New to pfsense, gui is slow and constant 25% cpu load?
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Hey all,
I'm brand new to pfsense, but enjoying it so far… I've noticed that now that I'm all set up I'm getting a constant 25% cpu usage (AMD FT3 Kabini A4-5000 Quad-Core APU) and the web gui doesn't seem to be as snappy as in youtube setup videos I've watched...
I'm not sure if this is helpful, but I found this:
last pid: 17475; load averages: 1.16, 1.10, 1.09 up 0+18:38:57 16:56:22
178 processes: 6 running, 123 sleeping, 49 waitingMem: 145M Active, 404M Inact, 408M Wired, 618M Buf, 6391M Free
Swap: 16G Total, 16G FreePID USERNAME PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE C TIME WCPU COMMAND
11 root 155 ki31 0K 64K RUN 3 935:51 84.28% [idle{idle: cpu3}]
11 root 155 ki31 0K 64K CPU1 1 913:15 83.89% [idle{idle: cpu1}]
11 root 155 ki31 0K 64K CPU0 0 861:06 73.39% [idle{idle: cpu0}]
11 root 155 ki31 0K 64K RUN 2 593:02 58.79% [idle{idle: cpu2}]
64402 root 44 20 677M 350M bpf 2 5:19 9.47% /usr/local/bin/snort -R 49330 -D -q –supp
12 root -92 - 0K 784K WAIT 2 6:50 2.88% [intr{irq276: re0}]
5 root -16 - 0K 16K pftm 2 32:32 1.56% [pf purge]
78297 root 52 0 227M 44784K piperd 2 0:43 1.37% php-fpm: pool lighty (php-fpm)
12 root -92 - 0K 784K WAIT 1 1:00 0.88% [intr{irq257: igb0:que}]
12 root -92 - 0K 784K WAIT 3 3:35 0.78% [intr{irq259: igb0:que}]
12 root -92 - 0K 784K WAIT 2 1:08 0.78% [intr{irq258: igb0:que}]
12 root -92 - 0K 784K WAIT 0 1:01 0.49% [intr{irq256: igb0:que}]
79773 root 21 0 231M 50832K piperd 1 0:20 0.49% php-fpm: pool lighty (php-fpm)
22317 root 20 0 12456K 2180K select 1 7:29 0.00% /usr/local/sbin/apinger -c /var/etc/apinge
12 root -60 - 0K 784K WAIT 0 5:17 0.00% [intr{swi4: clock}]
15 root -16 - 0K 16K - 0 1:58 0.00% [rand_harvestq]
44277 root 20 0 14532K 2208K select 2 0:55 0.00% /usr/local/sbin/radvd -p /var/run/radvd.pi
52346 root 52 0 231M 48976K lockf 3 0:45 0.00% php-fpm: pool lighty (php-fpm){php-fpm} -
64402 root 44 20 677M 350M bpf 2 5:19 9.47% /usr/local/bin/snort -R 49330 -D -q –supp
12 root -92 - 0K 784K WAIT 2 6:50 2.88% [intr{irq276: re0}]Snort is notorious for CPU and RealTek is a horrible brand. I would start with disabling snort to see if that fixes the snappiness.
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Snort is notorious for CPU and RealTek is a horrible brand. I would start with disabling snort to see if that fixes the snappiness.
+1… regarding snort.
For what concerns Realtek, I do share but doubt it has visible impact, at least until there is a significant network load.
Although I try to deploy Intel whenever this is feasible, I still have some RealTek interfaces and don't face performance issues due to this, as far as I know ;) -
RealTek is hit and miss. Love it when it works, loath it when it doesn't.
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Everyone,
Thank you for your responses. I have completely removed Snort (uninstalled the package) to ensure that it's not being used. And I'm still showing a constant 25% load… note that the load is never reported as anything other than 25%, not sure if that helps anyone.
As for the NIC, I am just temporally using the onboard nic until another pcie x1 single intel nic arrives in a couple of days.
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Post your System Activity again. It'll tell you exactly what is using your CPU.