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    • Y
      yendor
      last edited by yendor

      Hi,
      I’m getting some strange speed test results when using my SG-1000.

      Running some internet-based speed with the SG-1000 in place I get:

      speedtest.net 98 Mbps
      fast.com 97 Mbps
      google search page test (M-Lab) 8.4 Mbps
      

      When I connect directly to the cable modem I get:

      speedtest.net 98 Mbps
      fast.com 97 Mbps
      google search page test (M-Lab) 97 Mbps
      

      I also see the slow down when using NzbGet with it toping out a ~4MB/s going thought the SG-1000 and ~12MB/s when bypassing it.

      What would be my steps in finding out why I’m getting slow throughput on some sites / traffic

      EDIT:
      doing a speed test from the SG-1000 I get:

      [2.4.4-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root: fetch -o /dev/null http://download.thinkbroadband.com/50MB.zip
      /dev/null                                     100% of   50 MB  306 kBps 02m47s
      

      ~2.45Mbps is far from the ~100Mbps i should be getting

      EDIT 2:
      Did some more testing, I only have a windows laptop available, so I wrote a little powershell script

      $fileSize = 10
      $Request = Get-Date
      $null = Invoke-WebRequest ('http://ipv4.download.thinkbroadband.com/{0}MB.zip' -f $fileSize)
      # $null = Invoke-WebRequest ('http://client.akamai.com/install/test-objects/{0}MB.bin' -f $fileSize)
      $timeSec = (NEW-TIMESPAN -Start $Request -End (Get-Date)).totalseconds
      $speed = (($fileSize / $timeSec) * 8)
      Write-host ("File Size: {0} MB, Time: {1:N4} s, Speed: {2:N2} Mbps" -f $fileSize, $timeSec, $speed)
      

      Running this script a few times with just the laptop connected to the cable modem then with the SG-1000 between them I get:

      http://ipv4.download.thinkbroadband.com/10MB.zip direct to cable modem
      File Size: 10 MB, Time: 6.6559 s, Speed: 12.02 Mbps
      File Size: 10 MB, Time: 6.9133 s, Speed: 11.57 Mbps
      File Size: 10 MB, Time: 7.5968 s, Speed: 10.53 Mbps
      File Size: 10 MB, Time: 7.7176 s, Speed: 10.37 Mbps
      
      http://ipv4.download.thinkbroadband.com/10MB.zip throught SG-1000
      File Size: 10 MB, Time: 32.3872 s, Speed: 2.47 Mbps
      File Size: 10 MB, Time: 29.7474 s, Speed: 2.69 Mbps
      File Size: 10 MB, Time: 33.5248 s, Speed: 2.39 Mbps
      File Size: 10 MB, Time: 20.5034 s, Speed: 3.90 Mbps
      

      Now I know my cable connect is not giving me the ~100Mbps that speedtest.net and fast.com report, but it remains to as why the SG-1000 throughput is bad?

      What else can I do to get to the bottom of this problem?

      Regards,

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      • Y
        yendor
        last edited by

        @jammcla with regards to: SG-1000 throughput issue did you ever get this fixed?

        Look like i maybe having the same issue.

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by stephenw10

          Are you able to get the full 100Mbps downloading that test file from thinkbroadband without the SG-1000 in line?

          You might try a different test file if not.

          You could also try speedtest command line client directly on the SG-1000:

          [2.4.5-DEVELOPMENT][root@1000.stevew.lan]/root: pkg install py27-speedtest-cli
          Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
          pfSense-core repository is up to date.
          Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
          pfSense repository is up to date.
          All repositories are up to date.
          The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
          
          New packages to be INSTALLED:
                  py27-speedtest-cli: 2.0.2 [pfSense]
          
