Re: [pfSense] DNS resolution issues under heavy load

2014-03-25 Thread David Noel
Well, it looks like it's the cable modem after all. Under load I'm unable to connect to it's admin panel, even when I'm directly connected to it. I called Comcast's technical support and had them run their diagnostics on it while everything was running and it failed miserably. The tech agreed with

Re: [pfSense] DNS resolution issues under heavy load

2014-03-25 Thread A Mohan Rao
Pls share ur load with two pfsense server 1 is too much heavy users load i have 1200 users thats why i install two pfsense boxes in my network. After i never face this type of problem. On Mar 25, 2014 7:15 PM, David Noel david.i.n...@gmail.com wrote: Well, it looks like it's the cable modem

Re: [pfSense] DNS resolution issues under heavy load

2014-03-25 Thread Ryan Coleman
I’m perfectly content renting a DOCSIS3 from Comcast and have been doing so for two years. Cost be damned - it’s worth it to not have to own it. What model do you have? SMC? Nortel? Motorola? On Mar 25, 2014, at 8:45 AM, David Noel david.i.n...@gmail.com wrote: Well, it looks like it's the

Re: [pfSense] DNS resolution issues under heavy load

2014-03-25 Thread Adam Thompson
On Mar 25, 2014, at 8:45 AM, David Noel david.i.n...@gmail.com wrote: Well, it looks like it's the cable modem after all. Under load I'm unable to connect to it's admin panel, even when I'm directly connected to it. I called Comcast's technical support and had them run their diagnostics on it

Re: [pfSense] DNS resolution issues under heavy load

2014-03-25 Thread David Noel
SMCD3G On 3/25/14, Ryan Coleman ryanjc...@me.com wrote: I'm perfectly content renting a DOCSIS3 from Comcast and have been doing so for two years. Cost be damned - it's worth it to not have to own it. What model do you have? SMC? Nortel? Motorola? On Mar 25, 2014, at 8:45 AM, David Noel

Re: [pfSense] DNS resolution issues under heavy load

2014-03-25 Thread David Noel
Short answer: no DOCSIS cable modems are designed for that kind of throughput! Ugh... I've been suspecting that. Juniper sells MX480 routers to 10,000-customer-ISPs for ~$250k! (Granted, that *is* overkill, but even 10k-user corporations will have fairly high-end routers connected via fiber

[pfSense] Unable to access via static route

2014-03-25 Thread Bryan D .
I have an issue that I've been unable to solve and could use some suggestions (or confirmation that it can't be done). Background -- The problem is that I can only access IPs on the other side of a VPN connection via a static route when on one of our LANs. Here's an overview of the