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Hardware and Performance / Re: 10G only in one direction, other direction 0?

« on: May 19, 2023, 09:33:12 pm »

Try over IPv6 perhaps? It automagically does PMTUD

I will try this.

Meanwhile I found the highest possible MTU value with 4078. Giving me results about 5Gbits in both directions

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[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  6.00 GBytes  5.15 Gbits/sec  3562             sender
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  6.00 GBytes  5.15 Gbits/sec                  receiver

[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  6.54 GBytes  5.62 Gbits/sec    0             sender
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  6.54 GBytes  5.62 Gbits/sec                  receiver

one direction still with a lot of retransmission.
A bit awkward because DEC740 should be able to handle MTU 9000 with easy regarding to this article:
https://wiki.junicast.de/en/junicast/review/opnsense_dec740

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Hardware and Performance / Re: 10G only in one direction, other direction 0?

« on: May 19, 2023, 08:37:58 pm »

When I said 4K, I actually meant slightly less than 4096 Bytes, IIRC it was 4082 here.

Results like yours actually shout "too big". You should try pinging with different packet sizes to find your actual limit if you absolutely must. But as I said, it is probably not worth the effort anyways.

Excuse the delay. I switched to 4082 now and tested again. But same problems. One direction works, the other not:

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[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  6.18 GBytes  5.30 Gbits/sec  2870             sender
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  6.17 GBytes  5.30 Gbits/sec                  receiver

[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec   264 KBytes   216 Kbits/sec    5             sender
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  0.00 Bytes  0.00 bits/sec                  receiver

When I ping with different packet sizes there is no issue at all.
I have absolutely no idea how to troubleshoot this...

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Hardware and Performance / Re: What Tunables to set for DEC740 - low performance

« on: May 19, 2023, 08:22:57 pm »

Try to read thru this thread

https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=18754.0

It may help you.

Regards,
S.

Thanks for linking this thread. I read it till end and set the recommended tunables. But sadly this did not help at all.
Also the recommendations are focused on VM not bare-metal OPNsense like I have with the DEV740....
Anything else I can try?

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Hardware and Performance / What Tunables to set for DEC740 - low performance

« on: May 15, 2023, 10:23:49 pm »

Hello

I have very bad performance running iperf3 to my DEC740 or via the DEC740.
I achieve only about 700 Mbit and also have a ton of retransmissions:

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ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec   835 MBytes   700 Mbits/sec  45900             sender
What tuneables should I set for my DEC740?
Hardware offloading in Interface settings are all disabled.

Thanks!

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Hardware and Performance / Re: 10G only in one direction, other direction 0?

« on: May 14, 2023, 09:38:13 am »

Thanks for this hint. I set MTU to 4k but results are still not pretty well:

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root@Host:~# iperf3 -c 10.10.20.1 --bidir
Connecting to host 10.10.20.1, port 5201
[  5] local 10.10.20.10 port 52932 connected to 10.10.20.1 port 5201
[  7] local 10.10.20.10 port 52944 connected to 10.10.20.1 port 5201
[ ID][Role] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr  Cwnd
[  5][TX-C]   0.00-1.00   sec   188 MBytes  1.58 Gbits/sec    0    301 KBytes       
[  7][RX-C]   0.00-1.00   sec   487 MBytes  4.08 Gbits/sec                 
[  5][TX-C]   1.00-2.00   sec  82.5 MBytes   692 Mbits/sec    0    293 KBytes       
[  7][RX-C]   1.00-2.00   sec   709 MBytes  5.95 Gbits/sec                 
[  5][TX-C]   2.00-3.00   sec   122 MBytes  1.03 Gbits/sec    0    254 KBytes       
[  7][RX-C]   2.00-3.00   sec   602 MBytes  5.05 Gbits/sec                 
[  5][TX-C]   3.00-4.00   sec   151 MBytes  1.27 Gbits/sec    0    270 KBytes       
[  7][RX-C]   3.00-4.00   sec   584 MBytes  4.90 Gbits/sec                 
[  5][TX-C]   4.00-5.00   sec   145 MBytes  1.22 Gbits/sec    0    285 KBytes       
[  7][RX-C]   4.00-5.00   sec   602 MBytes  5.05 Gbits/sec                 
[  5][TX-C]   5.00-6.00   sec   121 MBytes  1.01 Gbits/sec    0    278 KBytes       
[  7][RX-C]   5.00-6.00   sec   658 MBytes  5.52 Gbits/sec                 
[  5][TX-C]   6.00-7.00   sec   144 MBytes  1.21 Gbits/sec    0    270 KBytes       
[  7][RX-C]   6.00-7.00   sec   592 MBytes  4.97 Gbits/sec                 
[  5][TX-C]   7.00-8.00   sec   150 MBytes  1.25 Gbits/sec    0    316 KBytes       
[  7][RX-C]   7.00-8.00   sec   607 MBytes  5.09 Gbits/sec                 
[  5][TX-C]   8.00-9.00   sec   129 MBytes  1.09 Gbits/sec    0    293 KBytes       
[  7][RX-C]   8.00-9.00   sec   616 MBytes  5.17 Gbits/sec                 
[  5][TX-C]   9.00-10.00  sec   108 MBytes   908 Mbits/sec    0    320 KBytes       
[  7][RX-C]   9.00-10.00  sec   635 MBytes  5.32 Gbits/sec                 
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID][Role] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5][TX-C]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.31 GBytes  1.13 Gbits/sec    0             sender
[  5][TX-C]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.31 GBytes  1.12 Gbits/sec                  receiver
[  7][RX-C]   0.00-10.00  sec  5.95 GBytes  5.11 Gbits/sec   43             sender
[  7][RX-C]   0.00-10.00  sec  5.95 GBytes  5.11 Gbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.
I guess there is something else missing in my OPNsense settings......