          Number of packages to be installed: 1
          
          34 KiB to be downloaded.
          
          Proceed with this action? [y/N]: y
          [1/1] Fetching py27-speedtest-cli-2.0.2.txz: 100%   34 KiB  35.1kB/s    00:01    
          Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
          [1/1] Installing py27-speedtest-cli-2.0.2...
          [1/1] Extracting py27-speedtest-cli-2.0.2: 100%
          [2.4.5-DEVELOPMENT][root@1000.stevew.lan]/root: rehash
          [2.4.5-DEVELOPMENT][root@1000.stevew.lan]/root: speedtest-cli
          Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
          Testing from Plusnet (195.123.456.78)...
          Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
          Selecting best server based on ping...
          Hosted by Vodafone UK (London) [10.12 km]: 31.372 ms
          Testing download speed................................................................................
          Download: 71.02 Mbit/s
          Testing upload speed................................................................................................
          Upload: 18.46 Mbit/s
          
          

          Steve

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          • Y
            yendor @stephenw10
            last edited by

            @stephenw10 thanks for the reply I'll try the speedtest cli client, see my edit 2 for what I did try so far.

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            • Y
              yendor
              last edited by

              Running the sppedtest-cli gives me:

              [2.4.4-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root: pkg install py27-speedtest-cli
              Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
              pfSense-core repository is up to date.
              Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
              pfSense repository is up to date.
              All repositories are up to date.
              The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
              
              New packages to be INSTALLED:
                      py27-speedtest-cli: 2.0.2 [pfSense]
              
              Number of packages to be installed: 1
              
              34 KiB to be downloaded.
              
              Proceed with this action? [y/N]: y
              [1/1] Fetching py27-speedtest-cli-2.0.2.txz: 100%   34 KiB  35.1kB/s    00:01
              Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
              [1/1] Installing py27-speedtest-cli-2.0.2...
              [1/1] Extracting py27-speedtest-cli-2.0.2: 100%
              [2.4.4-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root: speedtest-cli
              Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
              Testing from Optus (***.***.***.***)...
              Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
              Selecting best server based on ping...
              Hosted by Telstra (Brisbane) [12.30 km]: 25.819 ms
              Testing download speed................................................................................
              Download: 53.24 Mbit/s
              Testing upload speed...............................................................................................
              .Upload: 1.90 Mbit/s
              [2.4.4-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root: speedtest-cli
              Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
              Testing from Optus (***.***.***.***)...
              Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
              Selecting best server based on ping...
              Hosted by Telstra (Brisbane) [12.30 km]: 23.191 ms
              Testing download speed................................................................................
              Download: 53.17 Mbit/s
              Testing upload speed...............................................................................................
              .Upload: 1.91 Mbit/s
              

              But the speed test web interface gives me 87.09 Mbps when run between the above test,

              will have a look to see if/how I can run the speedtest-cli on the windows laptop.

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              • Y
                yendor
                last edited by

                When running the speedtest-cli (in python) from the windows laptop everything looks fine, but I still get a slower throughput when downloading files i.e. http://ipv4.download.thinkbroadband.com/100MB.zip

                Laptop speedtest-cli results:
                SG-1000 Connection

                C:\>speedtest-cli
                Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
                Testing from Optus (114.77.175.53)...
                Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
                Selecting best server based on ping...
                Hosted by 'Yes' Optus (Brisbane) [12.30 km]: 13.505 ms
                Testing download speed................................................................................
                Download: 98.02 Mbit/s
                Testing upload speed......................................................................................................
                Upload: 1.82 Mbit/s
                
                C:\>speedtest-cli
                Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
                Testing from Optus (114.77.175.53)...
                Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
                Selecting best server based on ping...
                Hosted by Telstra (Brisbane) [12.30 km]: 13.838 ms
                Testing download speed................................................................................
                Download: 95.90 Mbit/s
                Testing upload speed......................................................................................................
                Upload: 1.19 Mbit/s
                
                C:\>speedtest-cli
                Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
                Testing from Optus (***.***.***.***)...
                Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
                Selecting best server based on ping...
                Hosted by Foxtel Broadband (Brisbane) [6.75 km]: 15.499 ms
                Testing download speed................................................................................
                Download: 85.33 Mbit/s
                Testing upload speed.....................................................................................................
                .Upload: 1.66 Mbit/s
                

