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    Is there anyway I can improve PPPoE speed

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      Grapeape22
      last edited by Grapeape22

      I have 15mb dsl i feel like my pfsense hold it back

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      • GrimsonG
        Grimson Banned
        last edited by

        https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/hardware/tuning-and-troubleshooting-network-cards.html#pppoe-with-multi-queue-nics

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          If you have a 15Mbps WAN it's very unlikely your hardware is reducing that. Even an ALIX will run that easy.

          What speed are you seeing? How are you measuring? How does that compare with connecting to PPPoE directly.

          Steve

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            Grapeape22
            last edited by Grapeape22

            @stephenw10 said in Is there anyway I can improve PPPoE speed:

            If you have a 15Mbps WAN it's very unlikely your hardware is reducing that. Even an ALIX will run that easy.
            What speed are you seeing? How are you measuring? How does that compare with connecting to PPPoE directly.
            Steve

            use a lan cable plug into router on ap mode wifi trun off i did a speed test from isp website 10MB down load by useing my PC.

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Ok, well what is your pfSense hardware?

              What speed do you see if you connect the PPPoE directly to the client?

              Steve

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              • GrimsonG
                Grimson Banned @Grapeape22
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                @Grapeape22 said in Is there anyway I can improve PPPoE speed:

                10MB down load

                So are you talking about megabytes or megabits, there is a huge difference.

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                  Grapeape22 @Grimson
                  last edited by

                  @Grimson megabits

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                    Grapeape22 @stephenw10
                    last edited by Grapeape22

                    @stephenw10 TS140 (ThinkServer) with on broad Intel I217LM): and Intel pci PRO/1000 GT the processor Intel i3-4150 with 4gb ddr3 ram speed test i ran i got 10 MB

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      Anything should handle that with ease unless there is a bad configuration issue such as one of the NICs set to the wrong speed/duplex.

                      How is pfSense connected here? What is it running on?

                      You will need to connect directly to the PPPoE with a client to test the speed without pfSense in-line.

                      Steve

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                        Grapeape22
                        last edited by

                        WAN PPPoE default MTU
                        Lan port got to router in AP mode default MTU
                        PFsense NAT Reflection mode for port forwards setting is pure nat
                        Installed Packages Squild
                        UPnP & NAT-PMP Enable UPnP & NAT-PMP

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          But what hardware is pfSense running on? What CPU? How much RAM etc....

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                            Grapeape22
                            last edited by

                            processor Core i3-4150 CPU @ 3.50GHz
                            4 CPUs:
                            4gb ddr3 ram

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

                              Ok, well with that hardware I doubt you'd even notice the CPU usage at 10Mbps.

                              You need to test a direct connection first to see if you are actually losing anything.

                              Steve

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                                Grapeape22
                                last edited by

                                I prob has fix it self. I find out my phone wire is shorting out my isp fix replace the cable

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