<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Iperf on Wan poor performance]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Hi everyone!</p>
<p dir="auto">I installed Iperf on pfsense and I ran a test through one device from the LAN to the Firewall and another test through one device from the WAN to the firewall.</p>
<p dir="auto">The results from the LAN are correct, I get around 900Mbit/s.<br />
The results form the WAN are very poor, I get around 47Mbit/s.</p>
<p dir="auto">On the Firewall side there's a symmetric 600Mbit/s fiber line.<br />
On the WAN device side there's a symmetric 300Mbit/s fiber line.<br />
The hardware running pfsense is a Super Micro XG-1537.<br />
The CPU load is only 1%.<br />
I ran a speed test via py37-speedtest-cli from the Firewall and I got around 585Mbit/s symmetrically.</p>
<p dir="auto">Do you have any idea why this is happening?</p>
<p dir="auto">Any help will be very appreciated.</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.netgate.com/topic/157594/iperf-on-wan-poor-performance</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:58:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://forum.netgate.com/topic/157594.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2020 09:03:41 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Iperf on Wan poor performance on Wed, 14 Oct 2020 11:32:09 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">you should test from one device on the wan to one device to the Lan (and vice versa) and not to pfSense.<br />
pfSense is a firewall/route and not optimized to work as a client</p>
<p dir="auto">system/advanced/networking<br />
Disable hardware checksum offload<br />
Disable hardware TCP segmentation offload<br />
Disable Hardware Large Receive Offloading<br />
reboot and try again</p>
<p dir="auto">any additional package like ntopng / darkstat / suricata / snort ?</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.netgate.com/post/940195</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.netgate.com/post/940195</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[kiokoman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2020 11:32:09 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>