                Direct Connection

                C:\>speedtest-cli
                Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
                Testing from Optus (***.***.***.***)...
                Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
                Selecting best server based on ping...
                Hosted by 'Yes' Optus (Brisbane) [6.75 km]: 14.246 ms
                Testing download speed................................................................................
                Download: 91.24 Mbit/s
                Testing upload speed......................................................................................................
                Upload: 2.06 Mbit/s
                
                C:\>speedtest-cli
                Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
                Testing from Optus (***.***.***.***)...
                Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
                Selecting best server based on ping...
                Hosted by 'Yes' Optus (Brisbane) [6.75 km]: 15.19 ms
                Testing download speed................................................................................
                Download: 80.20 Mbit/s
                Testing upload speed......................................................................................................
                Upload: 1.18 Mbit/s
                
                C:\>cd /
                
                C:\>speedtest-cli
                Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
                Testing from Optus (***.***.***.***)...
                Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
                Selecting best server based on ping...
                Hosted by 'Yes' Optus (Brisbane) [6.75 km]: 14.002 ms
                Testing download speed................................................................................
                Download: 80.74 Mbit/s
                Testing upload speed......................................................................................................
                Upload: 1.48 Mbit/s
                
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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  You might check to see it's some sort of flow control issue. The easiest way to test that is to put an unmanaged switch between the SG-1000 WAN and whatever it's connected to if you can.

                  Steve

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                  • Y
                    yendor
                    last edited by

                    Testing with a Netgear GS108 as an unmanaged switch

                    Running my ps script I get:

                    Laptop -> GS108 -> SG-1000 -> Cable Modem -> Internet

                    File Size: 10 MB, Time: 38.4099 s, Speed: 2.08 Mbps
                    File Size: 10 MB, Time: 32.3872 s, Speed: 2.47 Mbps
                    File Size: 10 MB, Time: 33.5068 s, Speed: 2.39 Mbps
                    

                    Laptop -> GS108 -> Cable Modem -> Internet

                    File Size: 10 MB, Time 6.8053 s, Speed: 11.76 Mbps
                    File Size: 10 MB, Time 6.4167 s, Speed: 12.47 Mbps
                    File Size: 10 MB, Time 7.2563 s, Speed: 11.02 Mbps
                    

                    Laptop->SG-1000->GS108> Cable Modem -> Internet

                    File Size: 10 MB, Time 34.9435 s, Speed: 2.29 Mbps
                    File Size: 10 MB, Time 36.5176 s, Speed: 2.19 Mbps
                    File Size: 10 MB, Time 29.9453 s, Speed: 2.67 Mbps
                    
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                    • Y
                      yendor
                      last edited by

                      and don't know if it helpful but under Status / Interfaces

                      WAN Interface (wan, cpsw0)

                      Status
                      up
                      DHCP
                      up     Relinquish Lease
                      // -------
                      removed ip info
                      // -------
                      MTU
                      1500
                      Media
                      1000baseT <full-duplex>
                      In/out packets
                      310481711/138808790 (421.37 GiB/9.09 GiB)
                      In/out packets (pass)
                      310481711/138808790 (421.37 GiB/9.09 GiB)
                      In/out packets (block)
                      19878/13625 (985 KiB/927 KiB)
                      In/out errors
                      0/0
                      Collisions
                      0
                      
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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        Hmm, that does seem to be an unusually high number of OUT packet blocked on WAN.

                        Do you see that number increase specifically when you run a test that is slow?

                        Do you see traffic blocked in the firewall log?

                        Are you running anything that might be blocking that like Snort or pfBlocker?

                        Steve

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                        • Y
                          yendor
                          last edited by yendor

                          I'm not running anything that I can think of that would be blocking traffic, I have defaulted the SG-1000 as part of trying to work this out so unless there something in there by default.

                          the blocked out packet don't move when doing a speed test.

