Uploads stalling
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Hi. I'm Tiny, new to the forums and seem to be experiencing a problem noone, or few others, has.
I have a fresh installation of pfSense 2.2.4-RELEASE (i386) running in a libvirt VM and bridged network-interfaces to allow access to both internal lan and external wan (each is physical nic, no vlan-magic). Most things run well. Downloads and uploads are in very high speeds, until I try to upload something bigger than 2mb per connection. Download is no problem at all, speedtest shows some of the highest speeds I've tested from this location. The upload-test doesn't even connect. I can browse the web just fine and download anything without a problem. But any upload above 2mb stalls.
Nothing except an out-of-the-box pfSense installation is on the machine.
Best regards
TinyEdit:
Additional information: Moving large files from the VM itself is no problem. -
i386 is a dead-end so you should be using amd64 if possible.
pfSense out of the box has no problems with speedtest.net that I've ever seen. I run virtual but under VMware ESXi. Do you have any extra packages installed? Some kind of funky network topology?
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Unfortunately I messed up when installing my main server last time and it is running i386. I'm stuck on that until I can get some new hardware and be able to do a migration.
I have only installed freeradius3, though I haven't configured it and it shouldn't affect network speeds and connectivity.
I have a bit of a funky network topology, though nothing really spectacular:
I have 10/10 from my ISP limited by IP so I have set up a second router to let my servers go through so I game play my games and whatnot undisturbed. Most devices on my LAN have a static configuration and then I have a DHCP with small pool for guests and temporary devices.
Any ideas? Id be willing to sacrifice a small computer to the elders of the internet if it helps?
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As a test, bypass the switch and other routers, and just connect your pfSense to WAN and LAN directly, then try your test again. Rule out the easy stuff first.
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No change.
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Must be something about libvert or its virtual NIC. pfSense has no problems with speedtest.
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Ok
I'll try to remember this thread for when I've installed 64-bit and know if there's a difference
Thanks for the help :)
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I run pfSense 2.2.4 under VMware ESXi 6.0. I just did a quick test and got 94 Mbps down and 78 Mbps up on my 100/100 link.
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Hello again
I just installed 32-bit pfSense on a physical machine and as expected it ran just fine.
Someday I might revisit this issue and see if I can find a working libvirt configuration, but for now this works.