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    Is there a problem of slow access interfaces with Broadcom (bce)?

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      gondim
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      Access to the pfsense 2.0rc2 server using a network interface Broadcom (bce) is very, very slow and occurs whenever a 503 error in the browser.
      Is there any problem with the driver bce - Broadcom NetXtreme II (BCM5706/5708/5709/5716) in pfsense 2.0RC2?

      Best regards,

      Gondim

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        Gloom
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        No problems on my boxes with that driver but if you are on the 64bit build do a netstat -m and check the following line

        0/0/0 requests for mbufs denied (mbufs/clusters/mbuf+clusters)

        If they are NOT zero then increase the value of kern.ipc.nmbclusters. I tend to have it set to 4 times the default value but I'm running full internet routing tables.

        Never underestimate the power of human stupidity

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          gondim
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          @Gloom:

          No problems on my boxes with that driver but if you are on the 64bit build do a netstat -m and check the following line

          0/0/0 requests for mbufs denied (mbufs/clusters/mbuf+clusters)

          If they are NOT zero then increase the value of kern.ipc.nmbclusters. I tend to have it set to 4 times the default value but I'm running full internet routing tables.

          Hi,

          I looked at these parameters and were cleared. It may be something related to the link aggregation?

          Best regards,

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