                          looking at the logs I have a few noisy devices (another rabbit hole to chase down), but most of the traffic look like android devices phones, tablets, tv, etc...

                          what log does the out block go to? looking at /var/log/filter.log I only see block on the in?

                          any who, here's a dump from the gui, if it helps.

                          Action Time Interface Source Destination Protocol
                          Block Oct 1 16:10:10 LAN 192.168.1.7:51489 45.57.40.1:80 TCP:FA
                          Block Oct 1 16:13:55 LAN 192.168.1.163:42009 172.217.167.72:443 TCP:FPA
                          Block Oct 1 16:19:59 LAN 192.168.1.163:42703 172.217.167.78:443 TCP:PA
                          Block Oct 1 16:19:59 LAN 192.168.1.163:42703 172.217.167.78:443 TCP:FA
                          Block Oct 1 16:19:59 LAN 192.168.1.163:47920 68.68.111.42:443 TCP:FPA
                          Block Oct 1 16:19:59 LAN 192.168.1.163:42703 172.217.167.78:443 TCP:FA
                          Block Oct 1 16:20:00 LAN 192.168.1.163:42703 172.217.167.78:443 TCP:FPA
                          Block Oct 1 16:20:32 LAN 192.168.1.163:42703 172.217.167.78:443 TCP:FPA
                          Block Oct 1 16:21:15 LAN 192.168.1.163:42703 172.217.167.78:443 TCP:FPA
                          Block Oct 1 16:22:04 LAN 192.168.1.163:42703 172.217.167.78:443 TCP:FPA
                          Block Oct 1 16:22:56 LAN 192.168.1.167:11025 80.249.99.148:80 TCP:FA
                          Block Oct 1 16:22:56 LAN 192.168.1.167:11025 80.249.99.148:80 TCP:FA
                          Block Oct 1 16:22:58 LAN 192.168.1.167:11025 80.249.99.148:80 TCP:FA
                          Block Oct 1 16:23:00 LAN 192.168.1.167:11025 80.249.99.148:80 TCP:FA
                          Block Oct 1 16:23:06 LAN 192.168.1.167:11025 80.249.99.148:80 TCP:FA
                          Block Oct 1 16:23:16 LAN 192.168.1.167:11025 80.249.99.148:80 TCP:FA
                          Block Oct 1 16:23:38 LAN 192.168.1.167:11025 80.249.99.148:80 TCP:RA
                          Block Oct 1 16:27:50 LAN 192.168.1.163:42703 172.217.167.78:443 TCP:FPA
                          Block Oct 1 16:28:15 LAN 192.168.1.163:42703 172.217.167.78:443 TCP:FPA
                          Block Oct 1 16:28:36 LAN 192.168.1.163:38590 172.217.25.170:443 TCP:PA
                          Block Oct 1 16:28:36 LAN 192.168.1.163:38590 172.217.25.170:443 TCP:FA
                          Block Oct 1 16:28:36 LAN 192.168.1.163:38590 172.217.25.170:443 TCP:FA
                          Block Oct 1 16:28:37 LAN 192.168.1.163:38593 172.217.25.170:443 TCP:PA
                          Block Oct 1 16:28:37 LAN 192.168.1.163:38593 172.217.25.170:443 TCP:FA
                          Block Oct 1 16:28:37 LAN 192.168.1.163:38593 172.217.25.170:443 TCP:FA
                          Block Oct 1 16:28:37 LAN 192.168.1.163:38593 172.217.25.170:443 TCP:FPA
                          Block Oct 1 16:28:38 LAN 192.168.1.163:38593 172.217.25.170:443 TCP:FPA
                          Block Oct 1 16:28:38 LAN 192.168.1.163:38590 172.217.25.170:443 TCP:FPA
                          Block Oct 1 16:28:38 LAN 192.168.1.163:38593 172.217.25.170:443 TCP:FPA
                          Block Oct 1 16:28:40 LAN 192.168.1.163:38590 172.217.25.170:443 TCP:FPA
                          Block Oct 1 16:28:40 LAN 192.168.1.163:38593 172.217.25.170:443 TCP:FPA
                          Block Oct 1 16:28:44 LAN 192.168.1.163:38593 172.217.25.170:443 TCP:FPA
                          Block Oct 1 16:28:45 LAN 192.168.1.163:38590 172.217.25.170:443 TCP:FPA
                          Block Oct 1 16:28:52 LAN 192.168.1.163:38593 172.217.25.170:443 TCP:FPA
                          Block Oct 1 16:28:55 LAN 192.168.1.163:38590 172.217.25.170:443 TCP:FPA
                          Block Oct 1 16:29:06 LAN 192.168.1.163:42703 172.217.167.78:443 TCP:FPA
                          Block Oct 1 16:29:07 LAN 192.168.1.163:38593 172.217.25.170:443 TCP:FPA
                          Block Oct 1 16:29:15 LAN 192.168.1.163:38590 172.217.25.170:443 TCP:FPA
                          Block Oct 1 16:30:10 LAN 192.168.1.172:37268 198.142.191.76:443 TCP:FA
                          Block Oct 1 16:30:10 LAN 192.168.1.172:37268 198.142.191.76:443 TCP:FA
                          Block Oct 1 16:30:11 LAN 192.168.1.172:37268 198.142.191.76:443 TCP:FA
                          Block Oct 1 16:30:12 LAN 192.168.1.172:37268 198.142.191.76:443 TCP:FA
                          Block Oct 1 16:30:13 LAN 192.168.1.172:37268 198.142.191.76:443 TCP:FA
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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            It depends what exactly that is and what logging is enabled. The fact it's not showing as blocked in the firewall log by the default block rule implies it's either something that's blocked by the firewall and not logged or it's something that's blocked for some other reason like it's malformed packets.
                            The fact the number doesn't increase during the test implies it's probably not the cause there though.

