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    ESXi 5.5 packet loss

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    • johnpozJ
      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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      no not how many drops how many TOTAL packets – ie the ones your not dropping.  See my screen shot.

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        arozanov
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        @johnpoz:

        no not how many drops how many TOTAL packets – ie the ones your not dropping.  See my screen shot.

        Ah, ok.

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          Halvsvenskeren
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          Try to see if E1000 network adapter works better for comparison.

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          • johnpozJ
            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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            So your seeing a LOT of packets!!!  Yeah I think adjusting the ring value or ring 2 value might be in order.. But sorry not sure how to do that in freebsd or pfsense.. linux normally just a simple ethtool -G

            With intel something with sysctl hw.em.rxd= but not sue with using the vmx3??

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              arozanov
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              @johnpoz:

              So your seeing a LOT of packets!!!  Yeah I think adjusting the ring value or ring 2 value might be in order.. But sorry not sure how to do that in freebsd or pfsense.. linux normally just a simple ethtool -G

              With intel something with sysctl hw.em.rxd= but not sue with using the vmx3??

              Yes, same problem for me. Not sure, can i write just something like hw.vmx.rxd=4096? And which parameter for ring value, and which one for ring 2?…..

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                arozanov
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                @Halvsvenskeren:

                Try to see if E1000 network adapter works better for comparison.

                Its a little problematic for me. But can be done, if needed. I thought, it will be the same problem.

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                  Halvsvenskeren
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                  We saw much better performance from the E1000 than VMXnet2 and 3.

                  Try it and report back.

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                    arozanov
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                    @Halvsvenskeren:

                    We saw much better performance from the E1000 than VMXnet2 and 3.

                    Try it and report back.

                    Ok, will try later today and will report back.

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                      arozanov
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                      So, the problem was with receiving buffers. According with https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=vmx&sektion=4  i increased buffers of vmx adapters and problem is gone (em works well too, with tuned buffers). After, jumbo frames was overloaded, so i increased this parameter too.
                      The same with receiving buffers on windows clients, but this is another story…

                      Thanks, guys! :)

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                        anzak84
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                        Which commands were executed on pfsense?
                        System: Advanced: System Tunables
                        hw.em.txd value
                        hw.em.rxd value
                        right?

                        System 2 Nics  Wan -em1000 and Lan -em1000

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