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#255710 25-Aug-2019 00:51
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I used to get really good download speed with 2 degrees but lately I am having issues.
I am on the 900/400 plan since March and back in March I was able to get 900Mbit down and 400Mbit up.

Tested my setup which is:

Computer A ethernet cable ----- Gig Switch ----- Computer B

Using netperf or iperf I can get 940Mbit from computer A to B
I can get 940 Mbit from computer B to A.

The router is a Ubiquiti EdgeRouter 4 and back in March I routinely got the 900 Mbit download speeds on speedtest.net.

The issue is I can NOT get more then 640Mbit downstream now, even after midnight.
Upstream is perfectly fine and I get around 430Mbit.

Called 2 degrees support today and they said 634 Mbit down is good enough now and test it off peak.

I signed up for a 900/400 plan not a 600/400 so any thoughts on the above response ?
Regardless I can not even get close to the subscribed 900 Mbit down these days.


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  #2306485 26-Aug-2019 21:40
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Hi All !

OK I have hooked up the FreeBSD server to a monitor, a USB keyboard and a mouse.
I do not have a GUI installed on the FreeBSD server for obvious reasons hence the LiveUSB approach.

Booted the FreeBSD server with the Fedora version 30 Live USB and plugged it into a Netgear ProSAFE Gigabit switch that I know can do 940Mb/sec (tested it with iPerf2/3/Netperf).

Just so happens that both computers use an Intel Pro/1000 network card.

Plugged in an iMac OS-X with the latest OS updates into the same switch, so I can test them side by side,

Fedora version 30 did
868Mb/sec down and 539 up.

OS-X did
689 down and 531 up.

Conclusion, NO issues with my cabling/fibre or 2D as an ISP.
Note how the Linux TCP/IP stack destroys OS-X on downloads, but uploads are even maybe due to the 400ish limit that 2D sets.
Pretty generous overhead on upstream I think.

Just a note to those who may not know this(regular readers or pros here do) that if you enable QOS it kills your throughput. I disabled QOS for the duration of the tests, but normally I leave it enabled to deal with bufferbloat.
https://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/bloat/wiki/What_can_I_do_about_Bufferbloat/

Thanks for the tips on the LiveUSB/DVD approach and your guidance !


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