                            Those blocks that are shown are all out of state TCP packets and they all have destination port 443/80. That is some client acknowledging the closed TCP session after the state has been closed. Not something that should ever cause a problem.

                            Try running at the command line when you are doing the test top -aSH. Hit q to stop during the test and you can copy-paste the output here. That should show if you're hitting CPU limitation somehow.

                            Steve

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                              yendor
                              last edited by

                              I don't see any limiting?

                              last pid:  1645;  load averages:  1.39,  2.81,  2.73 up 11:13:16  05:21:47
                              143 processes: 2 running, 111 sleeping, 8 zombie, 22 waiting
                              CPU:  7.0% user,  0.0% nice,  1.3% system, 33.4% interrupt, 58.2% idle
                              Mem: 22M Active, 96M Inact, 109M Wired, 25M Buf, 256M Free
                              Swap:
                              
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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                No, 52% idle looks fine. It would be good to see what is using the CPU though.

                                Steve

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                                • Y
                                  yendor
                                  last edited by

                                  the top -aSH table while running a test looks like:

                                  PID USERNAME PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE TIME WCPU COMMAND
                                  10 root 155 ki31 0K 8K RUN 108.5H 58.04% [idle]
                                  11 root -92 - 0K 176K WAIT 835:47 32.13% [intr{aintc0,41: cpswss0}]
                                  16636 root 40 0 7312K 3316K RUN 0:00 1.14% top -aSH
                                  42430 unbound 4 0 25860K 19020K kqread 2:59 0.89% /usr/local/sbin/unbound -c /var/unbound/unbound.conf
                                  34579 root -74 0 9612K 5100K bpf 6:19 0.84% /usr/local/bandwidthd/bandwidthd
                                  34606 root -74 0 9612K 4988K bpf 6:21 0.81% /usr/local/bandwidthd/bandwidthd
                                  33594 root -74 0 9612K 4988K bpf 6:18 0.80% /usr/local/bandwidthd/bandwidthd
                                  34645 root -74 0 9612K 4988K bpf 6:55 0.79% /usr/local/bandwidthd/bandwidthd
                                  33307 root -74 0 9612K 5100K bpf 6:17 0.78% /usr/local/bandwidthd/bandwidthd
                                  33845 root -74 0 9612K 4988K bpf 6:51 0.78% /usr/local/bandwidthd/bandwidthd
                                  34294 root -74 0 11660K 5904K bpf 6:20 0.78% /usr/local/bandwidthd/bandwidthd
                                  33258 root -74 0 11660K 5904K bpf 6:19 0.76% /usr/local/bandwidthd/bandwidthd
                                  11 root -60 - 0K 176K WAIT 56:17 0.74% [intr{swi4: clock (0)}]
                                  11 root -92 - 0K 176K WAIT 15:11 0.23% [intr{aintc0,42: cpswss0}]
                                  6 root -16 - 0K 8K pftm 13:01 0.15% [pf purge]
