Pfsense connections
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Hi
Is pfSense by default uses only 1 core per connection? -
Per what connection?
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normal TCP connection
Pls refer to this link
https://teklager.se/en/knowledge-base/apu2-1-gigabit-throughput-pfsense/
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I expect that would be a FreeBSD limit, not pfsense. Also, when I read your question I wasn't sure if you were referring to VPNs. IIRC, OpenVPN uses only a single thread, but IPSec uses multiple threads. But again, that would be a FreeBSD issue. Pfsense is mainly a graphical interface for a firewall/router running on FreeBSD. Most of it's function is provided by the underlying FreeBSD.
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