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    Weirdest Issue Ever? - Experts Needed! SMB Hangs over Specific File

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      JamesObZ @michmoor
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      @michmoor said in Weirdest Issue Ever? - Experts Needed! SMB Hangs over Specific File:

      @jamesobz said in Weirdest Issue Ever? - Experts Needed! SMB Hangs over Specific File:

      o, the issue does not occur on the same VLAN whi

      Let's turn the pfsense into a router only just to make sure packet filtering weirdness arent in play assuming you haven't done so
      System - Advanced- Firewall & NAT - Advanced Options - Disable Firewall
      Click save at the bottom of the page.
      Try your test again.

      @michmoor - I have tried this and with it disabled i still cannot transfer the file successfully. Gets stuck on 60% each time as before.

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        JamesObZ @stephenw10
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        @stephenw10 said in Weirdest Issue Ever? - Experts Needed! SMB Hangs over Specific File:

        Mmm, we are assuming you are using the switched (LAN 1-4) ports on the 2100 which seems like it could be significant. Are you able to test using VLANs on the WAN (mvneta0) port?

        Or maybe between the WAN and LAN directly without any VLANs?

        Steve

        Hi Steve, Yes i am using the default config in terms of switch setup on the SG-2100. Here are a couple of pics. switch.jpg switch 2.jpg interfaces.jpg

        How do you mean test using VLANs on the WAN port? Are you suggesting that i host this file externally and then try and connect to that external server via SMB to see if it can be pulled down that way so the traffic goes via the WAN interface instead of an internal one?

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          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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          The VLAN interfaces you have defined there are on mvneta1?

          The switch in the 2100 is still in port-based vlan mode so all those VLAN would be available on all 4 VLAN ports. Which should be fine but is less common. Most users would put the 2100 switch in .1q mode and trunk VLANs to the required ports.

          Either you are testing through the switch.

          If you created VLANs on mvneta 1 and connected that to the 6100 switch that would rule out the on-board switch as a potential issue.
          It seems unlikely to be an issue though.

          Steve

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            JamesObZ @stephenw10
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            @stephenw10 said in Weirdest Issue Ever? - Experts Needed! SMB Hangs over Specific File:

            The VLAN interfaces you have defined there are on mvneta1?

            The switch in the 2100 is still in port-based vlan mode so all those VLAN would be available on all 4 VLAN ports. Which should be fine but is less common. Most users would put the 2100 switch in .1q mode and trunk VLANs to the required ports.

            Either you are testing through the switch.

            If you created VLANs on mvneta 1 and connected that to the 6100 switch that would rule out the on-board switch as a potential issue.
            It seems unlikely to be an issue though.

            Steve

            The VLAN interfaces are all on mvneta1, yes. I had tried to set this up initially using .1q but could not seem to get it working the way i needed. Having reached out I had a separate post a while back on that HERE for context and was advised to configure it the way it is now which works.

            'If you created VLANs on mvneta 1 and connected that to the 6100 switch that would rule out the on-board switch as a potential issue.'
            This is exactly how i have it configured. Lan Port 1 on the firewall going into the 6100 switch port 48 which is trunked. From there there is also a trunk port also on port 47 which goes to the host with the VMs on it i have been testing on.

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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              Sorry I meant on mvneta0. So as to not be passing traffic through the 2100s switch.

              When I initially thought it could be a potential problem I had assumed you were using .1q mode. It seems far less likely in port vlan mode. But we are into the realms of the unlikely!

              Steve

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                keyser Rebel Alliance @stephenw10
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                @stephenw10 said in Weirdest Issue Ever? - Experts Needed! SMB Hangs over Specific File:

                Sorry I meant on mvneta0. So as to not be passing traffic through the 2100s switch.

                When I initially thought it could be a potential problem I had assumed you were using .1q mode. It seems far less likely in port vlan mode. But we are into the realms of the unlikely!

                Steve

                I Concur with Steve, if you can test it using mvneta0 as the uplink port, then we at least could eliminate the built-in 4 port switch, and we would have proper interface counters (NIC only) to see if a queue is flooding and dropping packets in the proces.

                Love the no fuss of using the official appliances :-)

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                  michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @JamesObZ
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                  @jamesobz I think we’re getting close to just swapping our the hardware (firewall) and see if problem follows.

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                  Switching: Juniper, Arista, Cisco
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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by stephenw10

                    Mmm, I thought that had in fact been tried but unless it was buried somewhere in the reddit comments I don't see it now.

                    Edit: The files passes other pfSense installs fine. Though possible not the same config.

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                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @stephenw10
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                      So what is the size of this file? 1MB, 1GB, 10GB, 1TB?

                      Talk of queue issues, etc.. If that was the case I would assume you would run into this issue whenever you copy same sort of large file, etc..

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                        The file is not especially large. Like of the order of 10MB.
                        It really does seem to be the file since in the original use case the rest of the folder can be passed fine without it.

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