Plex throttling on 2degrees? Or other routing issue?

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2fst4u

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#3279953 8-Sep-2024 13:33

Guys... Come on. I'm already looking into that now. We've found an interface issue and I'll try and resolve it. We're past that.

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#3279965 8-Sep-2024 14:13

2fst4u: No not yet. One thing at a time. The model SFP+ I have appears to have problematic reviews at 1gbps speed so I'll change that first and report back.

Appears to have? From reviews?
Have you actually tested the performance yourself before resorting to replacing it?

Lots of simple tests you can run to isolate this issue.

If you’re getting 900 down AND it’s supposedly working over VPN - why do you think changing your SFP+ fix this?

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2fst4u

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#3280014 8-Sep-2024 14:25

Jiriteach:
2fst4u: No not yet. One thing at a time. The model SFP+ I have appears to have problematic reviews at 1gbps speed so I'll change that first and report back.

Appears to have? From reviews?
Have you actually tested the performance yourself before resorting to replacing it?

Lots of simple tests you can run to isolate this issue.

If you’re getting 900 down AND it’s supposedly working over VPN - why do you think changing your SFP+ fix this?

Did you miss the whole conversation about doing speed tests from a VM on proxmox? I'm absolutely here for help but sometimes I feel like people here are just out for a "gotcha" without reading the facts presented already.

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#3280015 8-Sep-2024 14:31

2fst4u:
Jiriteach:
2fst4u: No not yet. One thing at a time. The model SFP+ I have appears to have problematic reviews at 1gbps speed so I'll change that first and report back.

Appears to have? From reviews?
Have you actually tested the performance yourself before resorting to replacing it?

Lots of simple tests you can run to isolate this issue.

If you’re getting 900 down AND it’s supposedly working over VPN - why do you think changing your SFP+ fix this?

Did you miss the whole conversation about doing speed tests from a VM on proxmox? I'm absolutely here for help but sometimes I feel like people here are just out for a "gotcha" without reading the facts presented already.

Question is still valid - why do you think replacing this fix your issue?

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2fst4u

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#3280016 8-Sep-2024 14:33

Why do you think it won't when I've found several reports of poor TX performance when negotiated at 1gbps? Are you here to help or just look down on me?

We'll find out when I replace it with a different model won't we?

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#3280018 8-Sep-2024 14:37

2fst4u: Why do you think it won't when I've found several reports of poor TX performance when negotiated at 1gbps? Are you here to help or just look down on me?

We'll find out when I replace it with a different model won't we?

Theres are a ton of recommendations around testing and areas to look into - youve ignored all of them and decided to look at something completely different which you have based on "reviews" and "reports" as opposed to actual facts.
Confused why you asked for help in the first place? + you've been negative to almost every recommendation or advice that others have posted.

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2fst4u

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#3280021 8-Sep-2024 14:40

Jiriteach:
2fst4u: Why do you think it won't when I've found several reports of poor TX performance when negotiated at 1gbps? Are you here to help or just look down on me?

We'll find out when I replace it with a different model won't we?

Theres are a ton of recommendations around testing and areas to look into - youve ignored all of them and decided to look at something completely different which you have based on "reviews" and "reports" as opposed to actual facts.
Confused why you asked for help in the first place? + you've been negative to almost every recommendation or advice that others have posted.

Do you think multiple people on different parts of the internet all talking about the exact model SFP that I have mentioning this one specific problem should be discredited entirely?

What part of credible speed tests with no other hardware between the two locations do you not consider a valid test?

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#3280038 8-Sep-2024 15:31

2fst4u:

Are you here to help or just look down on me?

Please refrain from that type of behaviour. There is no reason to assign bad intentions to people trying to help you.

I understand you are frustrated about your situation, but don't bring that attitude into the discussion and start attacking those trying to help you.

It won't help you get help, and it is also against the FUG (please read it).

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#3280039 8-Sep-2024 15:32

2fst4u: [snip] What type of network interfaces has it got (Realtek?)

Is Realtek the answer to the question or are you just cutting and pasting questions into your post?

If you are using Realtek hardware they are known to be very picky with drivers, particularly with Windows as an OS, and cause exactly the throughput issues you are seeing.

2fst4u

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#3280040 8-Sep-2024 15:35

RunningMan:
2fst4u: [snip] What type of network interfaces has it got (Realtek?)

Is Realtek the answer to the question or are you just cutting and pasting questions into your post?

If you are using Realtek hardware they are known to be very picky with drivers, particularly with Windows as an OS, and cause exactly the throughput issues you are seeing.

The answer to the hardware is directly below the question. Minisforum MS-01. It does not have Realtek nics.

And no devices involved are windows. I never mentioned windows.

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#3280164 9-Sep-2024 09:02

This thread is wild. I can't believe so many gave up time from their Sunday considering the tenor of ops responses.

2fst4u

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#3280180 9-Sep-2024 09:40

I really don't consider any of my responses inappropriate to be quite honest. The vast majority of questions directed back at me could have been avoided by reading my first few posts.

A couple of people have provided good advice so far. Once the SFP is swapped and I can rule out the speed test inconsistencies I will start looking into those suggestions.

2fst4u

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#3280939 11-Sep-2024 13:06

Narrator: it was the SFP module.

What a strange problem to track down. Thanks to those who highlighted the upload speed issue, as I said I thought my plan was only 200mbps upload so 120 seemed fine for testing before tuning. I've never saturated it before so I've never paid it any notice how fast it should have been.

I bought a TP-Link SFP+ module, swapped it in and it immediately saturated 1000/500 without even any downtime on my LAN. Literally that fast to bring the link up.

The most curious data point for me is that the problem was resolved when using a VPN. I think maybe what you hint at @blueowl about MTU might be relevant, it's like the different MTU was allowing the faulty SFP to cache the frames better at 1gbps but when internal on 2degrees' network there was no fragmentation?

Needless to say, don't buy the 10gtek 10BASE-T copper SFP+ module if you intend to use it for backwards speed compatibility!

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