Why are you routing in a VM? Dedicate real metal to the task and you should see performance improvements
On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 7:08 PM, Patrick <patr...@natpnk.nl> wrote: > Hello, > > I have a fiber internet connection with 500Mbs download and 500Mbs upload. > I installed a long time ago a firewall with OpenBSD 5.5 with routing and > PF. But after a speedtest the line is stuck at around 200Mbs. Even when i > download a test bin the speed is around 17Mbs. After this experience i had > FreeBSD installed which doing fine with my fiber network. I have tested 5.6 > and 5.7 and even 5.8 for testing any improvements in the network speed. > Does anybody now what can cause this problem? Below i have my specs posted: > > *Hardware / OS* > HP DL380 G6 > vSphere ESXI 6 (Updated to last patches) > > *VM* > Virtual Machine 11 (Also tried 8) > Type: Other 32Bit / Other 64Bit And FreeBSD 64bit same results > 1 CPU & 1 core > 4GB > > *What i have tried (This all had no results)* > Upgrade the virtual machine hardware. > Forward the network cards from pci slots to the VM > Different ethernet adapters, VMXNET3 is still the best which is getting the > highest speeds. > Add system tweaks in sysctl.conf & disabling PF > Use other versions of OpenBSD 32Bit / 64Bit. > > Best Regards, > > Patrick
