Slow download/upload speeds behind Firebox/Pfsense
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Hello all, setup a Watchguard Firebox X550e with an upgraded Celeron M processor 1300MHz and 2gb of memory. Currently im sitting at Pfsense 2.2.4-RELEASE (i386) and it appears to be doing the job. My network looks like this: 1Gbps line from ISP to a gigabit switch (ISP needs this switch in place to get tv to work) > Pfsense firewall > Dlink router > Gigabit Switch> computers. When i do a fetch on a file from the pfsense box i get like 600kBps and when i do a speedtest connected to the pfsense im getting just about 350mbps. If i connect one machine directly into the ISP's switch and do a speedtest, I get 985mbps which is close to what i pay for. I have made sure:
I have no packages/addons installed that would slow my bandwidth.
I have no traffic shapers or limiters.
I tried changing mtu to no avail on the WAN interface.
I also checked that speed/duplex is set to default and also tried changing it to 1000baseT which no change.
Also swapped cables, and even tried changing WAN port to a different physical port to no avail.Any ideas? I would love to continue to use the firewall..but losing 2/3 of my bandwidth is pretty bad. Let me know if you need any more information.
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You show the DLink in line, have you tried removing that?
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Yep, wired my desktop straight to the interface on the firebox same issues. Also tried replacing the ISP's switch with another one to see if that was the culprit but nope.
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http://www.watchguard.com/products/core-e/compare.asp?p1=x550e&p2=x750e&p3=x1250e
From the page:
Performance
Firewall Throughput 390 Mbps -
Ah dang, yep didnt catch that…...thanks for pointing it out!
