Re: [pfSense Support] Thruput

2007-06-29 Thread Chris Buechler
On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 12:40 -0500, Ronald L. Rosson Jr. wrote: > > Just recalled something while reading thru iperf's (http:// > dast.nlanr.net/Projects/Iperf/) web page, and that is I forgot to > mention that this system (pfsense) has traffic shaping enabled. > > Not sure if that is being tri

Re: [pfSense Support] Thruput

2007-06-29 Thread Ronald L. Rosson Jr.
On Jun 29, 2007, at 1:14 PM, Ronald L. Rosson Jr. wrote: On Jun 29, 2007, at 11:54 AM, Chris Buechler wrote: Now there could be an actual performance problem, but the speed of backup software is useless in determining whether that's the case. Like I suggested, try iperf or netperf between

Re: [pfSense Support] Thruput

2007-06-29 Thread Ronald L. Rosson Jr.
On Jun 29, 2007, at 11:54 AM, Chris Buechler wrote: Now there could be an actual performance problem, but the speed of backup software is useless in determining whether that's the case. Like I suggested, try iperf or netperf between VLAN's and see what you get. If you're only getting like

Re: [pfSense Support] Thruput

2007-06-29 Thread Ronald L. Rosson Jr.
On Jun 29, 2007, at 12:26 PM, Ronald L. Rosson Jr. wrote: On Jun 29, 2007, at 11:54 AM, Chris Buechler wrote: Now there could be an actual performance problem, but the speed of backup software is useless in determining whether that's the case. Like I suggested, try iperf or netperf betwee

Re: [pfSense Support] Thruput

2007-06-29 Thread Ronald L. Rosson Jr.
On Jun 29, 2007, at 11:54 AM, Chris Buechler wrote: Now there could be an actual performance problem, but the speed of backup software is useless in determining whether that's the case. Like I suggested, try iperf or netperf between VLAN's and see what you get. If you're only getting like

Re: [pfSense Support] Thruput

2007-06-29 Thread Chris Buechler
RB wrote: I, on the other hand, am still interested in how things work without the pfSense box in-between. I'm more interested in how a good network performance measurement looks. Backup software performance is extremely complex, there are numerous potential bottlenecks. Processor, RAM, dis

Re: [pfSense Support] Thruput

2007-06-29 Thread RB
On 6/29/07, Chris Buechler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It sounds like you had a problem to begin with and just made it worse by adding latency (though very minimal). Your original "200 MB/min" is only 25 Mbps when on the same VLAN, which is pathetic. Regardless of higher-level bottlenecks, the c

Re: [pfSense Support] Thruput

2007-06-29 Thread Ronald L. Rosson Jr.
On Jun 29, 2007, at 10:40 AM, Chris Buechler wrote: Ronald L. Rosson Jr. wrote: The backup thru-put when the devices where in the same VLAN were roughly 200/MB/min. With the current configuration the thru-put has dropped to 21MB/min. It sounds like you had a problem to begin with and just

Re: [pfSense Support] Thruput

2007-06-29 Thread Chris Buechler
Ronald L. Rosson Jr. wrote: The backup thru-put when the devices where in the same VLAN were roughly 200/MB/min. With the current configuration the thru-put has dropped to 21MB/min. It sounds like you had a problem to begin with and just made it worse by adding latency (though very minimal).

Re: [pfSense Support] Thruput

2007-06-29 Thread Ronald L. Rosson Jr.
low. It seems the switch is the problem? Can you detail its brand. From: Ronald L. Rosson Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: sexta-feira, 29 de junho de 2007 10:37 To: support@pfsense.com Subject: [pfSense Support] Thruput I have a pfsense box running 1-2-BETA-1 (built 5/26/2007 @ 16:27

RE: [pfSense Support] Thruput

2007-06-29 Thread Pedro Paulo Oliveira Jr
Your throughput is very low. It seems the switch is the problem? Can you detail its brand. From: Ronald L. Rosson Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: sexta-feira, 29 de junho de 2007 10:37 To: support@pfsense.com Subject: [pfSense Support] Thruput I have a pfsense box running 1-2

[pfSense Support] Thruput

2007-06-29 Thread Ronald L. Rosson Jr.
I have a pfsense box running 1-2-BETA-1 (built 5/26/2007 @ 16:27:46 EDT) with the following CPU/Memory combination (from dmesg): CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz (3000.13-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0xf65 Stepping = 5 Features=0xbfebfbff,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLU