From 8a27d7284f47a6c83923b10699d4b008d8d06d53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Gallant Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2025 18:06:19 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Test using obsidian --- .gitignore | 2 ++ content/blog/using-a-realtek-nic-with-opnsense/index.md | 6 +++--- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore index bbc3014d..569e60c6 100644 --- a/.gitignore +++ b/.gitignore @@ -119,3 +119,5 @@ dist # End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/hugo,node public/ + +.obsidian/ diff --git a/content/blog/using-a-realtek-nic-with-opnsense/index.md b/content/blog/using-a-realtek-nic-with-opnsense/index.md index 8c4cb4ea..07738074 100644 --- a/content/blog/using-a-realtek-nic-with-opnsense/index.md +++ b/content/blog/using-a-realtek-nic-with-opnsense/index.md @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ tags: For the past few years, I've been running pfSense (and more recently OPNsense) in a virtual machine within Proxmox. This has been running fine with a single onboard Intel NIC. A few months ago, I upgraded to a machine that has a CPU that supports hardware-accelerated transcoding, has more SATA ports, and has more PCI slots for future expansion. With the goal of having a dedicated NIC for WAN, I bought an inexpensive 1Gbps PCIe NIC (TG-3468) despite reading about some of the concerns around Realtek NICs (sluggish performance, driver instability, and in some cases system crashes). -I've been running a Realtek NICs reliably on Linux and Windows desktops, so I figured I could make it work without too much effort, but it turns out Realtek NICs really can be problematic when it comes to FreeBSD-based routers, and some commonly documented workarounds did not solve my problems. +I've been running a Realtek NICs reliably on Linux and Windows desktops, so I figured I could make it work without too much effort, but it turns out Realtek NICs really can be problematic when it comes to FreeBSD-based routers, and commonly documented workarounds did not solve my problems. @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ I've been running a Realtek NICs reliably on Linux and Windows desktops, so I fi My environment consists of: - Proxmox 8.4 -- OPNsense 25.1 (Virtual Machine) +- OPNsense 25.1 (QEMU VM) - Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (5) I219-LM - Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15) @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ For maximum performance and reduced hypervisor overhead, passing through a physi I added the PCI device and restarted the OPNsense VM and re-configured the WAN in OPNsense to use this device. -I received the WAN IP and everything appeared to be working. I ran a few speed tests and noticed that the download speeds were a lot lower than normal on multiple devices. I checked my instance of [speedtest-tracker](https://docs.speedtest-tracker.dev) noticed that the download speeds were significantly slower than historical records: +I received the WAN IP and everything appeared to be working. I ran a few speed tests and noticed that the download speeds were much lower than normal from all of my devices. I checked my instance of [speedtest-tracker](https://docs.speedtest-tracker.dev) noticed that the download speeds were significantly slower than historical records: ![speedtest-tracker](./speedtest-tracker.png)