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Matt
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Setup:

  • Dell laptop with USB3.0 ports
  • TrueNas (12.2-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 12.2-RELEASE-p2 663e6b09467(HEAD) amd64)
  • 2 NICs (ugreen usb3.0 to 1Gbit ethernet, with 3 usb ports on it each)

Both devices are being mounted successfully with axge driver. One hdd is attached to 1st device via USB and gets nearly 100Mb/s benchmark (so the USB3.0 hub on each devices is working fine).

    [email protected][~]# ifconfig ue0
    ue0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
        options=8000b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,LINKSTATE>
        ether 00:0e:c6:7c:e2:32
        inet 192.168.1.200 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
        media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
        status: active
        nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>
    [email protected][~]# ifconfig ue1
    ue1: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
        options=80009<RXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,LINKSTATE>
        ether 00:0e:c6:7c:e1:cd
        inet 192.168.1.201 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
        media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
        status: active
        nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>

[email protected][~]# dmesg
...
re0: <RealTek 810xE PCIe 10/100baseTX> port 0x2000-0x20ff mem 0xc1404000-0xc1404fff,0xc1400000-0xc1403fff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci2
re0: Using 1 MSI-X message
re0: ASPM disabled
re0: Chip rev. 0x40800000
re0: MAC rev. 0x00400000
miibus0: <MII bus> on re0
rlphy0: <RTL8201E 10/100 media interface> PHY 1 on miibus0
rlphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto, auto-flow
re0: Using defaults for TSO: 65518/35/2048
re0: Ethernet address: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
...
ugen0.5: <ASIX Elec. Corp. AX88179> at usbus0
axge0 on uhub7
axge0: <NetworkInterface> on usbus0
...
miibus1: <MII bus> on axge0
rgephy0: <RTL8169S/8110S/8211 1000BASE-T media interface> PHY 3 on miibus1
rgephy0:  none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 10baseT-FDX-flow, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 100baseTX-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, 1000baseT-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX-flow-master, auto, auto-flow
ue0: <USB Ethernet> on axge0
ue0: Ethernet address: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
ugen0.6: <GenesysLogic USB3.1 Hub> at usbus0
uhub8 on uhub1
uhub8: <GenesysLogic> on usbus0
uhub8: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
ugen0.7: <ASIX Elec. Corp. AX88179> at usbus0
axge1 on uhub8
axge1: <NetworkInterface> on usbus0
miibus2: <MII bus> on axge1
rgephy1: <RTL8169S/8110S/8211 1000BASE-T media interface> PHY 3 on miibus2
rgephy1:  none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 10baseT-FDX-flow, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 100baseTX-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, 1000baseT-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX-flow-master, auto, auto-flow
ue1: <USB Ethernet> on axge1
ue1: Ethernet address: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
ugen0.8: <AsmediaASM1051 USB3.0  Serial> at usbus0
umass0 on uhub8
umass0: <AsmediaASM1051 USB3.0  Serial, class 0/0, rev 3.00/1.00, addr 7> on usbus0
umass0:  SCSI over Bulk-Only; quirks = 0xc100
umass0:4:0: Attached to scbus4
(probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): REPORT LUNS. CDB: a0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00
(probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM status: SCSI Status Error
(probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI status: Check Condition
(probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI sense: ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:20,0 (Invalid command operation code)
(probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Error 22, Unretryable error
....
lo0: link state changed to UP
re0: link state changed to DOWN
ue0: link state changed to UP
ue1: link state changed to UP
...
ue0: link state changed to DOWN
ue1: link state changed to DOWN
ue0: link state changed to UP
ue1: link state changed to UP

Problem: when I measure my internet connection through each interface (ue0, ue1) I get up to 60Mbits only, however should be around 300Mbits (that’s my ISP tariff).

When I set 

ifconfig ue0 media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex
to interface I get full 100Mbits connection. But with the default 1000baseT it’s working worse providing me with up to 60Mbits.

I made a simple test with LiveCD of Ubuntu 18, and I do get the full internet connection with the same setup, meaning that the problem it’s none of cables, routers, internet connection provided, usb ports, etc.

The AXGE driver is supposed to be working fine, at least the very few results on the internet said that. I’m really confused with this situation and what is worse there’s not so many relevant information on that.

What am I missing?