Tadd: 

I would run web test sites to see if that is true, like one or all of the 
following: 

http://www.speedtest.net/ 

http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ I like this one as you can test different 
cites (distance) to see if that might be the problem. 

I ran test on my shorewall against a linksys router and found that shorewall 
beat hands down. 

Are you running a proxy server like squid or other software that might affect 
the results? 

Eric 

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From: "Tadd M. Balfour" <[email protected]> 
To: [email protected] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 4:46:10 PM 
Subject: [Shorewall-users] new to shorewall > need help with incorrect eth_wan 
link negotiation 



I'm new to Shorewall, but not to Linux. 

I've been brought on to a project where the Shorewall seems to be hindering the 
overall bandwidth out to the cloud. 

The business has a 50M x 5M fiber circuit with TW Cable. 

When they run a speed test from inside the LAN, they are getting horrible 
download speeds. Less than 3MB! 

The TW Level III Tech indicated that he felt that it was the Firewall that was 
causing the issues. 
My job is to figure out if that is the case. 

After poking around, I ran the following command: /sbin/mii-tool -v eth_wan 

and got these results: 

eth_wan: negotiated 100baseTx-FD flow-control, link ok 
product info: vendor 00:50:43, model 11 rev 1 
basic mode: autonegotiation enabled 
basic status: autonegotiation complete, link ok 
capabilities: 1000baseT-FD 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD 
advertising: 1000baseT-FD 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD 
flow-control 
link partner: 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD flow-control 

That looks to me like it is negotiating only a 100 Megabit connection. 
Is that correct? 

What else can I do to see what is going on? 

Here is some more info: 

Linux firewall 3.2.1-gentoo-r2 #2 SMP Fri Sep 21 16:28:20 CDT 2012 x86_64 
Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU D525 @ 1.80GHz Genuine Intel GNU/Linux 

I'm afraid to make any changes as I don't want to bring this entire business 
down, but I need to positive identify, if not resolve the issue. 

Can anyone kindly please advise? 

Thanks! 

Tadd in Austin, TX 

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