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      charles.regan
      last edited by

      Hi,
      I've installed pfsense latest version from the frontpage on a wrap board with 3 nic.
      I doing dual wan with loadbalancer.

      Everything is working except that the CPU goest to 80-100% very ofter causing very high pings.
      Top is telling me that it's the php process eating all myCPU.

      I tried device polling and it's the same thing.

      Is anyone experiencing this ? What's the fix?
      Thanks
      Charles.

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        aldo
        last edited by

        how much load is on this box
        average traffic flow.

        we have seen a decrease in cpu and ram on 6.2 over 6.1
        on wrap boards

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          charles.regan
          last edited by

          when testing I was the only one connected.

          where's 6.2 ?

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            sullrich
            last edited by

            @charles.regan:

            where's 6.2 ?

            http://snapshots.pfsense.com/FreeBSD6/RELENG_1/

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            • valnarV
              valnar
              last edited by

              I just tried uploading that firmware upgrade to my WRAP board and it said

              "The following input errors were detected:

              The uploaded image file is not for this platform (embedded). "

              I am currently running the 12-23-2006 snapshot.  It rejected the 1-22-2007 firmware.

              Robert

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                hoba
                last edited by

                You need to reflash for the embedded images.

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                • valnarV
                  valnar
                  last edited by

                  Sorry… coming from a m0n0wall world....  But why is the option there?

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                    sullrich
                    last edited by

                    @valnar:

                    Sorry… coming from a m0n0wall world....  But why is the option there?

                    The option is there for full updates.  Our target is larger hardware.

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                      SatireWolf
                      last edited by

                      I used to run on the wrap platform, but I've since graduated to VIA C7 1.5 GHz hardware. Not much more power draw, and you get A LOT more performance. The wraps really are only useful for low user no QoS or only shaping on a 4mbit or lower line.

                      You add a torrent or anything to load the wrap and it will lag like crazy.

                      It just doesn't have enough umph. It's hardly a 586 class processor in those things and the memory bandwidth is minimal. You're lucky to get 1 connection 20-30 MB/s on one with no shaping.

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                      • valnarV
                        valnar
                        last edited by

                        Which VIA C7 mobo did you buy that has two NIC's?  Is there a particular case you recommend?  I would be looking for something small and quiet sort of like the typical WRAP cases out there.  www.mini-itx.com is no help because its soo big.

                        Thanks,
                        Robert

                        @SatireWolf:

                        I used to run on the wrap platform, but I've since graduated to VIA C7 1.5 GHz hardware. Not much more power draw, and you get A LOT more performance. The wraps really are only useful for low user no QoS or only shaping on a 4mbit or lower line.

                        You add a torrent or anything to load the wrap and it will lag like crazy.

                        It just doesn't have enough umph. It's hardly a 586 class processor in those things and the memory bandwidth is minimal. You're lucky to get 1 connection 20-30 MB/s on one with no shaping.

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                          hoba
                          last edited by

                          Have a look at http://pfsense.com/index.php?id=40
                          Some of them sell small form factor low power units like:
                          http://shopping.hacom.net/catalog/index.php?cPath=22
                          http://linitx.com/index.php?cPath=4

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                            SatireWolf
                            last edited by

                            My rigs are as follows:

                            Phylon 7F2WE-1G5 Mini-ITX Mainboard (Although the 1.2 Ghz can be had without a fan)
                            http://www.logicsupply.com/index.php/cPath/78_93
                            Phylon 3x 1Gb LAN module AD3RTLANG
                            http://www.logicsupply.com/index.php/cPath/78_72

                            1GB of Kingston DDR2-533

                            1GB Kingston 50x Elite Pro Compact Flash

                            Casetronic C159 Rackmount Mini-ITX Case ATX
                            or
                            Casetronic C137 Mini-ITX Case - Black - 120W

                            and the appropriate compact flash to ide adapter that fits each case.

                            Either allow you have a compact flash card front accessible on the system.

                            I've got this running with the latest December snapshot beautifully, up since before new years with 100 clients, and a 10 MB connection. 1GB routing between the DMZ and LAN.

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                              charles.regan
                              last edited by

                              Look likes I bought this and it won't do what I want.
                              I bought this because everyone was saying it was able to pull 30mbits.

                              I only have 2x 2mbits connections and I wanted to loadbalance.
                              Nothing else.

                              Can I remove stuff manually to make it faster ?

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                                hoba
                                last edited by

                                You shouldn't have issues with these speeds on a wrap. What additional services do you run? Something must be causing this unnormal load. Any chance that you run captive portal on it?

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                                  charles.regan
                                  last edited by

                                  No, captive portal is off.

                                  I'll try 6.2 and let you know.

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                                    SatireWolf
                                    last edited by

                                    What revision of wrap board and how much memory does it have? Some of the older 64mb wraps have irq sharing problems (ie all the chips are on the same irq).

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                                      hoba
                                      last edited by

                                      And those are not supported anyway as they only have 64 mb RAM.

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