Upgrading to 1Gbps Plan and Offer (TataSky Broadband)

[tatyasky]

I have used Pfsense for few days before switching back to my trusty RT-AX88U. Cannot fault it now that it’s firmware is stable after 2 years.

 

[tatyasky]

1 Gbps Download speed holding up

 

[Aakash Malhotra]

sorry for offtopic - but where did you get that 10gbit ethernet adaptor from? and how much did it cost?

 

[tatyasky]

Amazon.in: Buy 1 Port PCI Express 10 Gigabit Ethernet Network Card - PCIe x4 10Gb NIC - 802.3an 10GBASE-T NIC - 10Gbps Ethernet Adapter Online at Low Prices in India | StarTech Reviews & Ratings

You can get from any brand as long as it has Marvell AQC107 chipset. Previously called Aquantia before Marvell's takeover. TP-Link also had TX401 on Amazon.in for Rs. 4999 few days ago. But now out of stock.

Amazon.in: Buy TP-Link TX401 10 Gbps Wireless Gigabit PCI Express Network Adapter | PCIe 3.0 Slot Wi-Fi Card | CAT6A Ethernet Cable | compatible with Windows 10/8.1/8/7, Servers 2019/2016/2012 R2, and Linux | Gaming Online at Low Prices in India | TP-Link Reviews & Ratings

There is nothing "wireless" in the above LAN card and it's amazon being amazon.

 

[rizexor]

My offer was valid on Janmashtami day only. But I am sure they will have Ganesh Chaturthi / Navratri / Diwali offers soon. Have you signed up for WhatsApp offers? They don’t spam you. 1 msg in a month frequency so far.

Can you tell me the number? I would like to receive offers in my locality.

 

[tatyasky]

@rizexor
Make sure your mobile number is registered on your account profile. Call their helpline to check. Then you start getting WhatsApp offers. They don’t spam. 1-2 messages in a 2 months. That’s it.

 

[suku_patel_22]

@Chip I have a Firewalla Gold and very happy with it.

 

[panks21]

@Chip Sorry to revive the thread.. I was reading somewhere that FreeBSD is single threaded for PPPoE. Maybe that's the reason you could never achieve the 1Gbps speed using PFSense... Can you try some other firewall like IPFire which is linux based

 

[WieldyBinkie]

I found the same as you, the APU2 wouldn't do more than around 300-400 Meg for me. It is because PPPoE isn't multithreaded on pfSense/FreeBSD, so you need a fast enough CPU on one core to get the throughput. This might be fixed in FreeBSD in the future but it's been an issue for a long time so I wouldn't hold my breath.

https://forums.thinkbroadband.com/f...ting-900mbps-over-pppoe-fttp.html#Post4682177

 

[Chip]

@panks21 actually I got the same result via a direct connection to the PC's LAN port. I connected to TSBB via dial-up PPPoE. It made no difference actually. PPPoE itself has an overhead compared with static IP but this issue should have given me at least 900 Mbps. Funny thing is, the upload speed used to cross 850 frequently but download was always about 500 Mbps. I still haven't been able to wrap my head around the issue.