using igb NICs but unless you're passing them through directly you should use paravirtualised (whatever that is in Unraid).
                  There was a really odd issue a while back where having virtual mouse attached would kill performance. I forget what hypervisor that was but remove that if you can. Same with the CDS-ROM drive.

                  The full dmesg output might have more, including any errors.

                  Steve

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                    stFfn
                    last edited by stFfn

                    What do you mean with paravirtualised? just virtualizing the networkcard and pass the bridge through?

                    Here is the dmesg :)
                    https://pastebin.com/pw5Xm0my

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                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                      As I understand it Unraid uses KVM as a hypervisor so that means you will almost certainly get best performance using vtnet NICs (virtio).
                      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paravirtualization
                      By not having to emulate an e1000 device you take load of the hypervisor and potentially increase the performance.

                      It looks like you have one NIC set to virtio and the others as e1000.

                      Is the CPU shown there the same as the real CPU in the system? Passing through the real CPU type will also give you performance gains.

                      Steve

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                        stFfn
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                        i upgraded to the newest version of that beta thing... now im stuck in a boot loop :(
                        i´ve reinstalled the whole box. i will try all that stuff this weekend. i hope i have time for it xD

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