• TAC support ticket emails: incorrect wording on close

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    Thanks. We are investigating.

    Steve

  • Netgate 4100

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    No it isn't. The RAM on the 4100 is on-board and there no DIMM slots.

    Steve

  • Help setting up the internal switch!

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    @stephenw10 I missed that in my post earlier they are all set to trunk. I will need to rethink my Unifi setup after the firewall/switch is reconfigured. :) I do also need to redo the placing of my APs to make me wifi better and to reach everywhere in full speed. But that not for you to help me with. :)

  • Will UniFi SFPs work in newer Netgate appliances?

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    @rcoleman-netgate thank you. I will surely order that one.

  • Using a LAN port on SG-3100 for WAN interface to Frontier ONT

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    @cmccolgan said in Using a LAN port on SG-3100 for WAN interface to Frontier ONT:

    In reading various posts it seems that there are ineffeciencies in using a LAN port at these speeds and I was getting a perf hit by using LAN 4 as my WAN port.

    What you were probably hitting there was the shared link between the LAN4 and one of the other LAN ports if that's where you were testing from. In that config both ports are sharing a single NIC. The NIC can send and receive at 1G simultaneously so if you have a udp stream you should see very close to line rate. However for TCP tests the reply traffic moving the other way decreases the available bandwidth. When the path uses two NICs that isn't an issue. So, if you are using a LAN port as the WAN, testing from a client on OPT will likely show the same results you see using the WAN port.

    Steve

  • SG-1100 Failed to reload after power failure

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    Yup, open a ticket to get a reinstall image if you need it: https://www.netgate.com/tac-support-request

    Connect to the serial console to see what's happening:
    https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/solutions/sg-1100/connect-to-console.html

    You may be able to recover from a filesystem error without reinstalling with console access.

    Steve

  • SG-1100 takes a LONG time to start up (and doesn't halt?)

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    @stephenw10 said in SG-1100 takes a LONG time to start up (and doesn't halt?):

    @tangooversway said in pfSense takes a LONG time to start up (and doesn't halt?):

    it can take 2, even 3 minutes before the green diamond LED stops blinking. (I've timed it - it really is that long.) Is it normal for an SG-1100 to completely turn on?

    It can be, especially if it doesn't have a functioning WAN/ There are some processes that have to time out at boot if so.

    That makes sense. When I'm working on the settings, it's hooked up directly to my iMac. While I'm doing that, I can't go through it for a good internet connection for research, so I don't connect it until I'm ready to use it. And for the main LAN, because of that delay, I've booted, waited for the green diamond, then connected it to the WAN and LAN.

    @tangooversway said in pfSense takes a LONG time to start up (and doesn't halt?):

    Shouldn't that diamond led turn off to show the SG-1100 is off?

    No, it does not turn off at halt. The SG-1100, like other ARM devices, doesn't power down when it halts. There is no good way to turn off that LED actually at halt and turning it off before that could cause incorrect de-powering.

    Okay. Same as on a Raspberry Pi. (I forgot about that issue!) Thank you for clearing that up.

    The best way to see what's happening at boot and to know when it's safe to unplug is to look at the console.

    Sometimes I can do that, but when I'm done in the "tech zone," where I have several servers, the ethernet switches, fiber optic couplers, and all that stuff, including my firewalls, I don't have anything with a GUI, so I can't easily check the console. (I do have a phone, but I hate using a small phone screen for web interfaces that aren't designed for mobile devices.)

    Thank you!

  • Netgate 7100 multiple VLANS on one discrete switch lan port?

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    @stephenw10 thank you for the clarification, i just migrated all my VLANs to the 10Gi ports , worked out flawlessly
    ix0,ix1 => LAGG1 => LAGG1.vlanX

    I have just the (3) WAN ports on the integrated switch now

    I think this setup is far better utilizing the two 10Gi ports on the internal network , having
    them as uplinks for the VLANs

  • Netgate 2100 WAN fails after appr. 2 hours of operation

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    It's hard to imagine what reseting the config does to restore the connection here. It would initially come up with WAN as DHCP and send some broadcast traffic.

    I assume you have tried reconnecting the WAN cable?

    Rebooting the fibre modem?

    Does the gateway IP disappear from the ARP table in Diag > ARP?

    Steve

  • SG-5100 - which crypto hardware to enable?

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    QAT is your best bet since you are on Plus and the hardware is capable.

  • pfsense+ to pfsense on NETGATE 1100

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    The 1100 is ARM and there are no CE ARM builds of any version.

    Even the older versions before the "Plus" branding were still customized and referred to as "Factory" versions which were different from CE.

    Some of the amd64 Netgate hardware can run CE, but some require special drivers/code for certain hardware and you'd lose other hardware-specific tuning and capabilities. For example the 7100 wouldn't run CE well because it couldn't drive the integrated switch, among other things. The 6100 could run CE but you'd lose QAT support and other items tuned for that hardware (LEDs, Reset button, and so on)

  • Netgate SG-4100 (w/Rackmount Adapter!)

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  • Netgate SG-5100 eMMC to SSD advise

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    @stephenw10

    Thanks a lot!

  • 7100 access port mirror

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    Yes, you can divide up the switched ports in whatever way you want, it's managed switch.

    You can even use port VLAN mode to effectively couple the two internal interfaces to two Eth ports directly. That allows you to treat them as real NIC ports and see all traffic on them. But obviously only at 1G.

    Steve

  • Netgate SG-1100 connection dropping hourly

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    Hitting 100% packet loss like that is unlikely to be just latency reloading the rules.
    Is that the system or gateway log? Is there anything else in the system log at that time?

    It looks more like, say, the modem rebooting. Does it have an uptime you can check?

    Steve

  • 7100--I killed the VPN settings on the switch--how to restore?

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    @stephenw10

    VLAN is exactly what I meant, thanks! Have not had my coffee yet.

    Steve

  • SG-2100 dead WAN port

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    The SFP adapter did the trick. The activity LED on the WAN RJ45 socket also still works. I did a factory reset and am currently restoring settings from backup.

  • Export config from MTB-2220 and import to SG-1100?

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    @stephenw10, Excellent! Ticket submitted.

  • Why only ~890Mbit/s on 10Gb network? 7100XG

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    @bmeeks - thanks for your furthering. It makes so much sense. Thanks.

  • Hard reset netgate 6100

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    This is the procedure I use. The reset button is the upper of the two buttons on the side, the one more recessed.

    The reset is a two step process: Power on the device. After a few seconds, when the green circle LED changes from orange to blue, hold the reset button for 5 seconds. This 'short-press' initiates the reset. Then, after the drive has mounted, the system recognises the reset has been initiated and asks you to confirm the reset. In 22.01 this is indicated by all three LEDs turning red. Hold the reset button until all three LEDs start flashing, ~13s. The system then resets the config and reboots.

    Steve

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