                                  11 root -88 - 0K 176K WAIT 3:16 0.09% [intr{aintc0,28: +}]
                                  5606 root 40 0 10900K 6220K select 0:00 0.09% sshd: root@pts/0 (sshd)
                                  55346 root 8 0 6600K 2036K nanslp 0:52 0.06% [dpinger{dpinger}]
                                  21670 dhcpd 40 0 10088K 5636K select 0:25 0.05% /usr/local/sbin/dhcpd -user dhcpd -group _dhcp -chroot /var/dhcpd -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid cpsw1
                                  27 root -16 - 0K 8K - 2:22 0.04% [schedcpu]
                                  7 root -16 - 0K 8K - 2:06 0.03% [rand_harvestq]
                                  25 root 16 - 0K 8K syncer 1:10 0.03% [syncer]
                                  42349 root 40 0 9296K 9324K select 6:23 0.03% /usr/local/sbin/ntpd -g -c /var/etc/ntpd.conf -p /var/run/ntpd.pid{ntpd}
                                  17 root -8 - 0K 8K mmcreq 0:31 0.03% [mmcsd0: mmc/sd card]
                                  13 root -8 - 0K 24K - 0:41 0.02% [geom{g_up}]
                                  55346 root 4 0 6600K 2036K sbwait 0:13 0.02% [dpinger{dpinger}]
                                  345 root 4 0 57004K 20176K kqread 1:02 0.02% php-fpm: master process (/usr/local/lib/php-fpm.conf) (php-fpm)
                                  23 root -16 - 0K 16K sdflus 0:40 0.01% [bufdaemon{/ worker}]
                                  15489 root -74 0 6216K 1968K bpf 1:24 0.01% /usr/local/sbin/filterlog -i pflog0 -p /var/run/filterlog.pid
                                  55346 root 8 0 6600K 2036K nanslp 0:08 0.01% [dpinger{dpinger}]
                                  13 root -8 - 0K 24K - 0:15 0.01% [geom{g_down}]
                                  20 root -16 - 0K 24K psleep 0:30 0.01% [pagedaemon{dom0}]
                                  14 root -68 - 0K 80K - 0:06 0.00% [usb{usbus0}]
                                  23 root -16 - 0K 16K psleep 0:11 0.00% [bufdaemon{bufdaemon}]
                                  26 root -4 - 0K 8K vlruwt 0:08 0.00% [vnlru]
                                  24 root -8 - 0K 8K - 0:07 0.00% [bufspacedaemon]
                                  14 root -68 - 0K 80K - 0:06 0.00% [usb{usbus1}]
                                  0 root 8 - 0K 56K - 0:01 0.00% [kernel{thread taskq}]
                                  11 root -72 - 0K 176K WAIT 1:39 0.00% [intr{swi1: netisr 0}]
                                  67923 root 40 0 5940K 2736K select 1:22 0.00% /usr/local/sbin/radvd -p /var/run/radvd.pid -C /var/etc/radvd.conf -m syslog
                                  18908 root 8 20 6500K 2316K wait 1:19 0.00% /bin/sh /var/db/rrd/updaterrd.sh
                                  9173 root 40 0 6068K 2144K select 0:46 0.00% /usr/sbin/syslogd -s -c -c -l /var/dhcpd/var/run/log -P /var/run/syslog.pid -f /etc/syslog.conf
                                  85600 root -52 r0 2312K 2332K nanslp 0:45 0.00% /usr/sbin/watchdogd -t 128
                                  71064 root 4 0 59316K 27136K accept 0:40 0.00% php-fpm: pool nginx (php-fpm){php-fpm}
                                  19538 root 4 0 59316K 26972K accept 0:37 0.00% php-fpm: pool nginx (php-fpm){php-fpm}
                                  40648 root 4 0 59184K 25892K accept 0:34 0.00% php-fpm: pool nginx (php-fpm)
                                  61446 root 4 0 22092K 6792K kqread 0:10 0.00% nginx: worker process (nginx)
