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24.1 Production Series / Re: 24.1.5_3 broke one of my Intel nics.
« on: April 15, 2024, 05:27:51 pm »
I just updated from the previous version.
The Intel NIC that IS working, sort of, an 82579LM, is assigned to LAN, and through it I get full upload bandwidth but download bandwidth is a trickle. Doing a speed test from within the firewall itself in and out of the WAN has no performance issues. That one is a Broadcom NIC.
To sum up, after updating, the 82579LM works well in the upload direction and the 82574L doesn't work at all. I did try reverting the kernel but no change so I brought it back up to date.
I tried reverting the kernel and no change. I did substitute a USB NIC for the down NIC and it has the same lesser download bandwidth but the upload is full 500 mbs I pay for. I ran speedtest-cli within OPNsense and I still get 500/500. I inadvertently bought another motherboard last weekend from eBay without realizing that I already had this one in an older Intel server. I had a Mini-ITX firewall crap out on me last Tuesday morning, both the motherboard and power supply went.
Just for the fun of it, I moved a 347 MB file to the OPNsense machine via SFTP and then moved it back and it only took a few seconds either way so the one working Intel NIC is not the bottleneck itself.
The Intel NIC that IS working, sort of, an 82579LM, is assigned to LAN, and through it I get full upload bandwidth but download bandwidth is a trickle. Doing a speed test from within the firewall itself in and out of the WAN has no performance issues. That one is a Broadcom NIC.
To sum up, after updating, the 82579LM works well in the upload direction and the 82574L doesn't work at all. I did try reverting the kernel but no change so I brought it back up to date.
I tried reverting the kernel and no change. I did substitute a USB NIC for the down NIC and it has the same lesser download bandwidth but the upload is full 500 mbs I pay for. I ran speedtest-cli within OPNsense and I still get 500/500. I inadvertently bought another motherboard last weekend from eBay without realizing that I already had this one in an older Intel server. I had a Mini-ITX firewall crap out on me last Tuesday morning, both the motherboard and power supply went.
Just for the fun of it, I moved a 347 MB file to the OPNsense machine via SFTP and then moved it back and it only took a few seconds either way so the one working Intel NIC is not the bottleneck itself.