RAW Speedtest-cli results on comcast.net DOCSIS 3.0 residential gigabit internet

7/9/18

Background: I'm Upgrading firewall hardware for additional bandwidth while I begin implementing a 10GbE network, so I am testing different OS/firewalls for edge security and routing - just on my internet connection for now - to see how they perform.

Original platform:

pfSense 2.4.3 ZFS Lenovo j1800 $15 fleabay deal w/ 8GB DDR3 ram:

Results appeared to peak at approximately 680Mbps as evidenced by 10+ tests

Example:

Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...

Testing from Comcast Cable (ipaddr)...

Retrieving speedtest.net server list...

Selecting best server based on ping...

Hosted by Rainier Connect (Tacoma, WA) [42.80 km]: 30.397 ms

Testing download speed................................................................................

Download: 667.90 Mbit/s

Testing upload speed................................................................................................

Upload: 41.04 Mbit/s

Virtual machine test system:

Supermicro X9SCL-F Xeon E3-1230 v2 3.3GHz

4 processor cores allocated

4096MB RAM allocated, all reserved

Hynix 1TB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe datastore,

20GB lazy zeroed vmdk on vmware paravirtual drive controller

(40GB for OpenSUSE Leap 15)

Internal NICs used:

Intel 82574L for LAN - vmxnet3 driver

Intel 82579 for WAN - passthrough to VM

pfSense 2.4.3_1:

config:

vmnic1 = WAN (passthrough)

vmnic0 = LAN

[root@esxi:~] esxcli network nic list

Name PCI Device Driver Admin Status Link Status Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Description

------ ------------ ------ ------------ ----------- ----- ------ ----------------- ---- ----------------------------------------------------

vmnic0 0000:00:19.0 ne1000 Up Up 1000 Full 00:25:90:7b:55:2b 1500 Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection

vmnic1 0000:04:00.0 ne1000 Up Up 1000 Full 00:25:90:7b:55:2a 1500 Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network Connection

UFS VMDK

speedtest-cli

Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...

Testing from Comcast Cable (ipaddr)...

Retrieving speedtest.net server list...

Selecting best server based on ping...

Hosted by Wave (Port Orchard, WA) [57.76 km]: 20.565 ms

Testing download speed................................................................................

Download: 714.61 Mbit/s

Testing upload speed................................................................................................

Upload: 41.74 Mbit/s

speedtest-cli

Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...

Testing from Comcast Cable (ipaddr)...

Retrieving speedtest.net server list...

Selecting best server based on ping...

Hosted by Rainier Connect (Tacoma, WA) [47.80 km]: 14.196 ms

Testing download speed................................................................................

Download: 703.85 Mbit/s

Testing upload speed................................................................................................

Upload: 41.89 Mbit/s

speedtest-cli

Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...

Testing from Comcast Cable (ipaddr)...

Retrieving speedtest.net server list...

Selecting best server based on ping...

Hosted by Rainier Connect (Tacoma, WA) [47.80 km]: 12.51 ms

Testing download speed................................................................................

Download: 704.91 Mbit/s

Testing upload speed................................................................................................

Upload: 40.72 Mbit/s

speedtest-cli

Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...

Testing from Comcast Cable (ipaddr)...

Retrieving speedtest.net server list...

Selecting best server based on ping...

Hosted by Rainier Connect (Tacoma, WA) [47.80 km]: 13.628 ms

Testing download speed................................................................................

Download: 700.43 Mbit/s

Testing upload speed................................................................................................

Upload: 41.75 Mbit/s

ipfire 2.19 build 119 (couldn't get build 120 to boot from iso in ESXi):

[root@ipfire ~]# ./speedtest-cli

Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...

Testing from Comcast Cable (ipaddr)...

Retrieving speedtest.net server list...

Selecting best server based on ping...

Hosted by Rainier Connect (Tacoma, WA) [47.80 km]: 13.531 ms

Testing download speed................................................................................

Download: 488.12 Mbit/s

Testing upload speed.........................................o.......................................................

Upload: 41.90 Mbit/s

[root@ipfire ~]# ./speedtest-cli

Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...

Testing from Comcast Cable (ipaddr)...

Retrieving speedtest.net server list...

Selecting best server based on ping...

Hosted by Rainier Connect (Tacoma, WA) [47.80 km]: 13.186 ms

Testing download speed................................................................................

Download: 503.18 Mbit/s

Testing upload speed................................................................................................

Upload: 41.96 Mbit/s

[root@ipfire ~]# ./speedtest-cli

Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...

Testing from Comcast Cable (ipaddr)...

Retrieving speedtest.net server list...

Selecting best server based on ping...

Hosted by Rainier Connect (Tacoma, WA) [47.80 km]: 13.335 ms

Testing download speed................................................................................

Download: 503.51 Mbit/s

Testing upload speed................................................................................................

Upload: 42.09 Mbit/s