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    • JKnottJ
      JKnott @Vollans
      last edited by

      @vollans

      Done.

      tnx

      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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      • JKnottJ
        JKnott @JKnott
        last edited by JKnott

        @jknott

        I just ran speedtest and here are my results:

        http://www.speedtest.net/result/10868527865

        This is on a 500/20 connection and I had never seen more than about 575 down previously. I guess that i5 makes a bit of difference, compared to the Athlon 3200+ I had before. It's also faster booting up.

        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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        • ?
          A Former User @JKnott
          last edited by A Former User

          @jknott Nice. That's way over provisioned. I've seen 10-15% over but never that much. Shhhhh.... Don't say anything or they'll reprovision your service :)

          How's buffer bloat with your service?

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          • JKnottJ
            JKnott @A Former User
            last edited by

            @jwj

            My ISP almost always has better than advertised bandwidth, but with the new firewall, I'm getting even better than before. I haven't noticed any buffer bloat, but then I haven't checked.

            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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            • ?
              A Former User @JKnott
              last edited by

              @jknott I'm curious. http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest will measure buffer bloat.

              ~700-20 is very async, I would expect some buffer bloat. fq-codel limiter will fix that right up. Although if you have a nice cable modem it might be handled by the modem...

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              • JKnottJ
                JKnott @A Former User
                last edited by

                @jwj

                Here are my results. It doesn't seem to indicate bloat.

                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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                • ?
                  A Former User @JKnott
                  last edited by

                  @jknott

                  Screen Shot 2021-02-04 at 15.02.21.png

                  This is what I see. Sometimes you have to run it a few times to get it to measure buffer bloat. I know that makes no sense but that is what I have experienced.

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                  • JKnottJ
                    JKnott @A Former User
                    last edited by

                    @jwj said in New hardware:

                    This is what I see. Sometimes you have to run it a few times to get it to measure buffer bloat. I know that makes no sense but that is what I have experienced.

                    This morning, I ran it once and it gives me an A for buffer bloat.

                    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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                    • ?
                      A Former User @JKnott
                      last edited by

                      @jknott Thatโ€™s great. How do you like it so far? Feel back to normal?

                      ๐Ÿ˜Ž

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                      • JKnottJ
                        JKnott @A Former User
                        last edited by

                        @jwj

                        Yep. Just 40 Mb down and IPv4 only was torture! ๐Ÿ˜‰

                        Beyond that additional bandwidth, I haven't noticed much difference from what I had before, though I will be using a lot less electricity.

                        These Qotom computers appear to be well built.

                        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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                        • JKnottJ
                          JKnott @JKnott
                          last edited by

                          @jknott

                          One out of the box "feature" of the Qotom PC is that if the power fails and is then restored, the computer will not turn on automatically. This is easy enough to fix. After booting, when the AMI logo appears, press the delete key, to get into the BIOS settings. In there, you can choose whether the computer will remain off, always turn on or restore previous state.

                          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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                          • JKnottJ
                            JKnott @JKnott
                            last edited by

                            @jknott

                            I was curious about how much power my Qotom computer draws. I checked the status of my APC UPS. According to it, the computer draws about 3W and occasionally spikes up to about 13W. At the moment, that computer is the only thing on the UPS.

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                            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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