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    PCI Passthrough Intel 82575GB vs. VirtIO (paravirtualized) for pfSense Install

    Well, I got the VM up and running and things run pretty good. However, I am not getting the throughput I should be. I have a 1Gb up/down fiber connection to the house. When I test my connection through my old Ubiquiti Security Gateway I get about 920mb both up and down (give or take a few mb...
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    PCI Passthrough Intel 82575GB vs. VirtIO (paravirtualized) for pfSense Install

    Yeah, think I'll try the passthrough then. Sounds like I might get the expected throughput, but why risk it if i can avoid it I guess. Thanks, Randy
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    PCI Passthrough Intel 82575GB vs. VirtIO (paravirtualized) for pfSense Install

    I am installing pfSense on the latest version of Proxmox. I have a quad Intel NIC with the subject chipset. I was following the configuration guide on Netgate's website and it outlined choosing VirtIO for the network card. My question is would I get better throughput and performance if I use...