PFsense Not Showing Speeds Paid For
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I am paying for speeds from my ISP for 150/100. If I plug my laptop in directly to the modem I am getting 145ish down and a tad over 100 up. Support said its the hardware. I love my PFSense box and dont want to give it up. I need help determining why my box is slowing down my speeds or what setting/config could be causing the slowness.
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So what speeds are you seeing? What hardware are you running?
Steve
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116-117/103 - Direct into the x5500e PFSense
Watchguard x5500e
HDD Mod
Full install 2.1.5
No limiters or QOS, the above speeds are when I am directly connected to the firewall. Directly into the modem i hit around 145 down. Up is fine for the moment, down is what I need to figure out. I do not want to give up PFSense.
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Curious. What do you get running the watchguard code?
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Keep in mind that the x550-e x750-e and x1250-e ports (0-3) are limited in speed by the fact that they are on a pci bus.
The x750-e and x1250-e came with the option for 4 additional ports (4 - 7) that are on a pci-e bus. If you can snag one of these you would be able to achieve your speeds.
The three platforms are identical so the optional board out of the latter two will fit the x550-e if you should find one…
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I am paying for speeds from my ISP for 150/100. If I plug my laptop in directly to the modem I am getting way under 150(116-117) down and a tad over 100 up.
Maybe I'm missing something. If you plug directly into the modem for a speed test, how is pfSense involved at all?
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Same question here…
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Read the bottom of his second post here.
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=85474.msg468957#msg468957
I believe he re-wrote his initial post and left out pertinent information.
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Keep in mind that the x550-e x750-e and x1250-e ports (0-3) are limited in speed by the fact that they are on a pci bus.
The x750-e and x1250-e came with the option for 4 additional ports (4 - 7) that are on a pci-e bus. If you can snag one of these you would be able to achieve your speeds.
The three platforms are identical so the optional board out of the latter two will fit the x550-e if you should find one…
As posted in response to steph I am using an x5500e, also have a x1250e available.
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What did I leave out?
Well now ya fixed it! :o
Try using the 1250 and use the latter 4 ports. You will want to make sure you add
Insert the following line into the file /boot/loader.conf.local. You will have to create that file if you've not already done so.
hw.msk.msi_disable=1 ```You can create the file and insert the code with the following commands:/etc/rc.conf_mount_rw echo 'hw.msk.msi_disable=1' >> /boot/loader.conf.local /etc/rc.conf_mount_ro
from
https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/PfSense_on_Watchguard_Firebox
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Here is a summary of the info
Paying for 150/100
Laptop to the modem directly = 145-147/98-101
Laptop directly to the PFSense Watchguard x5500e = 116-117/98-101
PFSense Version = 2.1.5
Media = HDD
No QOS or Limiters enabled
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Tried x1250e and same speeds as the x5500e, both are using the same HDD
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Theoretical you should be able to do a gigabit across the pci bus just fine.
What kind of use is the CPU showing?
I run 500+mbps across my subnets all the time on my x-e box. Im using all 8 ports at this time.
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Theoretical you should be able to do a gigabit across the pci bus just fine.
What kind of use is the CPU showing?
I run 500+mbps across my subnets all the time on my x-e box. Im using all 8 ports at this time.
Ill check now that the x1250e is up
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Theoretical you should be able to do a gigabit across the pci bus just fine.
What kind of use is the CPU showing?
I run 500+mbps across my subnets all the time on my x-e box. Im using all 8 ports at this time.
State table size
0.09% (173/201000)
Show states
MBUF Usage
8.52% (2182/25600)
Load average
{ 0.05 0.02 0.00 }
CPU usage
12%
Memory usage
12.11%
SWAP usage
0% of 2048 MB -
I apologize to all helping, I am working on hardware, while on the phone with support while trying to check the config. Im sorry if I have been mistyping my info. If you ask I shall get whatever is needed to figure this out. I dont believe support saying its my hardware, but could be. I love my PFSense so if I need to get better hardware i'm open to suggestions. Have not had any issues with the Watchguard x1250e or x5500e until this bandwidth upgrade.
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Yeah - I'd say get new hardware if you are committed to running pfsense.
Get some hardware that is current, common, tested and supported. -
Suggestions?
What about these?
https://www.pfsense.org/hardware/#pfsense-store
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FW-7551
Or equivalent hardware tested to be pfsense compatible.
If you go your own way you might end up spending time that is worth more than the cost of FW-7551.
Its a gamble to do your own thing.
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Pfsense 2.1.5 Mini ITX
or maybe
Dell pfsense Firewall Router 4-Port 3.00GHz Dual Core 4gb RAM 2x 250GB HDD