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Hardware and Performance / 10G only in one direction, other direction 0?

« on: May 13, 2023, 09:21:10 pm »

Hello together

I am running a DEC740 and went to 10G via fiber for my internal network.
Running with MTU 1500 I get about 1.4 Gbit in both directions between my OPNsense and my Server.
Running with MTU 9000 I get almost 10 Gbit but only in one direction? On the other direction I get 0 Mbit.

Here are my iperf results.
First is my server as iperf host and second is my OPNsense as iperf host

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root@Host:~# iperf3 -s
-----------------------------------------------------------
Server listening on 5201 (test #1)
-----------------------------------------------------------
Accepted connection from 10.10.20.1, port 64465
[  5] local 10.10.20.10 port 5201 connected to 10.10.20.1 port 3916
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec  1.09 GBytes  9.35 Gbits/sec                 
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec  1.06 GBytes  9.13 Gbits/sec                 
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec  1.12 GBytes  9.63 Gbits/sec                 
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec  1.07 GBytes  9.20 Gbits/sec                 
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec  1.12 GBytes  9.66 Gbits/sec                 
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec  1.12 GBytes  9.60 Gbits/sec                 
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec  1.12 GBytes  9.64 Gbits/sec                 
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec  1.11 GBytes  9.50 Gbits/sec                 
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec  1.12 GBytes  9.61 Gbits/sec                 
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec  1.02 GBytes  8.74 Gbits/sec                 
[  5]  10.00-10.00  sec   944 KBytes  9.24 Gbits/sec                 
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  11.0 GBytes  9.41 Gbits/sec                  receiver
-----------------------------------------------------------
Server listening on 5201 (test #2)
-----------------------------------------------------------
^Ciperf3: interrupt - the server has terminated

root@Host:~# iperf3 -c 10.10.1.1
Connecting to host 10.10.1.1, port 5201
[  5] local 10.10.20.10 port 41716 connected to 10.10.1.1 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr  Cwnd
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec   489 KBytes  4.01 Mbits/sec    3   8.74 KBytes       
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec  0.00 Bytes  0.00 bits/sec    1   8.74 KBytes       
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec  0.00 Bytes  0.00 bits/sec    0   8.74 KBytes       
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec  0.00 Bytes  0.00 bits/sec    1   8.74 KBytes       
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec  0.00 Bytes  0.00 bits/sec    0   8.74 KBytes       
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec  0.00 Bytes  0.00 bits/sec    0   8.74 KBytes       
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec  0.00 Bytes  0.00 bits/sec    1   8.74 KBytes       
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec  0.00 Bytes  0.00 bits/sec    0   8.74 KBytes       
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec  0.00 Bytes  0.00 bits/sec    0   8.74 KBytes       
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec  0.00 Bytes  0.00 bits/sec    0   8.74 KBytes       
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec   489 KBytes   401 Kbits/sec    6             sender
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  0.00 Bytes  0.00 bits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.
But my network seems working fine.
What am I doing wrong here?

Thanks for any hint.

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Hardware and Performance / Best settings for DEC740

« on: August 14, 2022, 10:05:35 pm »

Hi together

I am new to OPNsense but really like what I see so far 
I bought a DEC740 recently and are in the setup process currently.

How do I get information about what my hardware is capable und what the best settings are?

For example:

• Can I use Hardware acceleration under System → Settings → Miscellaneous ?
• Should I enable the 2 GB swap file?
• What are the best settings under Firewall → Settings → Advanced → Miscellaneous? What to pick for Firewall optimization an max. Table entries?
• Am I able to enable Hardware CRC in the Interface Settings? What about Hardware TSO and LRO

Are there any other useful settings I should choose for my device?

I am not able to find this out from the specs of the DEC740 and not from the documentation. So maybe one of you can help e out?

Thank you very much
Kwicks