Re: 1gig Rollout getting faster
 

Interesting, can I have screenshots of your config please?

Re: 1gig Rollout getting faster
 

When I've done the same testing I get 350Mb/s per link (2 links) and not 1.2Gb/s but this is when the Hub is in Router mode.

In Modem Mode it's a different story but due to ARP issues I can't get it working consistently, I'm still on older firmware.

Re: 1gig Rollout getting faster
 

Yesterday my Hub4 finally received the new firmware update which makes the port-aggregation work consistently and so I set it up and thought I'd share how I did it as I'm not using Mikrotik equipment instead I'm using just my normal pfSense router connected directly to the Hub4 (which is in modem mode).

So first of all within pfSense you can setup a round-robin LAGG from the Interfaces -> LAGGs menu (<RouterIP>/interfaces_lagg.php).

Obviously to use this you'll need multiple ethernet ports on your pfSense box to connect directly to the modem. You can use switches for this but I'm specifically detailing how to do this with just pfSense.

So my setup is 1 x 10Gb connection between my pfSense system and my home network (my entire home network is 10Gb wired).

Then for the Hub4 connection I used 4 x 1Gb ethernet. Now this is important because when I used only 2 x 1Gb connections I couldn't obtain more than 980 Mbps no matter what I did. So this was a 40 Mb improvement over using a single cable but not the 1.15-1.20 Gbps I was hoping for.

After a lot of trial and error I decided to connect 4 x 1Gb connections just as a test and instantly I was getting peak speeds of 1.22 Gbps within the pfSense interface and 1.15 Gbps to 1.20 Gbps in various speed tests that I conducted.

Here are some screenshots of those speeds:
Inside pfSense Directly:
https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2021/01/3.png

Speedtest.net Result:
https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2021/01/5.png

(You may notice in the above screenshot it shows the ISP as Datacamp Limited and not Virgin Media that's because the above test result is actually over an OpenVPN connection and not conducted directly.)

I did also do a plain DSLreports test over the raw connection without the VPN active and it hit 1140 Mbps which resulted in the test halting and them displaying me this message:
https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2021/01/4.png

Which I found rather humorous.

So that's all there is to it really, setup your LAGG as Round Robin, select all the interfaces you intend to connect to your modem (I recommend four due to what I said above regarding performance) hit save, specify that new LAGG Interface as your WAN on pfSense and you're off to the races.

Since I cloned the MAC address from my normal interface to the LAGG (this can all be done in the pfSense Interface GUI) I was able to get the connection up and running without even rebooting my modem. If you're using a different MAC to the normal one you will need to restart the modem.

One last thing to note. Round Robin LAGG setups can be quite CPU intensive due to the packets arriving out of order requiring the CPU to reorder them and when you're dealing with a 1.15-1.20 Gbps data flow.. that's a lot of packets to potentially receive out of order.

I noticed my pfSense router which is equipped with a 3.3GHz Core i5 Quad Core from 2014 was reaching 30% to 50% CPU usage when maxing the connection out when usually it's around 5%. I did not experience any packet loss though which is excellent.

I bring this up as you may need a decent processor if you're doing this in pfSense and in my case I may even need to upgrade the CPU cooler I'm using as it got rather toasty when running a sustained 60GB file transfer test handling a heavier load than it usually does.

Re: 1gig Rollout getting faster
 

That's great news and more cost effective than having to buy dedicated kit.

My four LAN cables on the Mikrotik 4011 are split 2 and 2 across each pair of switch chips and the CPU hits around 9% when maxed out with round-robin bonding. Chassis is cool to the touch unlike the SFP+ modules which are hot.

Re: 1gig Rollout getting faster
 

Got my update seems stable so far. Also saw someone posting stats from a hub 4 on the VM forums with 6 upstream channels couple days ago. This can only be good news.

Re: 1gig Rollout getting faster
 

Sounds like in preparation for the full 10% or faster upload speeds.

Re: 1gig Rollout getting faster
 

I've seen a few forum threads lately with people claiming multiple customer service representatives offered them 100Mb upload if they took 1Gig (supposedly offered to people thinking of quitting the service entirely).

All unverified but if it's true I'd certainly be happy!

Re: 1gig Rollout getting faster
 

Does anyone know how the rollout is going?
I can still only get 500Mb here.
I figure, based on the actual figures I’m getting, I might actually get 500Mb if I had their 1Gb service...

Re: 1gig Rollout getting faster
 

I've been hoping to find some sort of timetable of the rollout but there doesnt seem to be one.

Re: 1gig Rollout getting faster
 

Yeah same. Would be good to know even rough timescales for regions/areas

Re: 1gig Rollout getting faster
 

I think the average for announcing new cities has been every 3-4 months on average

Re: 1gig Rollout getting faster
 

There wont be a public release of timetable for commercial reasons, the rollout is going well but there is substantial work required for this upgrade, some areas are easier than others! An area wont be announced until it is ready for "launch".

Re: 1gig Rollout getting faster
 

I've noticed that on the 'My Account' page I now have a banner saying Gig1 is available in your area... but it hasnt been announced and I cannot buy it. I assume this is more likely to be an error rather than a sign it is coming to my area?

Re: 1gig Rollout getting faster
 

Perfect speeds here on 1gig.

Re: 1gig Rollout getting faster
 

Judging by my speeds on 500Mb I reckon I should get 400-500Mb on 1Gb if it ever gets here.