Unfortunately, all this testing showed that my tried and true Zotac box was getting a little long in the tooth.Lan Jul 9 22:52:09 192.168.1.127:53694 34.98.74.57:443 tcp Default deny rule

While this was a simpler tool, it was nice to easily check my speeds from the command line.įor an example of running a scheduled task from the pfSense UI, I recommend this blog post. After installing the updated drivers, I reran the test.Īs you can see, while I was still not getting full gigabit, the upload was succeeding at a reasonable speed. That said, when I tried the web interface, I was receiving an error and unable to complete the upload part.Īfter some research, it seemed that I should expect the slower download speeds.Īs you can see, my CPU was spiking when I was running any intensive traffic.Īs it turns out, the upload failure was due to the Realtek NICs in my firewall. Unfortunately, my upload speed was nowhere near expected (1gbps). Testing upload speed.Īs you can see, this download speed lined up with the actual SPEEDTEST web interface. With the tool installed, I just needed to run the ‘speedtest-cli’ command, and it tested my speeds for me. The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked): ] /root: pkg install -y p圓7-speedtest-cli Next, I installed the speedtest-cli tool. Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue.

Installationįirst, I updated my local package catalogues before installing the tool. The speedtest-cli tool seemed perfect for this, and there was already a FreeBSD package.Īs an added benefit, I found a few issues with my firewall, so I’m glad that I installed this too. I finally reconnected my Zotac pfSense device to my new network, and I wanted a way to check the upload and download speeds. If you want to perform a pfSense speed test from the command line or your web UI, then this is the post for you!

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