Got it working in record time and has been running smoothly for almost a day with zero issues.
i have to admit, this ipfire is FAST. the accelerator is to the floor. its that fast. i do like it.
How are you determining that it is faster than previous builds?
hi, sorry for the late response.
since ipfire was ip4 only. all my machines are windows 11 and i turned off the ipv6 stack. that sped it up on its own. i changed dns to american only as i am in canada west coast. that sped it up.
now this is the part that you guys did.
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I installed that on my ipfire and noticed my pc plow threw the install and was snappy with the web responses. i did bare bones, no addons.
my firewall rules
dns.
94.140.14.14 dns.adguard-dns.com
94.140.14.15 family.adguard-dns.com
9.9.9.9 dns9.quad9.net
8.8.8.8 Google
this is what i did
the millisecond is what i did and do care and you guys made ipfire great. thanks guys.
5gbit nic for internet side.
10gbit nic for network side.
2.8ghz cpu quad core.
8gb of ram
Fast is not a isp server its Netflix usa. Ookla gave out their servers to isps which is local. Netflix does not
This doesn’t look safe or even correct.
Can someone else comment?
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I think the rules are correct. No violation of iptables rules, formally,
But they to allow nearly all, WAN ↔ LAN. This isn’t supposed for an internet gateway like IPFire. The main policy should be: allow connections only, if they are initiated from LAN.
For servers inside the local net accessible from outside, there must be special dedicated rules.
Another point, why are filtering DNS servers used ( which possibly store the accesses )?
Filtering should be done under control of the local access device, IPFire!
The speedtest result posted is pretty standard fare for a gigabit internet connection. My symmetric gigabit fiber connection regularly gets ~1020 Mbps both up and down. I get being happy with a fast connection, but I can’t see how one Core Update can suddenly be noticeably faster than the previous one. 
I’m currently using heavy logging. I’m try to catch someone. And am a gamer and i need simplicity and transparent proxy.
I’m careful most of the time.
Yes I have gigabit internet. Its 1k/1k
But my ipfire is set for long term use. Long time. Alot of work went into this.
The internet is so hostile I stay on the main road. The back ally is a big no, and I refuse the dark web.
That’s why I use filtered DNS and I did adguard one time purchase for life. No ads. 1990s internet. Ad free
I have a windows 2022 server as main DNS and ipfire as a backup. Yes both do the exact same.
And win2022 does DHCP too.