SG-1100 Throughput Test
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Thank you for the fast feedback.
To further simplify the test setup I put the "Server" into the same vlan as the client. Since this was the same in both test it should not matter but anyway.
Now I have
- Server: is the same on both test - running iperf3 -s
- Cable Server -> Switch - is the same on both test
- Switch: 1GB - is the same on both test
- Cable Switch -> [Client | SG1100] - is the same on both tests
- SG1100 - Standard installation. no additional rules / nat /...
- Cable SG100 -> Client: Cat 6
- Client Command : iperf3 -c ip.address.server
Testsetup
Test 1 is: client -> gigabitswitch -> server
Test 2 is: client -> LANPORT sg1100 WANPORT - gigabitswitch - serverThe only difference I can see between the two test is the fact that in test 2 the sg1100 plus one cable is added to the flow between client and gigabit switch.
Test summary: The SG1100 "adds" 50MBits/sec to the result.
As i said. It is not that I am unhappy. I just would like to confirm that this is "expected" or if there are some additional tuning possible
Result test 1
Connecting to host "server ip", port 5201 [ 4] local "client-ip" port 40144 connected to "server-ip" port 5201 [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr Cwnd [ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 112 MBytes 935 Mbits/sec 0 409 KBytes [ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 111 MBytes 934 Mbits/sec 0 430 KBytes [ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 112 MBytes 939 Mbits/sec 0 604 KBytes [ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 111 MBytes 933 Mbits/sec 0 604 KBytes [ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 111 MBytes 932 Mbits/sec 37 428 KBytes [ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 108 MBytes 909 Mbits/sec 0 501 KBytes [ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 109 MBytes 915 Mbits/sec 37 387 KBytes [ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 111 MBytes 933 Mbits/sec 0 406 KBytes [ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 110 MBytes 927 Mbits/sec 0 426 KBytes [ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 110 MBytes 921 Mbits/sec 111 334 KBytes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 1.08 GBytes 928 Mbits/sec 185 sender [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 1.08 GBytes 925 Mbits/sec receiverResult test 2
Connecting to host "server-ip", port 5201 [ 4] local "client ip" port 37190 connected to "server-ip" port 5201 [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr Cwnd [ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 100 MBytes 840 Mbits/sec 25 549 KBytes [ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 105 MBytes 879 Mbits/sec 0 682 KBytes [ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 105 MBytes 878 Mbits/sec 0 789 KBytes [ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 105 MBytes 881 Mbits/sec 2 667 KBytes [ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 105 MBytes 882 Mbits/sec 0 776 KBytes [ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 105 MBytes 883 Mbits/sec 5 655 KBytes [ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 105 MBytes 883 Mbits/sec 0 766 KBytes [ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 105 MBytes 884 Mbits/sec 9 639 KBytes [ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 102 MBytes 860 Mbits/sec 0 752 KBytes [ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 105 MBytes 880 Mbits/sec 6 625 KBytes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 1.02 GBytes 875 Mbits/sec 47 sender [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 1.02 GBytes 872 Mbits/sec receiver -
Yeah.
The SG-1100 is designed with a single gigabit link to a switch chip. That switch chip breaks out to WAN, LAN, and OPT. Everyone wanted pfSense on an espresso.bin. This is how the espresso.bin is designed.
So it is essentially a router on a stick.
880Mbit/sec is pretty impressive in that context.
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@derelict thank you. It may look so but I really dont want to water down our wine. I am really impressed.
I should have said "only adds 50MBits/sec". This device will serve every internet connection you can normally buy for decent money in Germany.
I believe from a price value point this is excellent given the fact that the powerful pfSense capabilities are within this small little device
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I can't get more than 250 Mbps with a Vanilla install. Which version of pfSense are you running? Mine is 2.4.4
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@JInx-IT plain vanilla pfsense latest version that was installed out of the box. 2.4.4-p2
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You are correct. I have, however, heard that people running 2.3.* are getting gigabit speeds. I was wondering if it was a 2.4.* issue that was throttling me to around 250 Mpbs. If other people are getting Gigabit, or close, speeds in 2.4.*, I'd like to know what they are running and how it's configured. My gut says I have something misconfigured, but I don't have a clue what it would be. I was hoping I could compare between my setup and another person's who was getting at least closer to Gigabit speeds, with the same hardware.
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@JInx-IT and what are your results with 2.4.4-p2 and what is your test environment?
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Not sure what you're talking about since the SG-1100 was never supported by anything older than pfSense 2.4.4-p1.
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Maybe he is confusing the SG-1100, with the 1000?
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I've read posts from people claiming to be running an old Dell desktop with a couple of gigabit cards, running pfSense 2.3.*, getting in the high 990 Mbps. I can plug my laptop straight into the modem and get the same. High 990 Mbps, no problem. When I put the Netgate SG-1100 between my laptop and the modem, my speeds go down to 250 Mbps or lower.
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@JInx-IT you installed 2.3 on a sg -1100?
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@JInx-IT said in SG-1100 Throughput Test:
getting in the high 990 Mbps.
Nonsense - since not possible to get that on a gig interface... Do the math yourself..
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That's with no traffic shaping or anything. It's just the basic setup.
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Dude you have been show simple out of the box the SG-1100 doing high 800's if your only seeing 250ish you got something wrong with your testing method or your hardware in the path of your test.
You have yet to show your test method. Sorry but you aint going to see 990s on any gig interface. your going to be in the 940's as max..
Duplicate the testing that hbauer did above.
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I never said I am running 2.3.*, I'm running what came on it, which is 2.4.4-p2. My question was, and still is, how to achieve Gigabit speeds with an SG-1100, when it looks like the hardware itself can't support anything more than 250 Mbps. I'm hoping I'm wrong, so I'm here looking for proof that I'm configuring something incorrectly. Why can my laptop to the modem get Gigabit speeds, but a basic config in the SG-1100 maxes out at 250 Mbps? The answer, I feel, is in looking at the differences between my configuration, and somebody's who has the correct config in their SG-1100, and by correct config, I mean somebody who is getting Gigabit speeds.
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@JInx-IT I am just a netgate customer and I can confirm the results posted above. The hardware can do it without any changes to the standard config. I suggest to open another topic with more details about your modem. I suspect that there is a need for some changes.
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Dude out of the box it will do gig speeds... You have been shown this and confirmed by multiple people..
Benchmarks are listed here as well
https://www.netgate.com/blog/netgates-new-sg-1100-punches-way-above-its-weight.html -
The modem is setup the way we have had things setup for the last 4 years worth of using a pfSense router, which we traditionally ran off of a SuperMicro system. Pretty much all of our clients are running one, and they aren't going much past 200 Mbps. When we went up to over 400 Mbps, we noticed the router was bottlenecking the speeds, because bypassing the router and running a laptop straight to the modem produced the advertised speeds. The same is holding true with the SG-1100. Doing a speedtest from the router maxes out at 250 Mbps, but taking the router out, and plugging the laptop directly into the modem, the laptop gets Gigabit speeds. What we need, is a router we can suggest to our clients that will get Gigabit speeds. The issue is, it looks like we will have to use some cast off desktops to get that going, instead of using a professional hardware package. What I'm hoping for is that I'm missing something in the config settings that is impeding the throughput. I would love to offer this box as a Gigabit solution.
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@johnpoz So, are you saying that it's a defective SG-1100? Because, out of the box, it's not getting gig speeds. Not even close.
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@JInx-IT Do you have a change to try my setup with iperf connected to a switch? If this is better then you know its a configuration thing. if not open a ticket at netgate
