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    • DaddyGoD
      DaddyGo
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      @foolish86 said in Install pfsense on RB4011iGS:

      its possible to install pfsense on RB4011iGS+5HacQ2HnD?

      Hi,

      Itโ€™s unlikely, as Netgate also has issues with ARM 32bit stuff... ๐Ÿ˜‰

      what you need to see yet...:

      https://forum.netgate.com/topic/96968/driver-for-atheros-qca986x-988x-802-11ac

      for 5G??? wifi

      and other

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        No, it would require a specific build to be developed, as most (all?) Arm hardware does.

        Steve

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          FOOLiSH86
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          i dont understand why with mikrotik my download it's 700/800Mbit with APU2 4core 4gb ram, only 260Mbit

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          • DaddyGoD
            DaddyGo @FOOLiSH86
            last edited by DaddyGo

            @foolish86 said in Install pfsense on RB4011iGS:

            with APU2 4core 4gb ram, only 260Mbit

            Hi,

            You're in the right place ( but not in a right topic), if you read my posts I have a lot of APU stuff, what's your concern?

            ++++edit:

            https://teklager.se/en/knowledge-base/apu2-1-gigabit-throughput-pfsense/

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              FOOLiSH86 @DaddyGo
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              @daddygo theoretically I have 1 gig of bandwidth.
              with apu2 and the same hardware of your guide an AMT GX-412TC 4 core, i download maximum 250megabit.
              with a mikrotik, my speed test is 800megabit

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              • DaddyGoD
                DaddyGo @FOOLiSH86
                last edited by

                @foolish86 said in Install pfsense on RB4011iGS:

                i download maximum 250megabit.

                Without OVPN and without running heavy app(s), the APU2 MOBO (w 4GB RAM) knows a speed of nearly 1Gig

                so something will be wrong with your settings, ๐Ÿ˜‰

                pls. look around here too:
                https://forum.netgate.com/topic/95148/pc-engines-apu2-experiences/554?_=1614192201206

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                • NollipfSenseN
                  NollipfSense @FOOLiSH86
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                  @foolish86 I don't understand why you would want to put pfSense on a device designed for Mikrotik. I can tell you that pfSense and Mikrotik complement one's network ... in my system, pfSense is the king of my WAN and Mikrotik (RB450x2) is king of my LAN. I have IDS/IPS on pfSense as well as DHCP on Mikrotik for all devices ... even double NAT ... no problem.

                  pfSense+ 23.09 Lenovo Thinkcentre M93P SFF Quadcore i7 dual Raid-ZFS 128GB-SSD 32GB-RAM PCI-Intel i350-t4 NIC, -Intel QAT 8950.
                  pfSense+ 23.09 VM-Proxmox, Dell Precision Xeon-W2155 Nvme 500GB-ZFS 128GB-RAM PCIe-Intel i350-t4, Intel QAT-8950, P-cloud.

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                    FOOLiSH86 @NollipfSense
                    last edited by FOOLiSH86

                    with Mikrotik the speed is

                    speed800.png

                    with PFsense is
                    speed200.png

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                      nickwatson121 Banned
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                        FOOLiSH86
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                        my problem it's pppoe may be...my pfsense do the pppoe

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                        • DaddyGoD
                          DaddyGo @FOOLiSH86
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                          @foolish86 said in Install pfsense on RB4011iGS:

                          my problem it's pppoe may be...my pfsense do the pppoe

                          PPPoE should not be a problem for pfSense.
                          Did you check this? MTU 1492

                          f.e.:
                          https://www.sonicwall.com/support/knowledge-base/how-can-i-optimize-pppoe-connections/170505851231244/

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                            PPPoE absolutely can be a problem for pfSense. It can only use a single receive queue and hence a single CPU core. I would still expect more than 250Mbps on most platforms though.

                            You should try the tunables shown here:
                            https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/hardware/tune.html#pppoe-with-multi-queue-nics

                            Steve

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                            • DaddyGoD
                              DaddyGo @stephenw10
                              last edited by DaddyGo

                              @stephenw10 said in Install pfsense on RB4011iGS:

                              PPPoE absolutely can be a problem for pfSense.

                              Yup,

                              Not a good wording,.... this is not a pfSense issue but Multi-Queue NICs + multiple CPU cores, this is a question of all such hardware.

                              I thought the OP was already beyond reading the pfSense handbook.

                              But that was the right guideline, it never occurred to me. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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                                  FOOLiSH86 @DaddyGo
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                                  @daddygo now i tring queue and some settings in the guide

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                                    FOOLiSH86
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                                    @foolish86 with some modify now go 300mbit. not bad, but still missing more 500mbit

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