Re: Slow transfer speeds on PIX506e

m-jankowski · ‎04-10-2009

Hello all,

I'm having an issue with my PIX506e.

I have a 15M/2M connection to my ISP but my download speeds are only 3M and my upload speeds are only 1M once I installed my PIX. I tried resetting to factory defaults and all that jazz. I hope there isn't a limitation as to how fast of a connection you can have with my PIX. Anyway.. I hope someone has an easy, or not so easy, fix for me.

Thanks!

m-jankowski · ‎04-11-2009

bump... sorry... but I'd really like to know why my $1500 router isn't performing the way it should.

Thanks.

Kevin Brennan · ‎04-12-2009

Hi Michael,

Your PIX should be able to handle that speed with no problems.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/ps4336/index.html

How are you testing your throughput? Have you verified your connection speed without using the PIX?

HTH

Kevin

m-jankowski · ‎04-12-2009

I've tested with a smoothwall router... and my laptop plugged straight into the cable modem. Both get between 13-15mb/s... pix is only getting 3mb/s.

I've checked duplex settings, errors, everything... went through cisco's troubleshooting page for performance and can't seem to figure it out.

Kevin Brennan · ‎04-12-2009

Hi,

What is on the LAN side on the PIX?

Could you post your config?

What are you using to measure the throughput of the PIX?

Kevin

m-jankowski · ‎04-12-2009

LAN side is two 8 port Netgear gigabit switches and a NG WAP.

I'm using speedtest.net and toast.net to measure, but transferring files to and from my dedicated hosting server is another way I was testing.

Kevin Brennan · ‎04-14-2009

Hi,

Without seeing your PIX config, there's not much more to do.

I would say though, that those web based speed tests are not accurate.

What I would suggest is that you try putting a host on both sides of your PIX and using iperf (or something similar) to test the real throughput of your PIX.

Kevin

m-jankowski · ‎04-14-2009

I understand they can be inacurate. But going from 15M to 3M on it pretty much says it. It has the option of testing multiple servers, which I have, and I've also used my dedicated hosting server, which has a 100mb connection to several different networks.

I will post the config when I get home later, but it's the basic configuration that comes when you apply the defaults.

I would upgrade my PDM to see if that fixes it, but I don't have a support license with Cisco.