https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=202885
Bug ID: 202885
Summary: IPsec performance problems with fragmented ESP and
packet loss
Product: Base System
Version: 11.0-CURRENT
Hardware: Any
OS: Any
Status: New
Severity: Affects Many People
Priority: ---
Component: kern
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Take the following setup:
[LAN A] -- (host A) -- [WAN] -- (host B) -- [LAN B]
Where "host A" and "host B" are 11-CURRENT boxes as of Sept 2, running
GENERIC-NODEBUG. Setup IPsec tunnel between the two, to route between LAN A and
B. Doesn't matter what specifics are used in the IPsec config.
Where hosts on the LAN sides have their MTU at 1500, so ESP traffic ends up
being fragmented, and there is packet loss on WAN, serious performance problems
are encountered. With no loss on WAN, no issue.
Do the following on host A:
ipfw pipe 1 config 100Mbit/s
ipfw pipe 2 config 100Mbit/s
ipfw add 10 pipe 1 ip from any to 1.2.3.4
ipfw add 11 pipe 2 ip from 1.2.3.4 to any
where its WAN IP is 1.2.3.4, and push some traffic over the VPN. I'm doing
'fetch -o /dev/null ...' from a web server on the opposite side. Your
throughput drops off to near 0 repeatedly. Wireshark I/O graph showing this:
https://files.pfsense.org/cmb/100m-limit-frag.png
change the MTU on the LAN hosts to 1350 to eliminate ESP fragmentation and you
get the expected steady throughput:
https://files.pfsense.org/cmb/100m-limit-no-frag.png
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