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Date:      Mon, 14 Aug 2023 11:42:20 +0300
From:      Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: bhyve VM not getting as much upload bandwidth as the host
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I added your options to my config and rebooted:

ifconfig_em1="inet w.x.y.z netmask 255.255.255.0 mtu 1492 -tso -lro -txcsum
-rxcsum"

It did not make any difference.


On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 1:44 AM Wanpeng Qian <wanpengqian@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Washington
>
> From my experience, you have to turn off TSO LRO TXCSUM etc for the host
> interface which is bridge to VM.
> for example, my rc.conf relateted line is
>
> ifconfig_ix1="up -tso -lro -txcsum -rxcsum"
>
> best regards.
>
>
> 2023年8月14日(月) 1:04 Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com>:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am still new to virtualization (using bhyve) and wanted to see if I can
>> get some help towards making headway with certain aspects.
>>
>> I am running a Debian12 VM under bhyve and I am wondering why it doesn't
>> get as much upload bandwidth as the main host when I run speedtest:
>>
>> From inside the VM:
>>
>> wash@debian12$ speedtest-cli
>> Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
>> Testing from XXXXXX (x.x.x.x)...
>> Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
>> Selecting best server based on ping...
>> Hosted by Zuku (Nairobi) [0.16 km]: 6.798 ms
>> Testing download
>> speed................................................................................
>> Download: 48.31 Mbit/s
>> Testing upload
>> speed......................................................................................................
>> Upload: 0.42 Mbit/s
>>
>> From the Host:
>> [16:03 ~ ]$ speedtest-cli
>> Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
>> Testing from XXXXXXXX (x.x.x.x)...
>> Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
>> Selecting best server based on ping...
>> Hosted by Zuku (Nairobi) [0.16 km]: 2.493 ms
>> Testing download
>> speed................................................................................
>> Download: 47.91 Mbit/s
>> Testing upload
>> speed......................................................................................................
>> Upload: 48.38 Mbit/s
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
>> Nairobi,KE
>> +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223
>> "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :-)
>> [How to ask smart questions:
>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html]
>>
>

-- 
Best regards,
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
+254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223
"Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :-)
[How to ask smart questions:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html]

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<div dir="ltr"><div>I added your options to my config and rebooted:</div><div><br></div><div>ifconfig_em1=&quot;inet w.x.y.z netmask 255.255.255.0 mtu 1492 -tso -lro -txcsum -rxcsum&quot;<br></div><div><br></div><div>It did not make any difference.</div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 1:44 AM Wanpeng Qian &lt;<a href="mailto:wanpengqian@gmail.com">wanpengqian@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Hi Washington</div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">From my experience, you have to turn off TSO LRO TXCSUM etc for the host interface which is bridge to VM.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">for example, my rc.conf relateted line is </div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">ifconfig_ix1=&quot;up -tso -lro -txcsum -rxcsum&quot;</div><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">best regards.</div></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">2023年8月14日(月) 1:04 Odhiambo Washington &lt;<a href="mailto:odhiambo@gmail.com" target="_blank">odhiambo@gmail.com</a>&gt;:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello all,<div><br></div><div>I am still new to virtualization (using bhyve) and wanted to see if I can get some help towards making headway with certain aspects.</div><div><br></div><div>I am running a Debian12 VM under bhyve and I am wondering why it doesn&#39;t get as much upload bandwidth as the main host when I run speedtest:<div><br></div><div>From inside the VM:<br><br>wash@debian12$ speedtest-cli<br>Retrieving <a href="http://speedtest.net/" target="_blank">speedtest.net</a> configuration...<br>Testing from XXXXXX (x.x.x.x)...<br>Retrieving <a href="http://speedtest.net/" target="_blank">speedtest.net</a> server list...<br>Selecting best server based on ping...<br>Hosted by Zuku (Nairobi) [0.16 km]: 6.798 ms<br>Testing download speed................................................................................<br>Download: 48.31 Mbit/s<br>Testing upload speed......................................................................................................<br>Upload: 0.42 Mbit/s<br><br>From the Host:<br>[16:03 ~ ]$ speedtest-cli<br>Retrieving <a href="http://speedtest.net/" target="_blank">speedtest.net</a> configuration...<br>Testing from XXXXXXXX (x.x.x.x)...<br>Retrieving <a href="http://speedtest.net/" target="_blank">speedtest.net</a> server list...<br>Selecting best server based on ping...<br>Hosted by Zuku (Nairobi) [0.16 km]: 2.493 ms<br>Testing download speed................................................................................<br>Download: 47.91 Mbit/s<br>Testing upload speed......................................................................................................<br>Upload: 48.38 Mbit/s</div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><br clear="all"><div><br></div><div><br></div></font></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Best regards,<br>Odhiambo WASHINGTON,<br>Nairobi,KE<br>+254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223<br>&quot;<span style="font-size:12.8px">Oh, the cruft.</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">&quot;, </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">egrep -v &#39;^$|^.*#&#39; </span><span style="font-family:&quot;Lucida Console&quot;,Consolas,&quot;Courier New&quot;,monospace;font-size:13.6px;background-color:rgb(34,34,34);color:rgb(238,238,238)">¯\_(ツ)_/¯</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> :-)</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">[How to ask smart questions: </span><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html" target="_blank">http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html</a>]</span></div></div></div></div></div></div>;
</blockquote></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Best regards,<br>Odhiambo WASHINGTON,<br>Nairobi,KE<br>+254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223<br>&quot;<span style="font-size:12.8px">Oh, the cruft.</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">&quot;, </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">egrep -v &#39;^$|^.*#&#39; </span><span style="background-color:rgb(34,34,34);color:rgb(238,238,238);font-family:&quot;Lucida Console&quot;,Consolas,&quot;Courier New&quot;,monospace;font-size:13.6px">¯\_(ツ)_/¯</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> :-)</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">[How to ask smart questions: </span><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html" target="_blank">http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html</a>]</span></div></div></div></div></div>;

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