Running Pfsense on a Lenovo business pc these are the specs
Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU E6550 @ 2.33GHz
2 CPUs: 1 package(s) x 2 core(s)
FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p19
Private internet access VPN changing location does not fix the problem
The above stays the same
Old setup that was working
The above pc and pfsense
60Mbs Shaw modem Bridged
getting speeds when testing on testmy.net 60 - 50 Mbs download speed and 5-4 Mbs upload speed.
New setup not working
The above pc and pfsense
75Mbs Hitron Shaw modem not Bridged
getting speeds when testing on testmy.net 25 - 8 Mbis download speed and 4-1 Mbs upload speed. Changing VPN location does not help, removing VPN does not help.
- Testing setup with direct connection to modem pfsense removed getting full speeds
- Testing setup with Asus RTN53 connected to modem then PC connected to the Asus getting full speeds
What do I have to do to the pfsense to get full speeds back.
Thanks
Have a day
The fix for this problem maybe this
The Dhcp4 address the modem is giving me is 192.168.0.13/24
I think there is a setting in pfsense that blocks these types of address.
What address should I try to put on the Hitron in order to stop this from happening.
Update
Was able to have the Hitron modem bridged and now I have a public ip address
Shaw upgraded me to 150Mbs so they could bridge the modem, cuz they could not bridge 75Mbs
Still have the problem of slow internet
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More update
Moving the vpn around gives me different speeds, found the one with the best speed. Made this other chance to pfsense clicked on VPN then IPsec then Advance settings check boxed Enable MSS clamping on VPN traffic and set it to 1200.
Now getting speeds from 50Mbs to 75Mbs. way better, but not getting close to 150Mbs.
While using the VPN is this about the best I can get?
One thing you can check is the CPU usage. Go to diagnostics>system activity then run your speed test (I’d download some large file from a fast server rather than using a speed test tool). If one of your cores is maxing out while you’re not getting the speed you’re expecting then the hardware isn’t fast enough, if not then it’s most likely the VPN server which can’t provide the speed.
Did a steam game download
16.7 GB Total size
Low Download speeds of 5MB/s for only 30 at start CPU usage 4 -6 %
95% Download speeds of 18 - 20 MB/s CPU usage of 38 - 48%
Max Download speeds of 20.8 MB/s CPU usage of 48 - 50%
This is being download to a Hard drive.
Old speeds before upgrade where 5 - 9 MB/s on the 60 Mbs modem.
Happy with that kind of download speed upgrade.
Will have to see if downloading to the SSD would make a difference.
Should I be expecting more speed then this?
What do you get without the VPN? My guess is this is just the VPN slowing you down.
How do you shut down the vpn, so you can just have an on off?
The VPN is on the pfsense box.
in the VPN config there’s a disable option, that’s probably the easiest way
Game Download no VPN
Game size 1.6 GB
Peak speed was 21.2 MB/s CPU usage was 16%
Looks like 20 MB/s is the best I can get from steam
Speed test went up to 140 Mbps.
Looks like it is just the VPN slowing it down.
Thanks again for the help.
Looks like the bridging was the major problem.
Before the bridging the biggest problem was the ping, it was between 100 - 150.
Ping is in the 9 - 30 ms right now.
Should I keep this on in pfsense
Enable MSS clamping on VPN traffic and set it to 1200
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