Network LAN Speed Limited
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Hello there!
I have had a pfSense build on a Dell R210 II with a Dell R519p Broadcom 5709 Quad port Gigabit PCIe NIC for the past year, and have been struggling to get above 100 Mbps of speed. For the last two weeks, I was able to get to 432 Mbps, but then as soon as 2.6.0 came out, it dropped down to sub 100 Mbps (doubt they are related from what I am seeing).
On my WAN (BCE03) I am seeing 1000base T,full-duplex, master. However on my LAN (BCE00) I am only getting 100baseTX, full-duplex. Since the reset I do not recall modifying many items at all (did have a power outage, which coincided with the drop). I have switched all ethernet cables out twice, changed WAN/LAN ports, but am still in the same cycle. I am not sure if it is related, but in the console, I run across a message stating "config_aqm unable to configure flowset", and am not sure what is best to proceed.
I am very new to this, and this is a hobby, but I am trying to learn more and get a better understanding when things do not work.
Thank you!
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That error is unlikely to be related.
When you swapped the WAN and LAN ports was it still the LAN that linked at 100M it did it follow the NIC?
What is LAN physically connected to?
It looks like there's a link negotiation issue there with whatever's on the other end.
Steve
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Thank you for the reply.
From what I have seen on multiple forums the two looked unrelated as well.
Regardless of which of the 4 NIC ports the LAN cable is connected to, or if it is connected to the R210 II native Ethernet ports, it throttles back to 100M on LAN.
The LAN is connected to a Unifi US-24-250W switch, which is running the latest firmware, and appears to be functioning correct otherwise.
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Try connecting it to something else locally just to be sure it can link at 1G.
Try putting a different switch in between.
Otherwise it looks like the Unifi switch port is set to negotiate to 100M or something in the link is missing a pair so it falls back to 100M.
Steve
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@stephenw10 I looked at the switch settings, and everything was set to auto negotiate, and tried the other steps above, and may have found the problem. I have a patch panel and this time I decided to look at the RJ-45 connector, and found two of the contacts in the coupler were actually damaged... I replaced the coupler with another coupler (sacrificed a device, but hopefully digi-key comes through quick), and that seems to have worked for now. I am at 1G on both WAN and LAN.
I feel a little ridiculous it was that simple, but learned a lot about the switch and pfSense troubleshooting.
Thank you for your help!
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Ah, nice. Yeah if you lose one wire or pair but still have two pairs a lot of NICs/switches will detect that and fall back to 100M. Which only needs two pairs.
Steve