                                  61439 root 4 0 22092K 7444K kqread 0:08 0.00% nginx: worker process (nginx)
                                  41794 root 8 0 6028K 2056K nanslp 0:06 0.00% /usr/sbin/cron -s
                                  0 root -16 - 0K 56K swapin 0:06 0.00% [kernel{swapper}]
                                  60 root -8 - 0K 8K mdwait 0:03 0.00% [md0]
                                  37825 root 8 0 5980K 1868K nanslp 0:02 0.00% /usr/libexec/getty al.Pc ttyv0
                                  13084 _dhcp 40 0 6104K 2116K select 0:02 0.00% dhclient: cpsw0 (dhclient)
                                  38434 root 8 0 6224K 2052K nanslp 0:02 0.00% /usr/local/libexec/sshg-blocker -s 3600{sshg-blocker}
                                  35129 root 40 0 6292K 2248K select 0:01 0.00% /usr/local/sbin/xinetd -syslog daemon -f /var/etc/xinetd.conf -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid
                                  10315 root 8 0 5864K 1648K nanslp 0:01 0.00% minicron: helper /usr/local/bin/ping_hosts.sh (minicron)
                                  400 root 40 0 6988K 3736K select 0:01 0.00% /sbin/devd -q -f /etc/pfSense-devd.conf
                                  55346 root 4 0 6600K 2036K accept 0:00 0.00% [dpinger{dpinger}]
                                  11 root -76 - 0K 176K WAIT 0:00 0.00% [intr{swi0: uart}]
                                  13 root -8 - 0K 24K - 0:00 0.00% [geom{g_event}]
                                  385 root 4 20 8024K 3604K kqread 0:00 0.00% /usr/local/sbin/check_reload_status
                                  9 root -16 - 0K 8K - 0:00 0.00% [soaiod2]
                                  15 root -16 - 0K 8K - 0:00 0.00% [soaiod3]
                                  16 root -16 - 0K 8K - 0:00 0.00% [soaiod4]
                                  8 root -16 - 0K 8K - 0:00 0.00% [soaiod1]
                                  1 root 8 0 4916K 752K wait 0:00 0.00% [init]
                                  14040 root 16 0 6820K 3088K pause 0:00 0.00% /bin/tcsh
                                  10949 root 8 0 5864K 1652K nanslp 0:00 0.00% minicron: helper /usr/local/sbin/fcgicli -f /etc/rc.expireaccounts (minicron)
                                  38037 root 8 0 6392K 2368K wait 0:00 0.00% login [pam] (login)
                                  39569 root 40 0 6500K 2308K ttyin 0:00 0.00% /bin/sh /etc/rc.initial
                                  6046 root 8 0 6500K 2308K wait 0:00 0.00% /bin/sh /etc/rc.initial
                                  5818 root 8 0 6500K 2392K wait 0:00 0.00% -sh (sh)
                                  39049 root 8 0 6500K 2396K wait 0:00 0.00% -sh (sh)
                                  59918 root 40 0 10848K 5760K select 0:00 0.00% /usr/sbin/sshd
                                  38420 root -8 0 11304K 4876K piperd 0:00 0.00% /usr/local/libexec/sshg-parser
                                  38270 root 8 0 6500K 2044K wait 0:00 0.00% /bin/sh /usr/local/sbin/sshguard
                                  22 root 155 ki31 0K 8K pgzero 0:00 0.00% [pagezero]
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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    Hmm, nothing much happening there besides the NIC interrupt load which is what you would expect. Definitely not CPU limited then. What sort of throughput were you seeing when that was shown?

