Re: [pfSense] GUI performance on an ALIX 2d3

[Ryan Coleman]

> On Aug 13, 2015, at 5:47 PM, Chris Buechler  wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 4:50 PM, Rainer Duffner  
> wrote:
> 
>> I just checked - I ordered it at the end of September 2008.
>> It’s going to be seven years old in a couple of weeks.
>> That’s quite impressive - do you still get firmware-updates for seven year 
>> old commercial DSL-routers?
>> 
> 
> Nope. Often not even when backdoors or other serious security issues
> are disclosed and they're not nearly that old.


I’d like to point out here for argument’s sake we’re comparing oranges to 
Chevrolets…  a commercial firewall and a commercial DSL router are different 
items. Most establishments, in my experience, have their router and their 
firewall completely separate; 7-year old commercial firewalls do get updates, 
provided the company doesn’t abandon them.

And, yes, abandonment does happen. AdTran is famous for that. And also making 
finding upgrades difficult at times.

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Ryan
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Re: [pfSense] GUI performance on an ALIX 2d3

[Chris Buechler]

On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 4:50 PM, Rainer Duffner  wrote:
>
> Mine is a 2D1 (apparently) and has only 128 MB RAM - which apparently is too 
> little these days.
> Since 2.2.4, I get a warning in the GUI - but because I do nothing fancy with 
> it, I don’t see any slowdowns.
> Memory-usage and all other parameters seem to be OK, according to the 
> dashboard.
>

It's technically been too little for a number of years, but will work
in limited circumstances. 2.2x is actually a bit better there than
2.1.x and previous because php-fpm is slightly less RAM hungry.


> I just checked - I ordered it at the end of September 2008.
> It’s going to be seven years old in a couple of weeks.
> That’s quite impressive - do you still get firmware-updates for seven year 
> old commercial DSL-routers?
>

Nope. Often not even when backdoors or other serious security issues
are disclosed and they're not nearly that old.
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Re: [pfSense] GUI performance on an ALIX 2d3

[Erik Anderson]

On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 4:50 PM, Rainer Duffner  wrote:
> How much RAM does it have?

The 2d3 has 256MB.
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Re: [pfSense] GUI performance on an ALIX 2d3

[Rainer Duffner]

> Am 13.08.2015 um 23:28 schrieb Erik Anderson :
> 
> Hello all -
> 
> I've been running pfSense on my ALIX 2d3 happily for many years now.
> For the most part, it still does its job well. However, with most
> recent release, any changes made in the GUI take a *long* time to
> commit. By long I mean ~2 minutes. That's how long it takes from
> clicking "Save" to the screen refresh and the "Apply changes" button
> showing up.
> 
> Is this slow GUI performance to be expected? Was there some change in
> v2.2.4 that would have caused this?
> 


How much RAM does it have?


> I realize that the 2d3 board is getting quite long in the tooth, so
> perhaps this is just something I need to deal with until I finally
> cave in and purchase an SG-2220.


Mine is a 2D1 (apparently) and has only 128 MB RAM - which apparently is too 
little these days.
Since 2.2.4, I get a warning in the GUI - but because I do nothing fancy with 
it, I don’t see any slowdowns.
Memory-usage and all other parameters seem to be OK, according to the dashboard.


I just checked - I ordered it at the end of September 2008.
It’s going to be seven years old in a couple of weeks.
That’s quite impressive - do you still get firmware-updates for seven year old 
commercial DSL-routers?


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Re: [pfSense] GUI performance on an ALIX 2d3

[PiBa]

Probably this caused it workaround also there, as written in 
"https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/2.2.4_New_Features_and_Changes";


 * The forcesync patch for#2401
   is still considered harmful
   to the filesystem and has been kept out. As such, there may be some
   noticeable slowness with NanoBSD on certain slower disks, especially
   CF cards and to a lesser extent, SD cards. If this is a problem, the
   filesystem may be kept read-write on a permanent basis using the
   option on*Diagnostics > NanoBSD*. With the other above changes, risk
   is minimal. We advise replacing the affected CF/SD media by a new,
   faster card as soon as possible.#4822
   


Erik Anderson schreef op 13-8-2015 om 23:28:

Hello all -

I've been running pfSense on my ALIX 2d3 happily for many years now.
For the most part, it still does its job well. However, with most
recent release, any changes made in the GUI take a *long* time to
commit. By long I mean ~2 minutes. That's how long it takes from
clicking "Save" to the screen refresh and the "Apply changes" button
showing up.

Is this slow GUI performance to be expected? Was there some change in
v2.2.4 that would have caused this?

I realize that the 2d3 board is getting quite long in the tooth, so
perhaps this is just something I need to deal with until I finally
cave in and purchase an SG-2220.

Thank you!
-Erik
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[pfSense] GUI performance on an ALIX 2d3

[Erik Anderson]

Hello all -

I've been running pfSense on my ALIX 2d3 happily for many years now.
For the most part, it still does its job well. However, with most
recent release, any changes made in the GUI take a *long* time to
commit. By long I mean ~2 minutes. That's how long it takes from
clicking "Save" to the screen refresh and the "Apply changes" button
showing up.

Is this slow GUI performance to be expected? Was there some change in
v2.2.4 that would have caused this?

I realize that the 2d3 board is getting quite long in the tooth, so
perhaps this is just something I need to deal with until I finally
cave in and purchase an SG-2220.

Thank you!
-Erik
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