                                    Steve

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                                      yendor
                                      last edited by

                                      Still had it on the screen

                                      File Size: 50 MB, Time: 118.0096 s, Speed: 3.39 Mbps
                                      
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                                        yendor
                                        last edited by

                                        Don't know if this would help, but I found a file with in my ISP network that gave me near top speed for testing.

                                        I now get only ~3% idle cpu and a ~27% reduction in throughput instead of a ~76% reduction when testing

                                        http://speedcheck.cdn.on.net/100meg.test direct to cable modem

                                        File Size: 100 MB, Time: 10.6448 s, Speed: 75.15 Mbps
                                        File Size: 100 MB, Time: 10.4513 s, Speed: 76.55 Mbps
                                        File Size: 100 MB, Time: 10.3895 s, Speed: 77.00 Mbps
                                        

                                        http://speedcheck.cdn.on.net/100meg.test throught SG-1000

                                        File Size: 100 MB, Time: 14.1694 s, Speed: 56.46 Mbps
                                        File Size: 100 MB, Time: 14.3546 s, Speed: 55.73 Mbps
                                        File Size: 100 MB, Time: 14.5417 s, Speed: 55.01 Mbps
                                        
                                        134 processes: 2 running, 110 sleeping, 22 waiting
                                        CPU: 11.9% user,  0.0% nice, 11.9% system, 73.5% interrupt,  2.7% idle
                                        Mem: 26M Active, 80M Inact, 109M Wired, 25M Buf, 268M Free
                                        Swap:
                                        
                                        PID USERNAME PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE TIME WCPU COMMAND
                                        11 root -92 - 0K 176K WAIT 843:37 71.11%
                                        10 root 155 ki31 0K 8K RUN 110.0H 3.66%
                                        53297 root -74 0 9612K 4460K bpf 0:00 1.68% /usr/local/bandwidthd/bandwidthd
                                        53284 root -74 0 9612K 4460K bpf 0:00 1.68% /usr/local/bandwidthd/bandwidthd
                                        53748 root -74 0 9612K 4460K bpf 0:00 1.67% /usr/local/bandwidthd/bandwidthd
                                        54507 root -74 0 9612K 4460K bpf 0:00 1.67% /usr/local/bandwidthd/bandwidthd
                                        54421 root -74 0 9612K 4460K bpf 0:00 1.66% /usr/local/bandwidthd/bandwidthd
                                        54133 root -74 0 9612K 4460K bpf 0:00 1.66% /usr/local/bandwidthd/bandwidthd
                                        53617 root -74 0 9612K 4460K bpf 0:00 1.65% /usr/local/bandwidthd/bandwidthd
                                        54145 root -74 0 9612K 4460K bpf 0:00 1.62% /usr/local/bandwidthd/bandwidthd
                                        9275 unbound 4 0 21764K 12948K kqread 0:02 1.19% /usr/local/sbin/unbound -c /var/unbound/unbound.conf
                                        72982 root 43 0 7312K 3172K RUN 0:00 1.12% top -aSH

                                        how much of throughput reduction would be expected when putting the SG-1000 inline?

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                                        • stephenw10S
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                          last edited by

                                          I have tested the SG-1000 to at lest 125Mbps so I would not expect any reduction on a 100Mb line. At least not limited by CPU.

                                          Steve

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                                            yendor @stephenw10
                                            last edited by

                                            Thank you @stephenw10, do you have any suggestions on what I can try next to figure out why I'm seeing a reduction in throughput?

                                            Do I need to capture traffic logs? I should be able to do that on the laptop.

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