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    Upgrade 2.5.2 to 2.6.0, upgrade success, Limiters not passing

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      Destello @stephenw10
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      @stephenw10
      'ipfw show' returns an error:
      ipfw: retrieving config failed: Protocol not available
      And I have definitely rebooted since disabling Captive Portal. That was certainly a good suggestion, though, as I have 100 users and try to reboot as seldom as possible.

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        Hmm so how exactly do you have the Limiters configured?

        I've not been able to replicate any issues as long as ipfw is not enabled.

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          Destello @stephenw10
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          @stephenw10
          So, I did some more testing today and discovered that normal traffic over the limiters isn't causing any issues. It is actually only specific video games that are experiencing the issue. When I launch a multiplayer game of Heroes of the Storm with the limiters, my latency goes through the roof and I start dropping packets, but without the limiters, it works better, but with still some packet loss. However, I run a co-op vs AI game with the limiters enabled and I have no problems at all. I tried Overwatch, and a multiplayer game blows up my connection so badly that I get instantly disconnected, whether or not I have the limiters enabled. It looks like I am on the wrong thread, I apologize. I'll have to do some more research to figure out where I should actually be posting this. As of note, I didn't have this issue on 2.5.2 and I did the uPnP and latency spike patch at the same time as the captive portal patch. Sorry for not testing further earlier, Steve.

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            No worries, thanks for confirming. 👍

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              TheNarc @Destello
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              @destello Apologies if I missed it somewhere but may I ask what the latency spike patch is? I'm running 2.6.0 CE, bare metal, no captive portal, and getting terrible latency spikes and packet loss on heavy parallel downloads even when I limit to 12% or less of my downstream cap. I'd heard of the captive portal issue but your mention here is the first I recall seeing with respect to a latency spike patch. Thanks!

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                This, in the System Patches package:

                Screenshot from 2022-04-08 23-36-00.png

                Steve

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                  nieblafog
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                  Bingo!! Disable Limiters was the solution for me.
                  Where limiters are actives the ping to google.com crush every time but ping 8.8.8.8 answer without problem; with limiters disable ping to google and 8.8.8.8 are ok

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                    Test a 2.7 or 22.05 snapshot if you can. Limiters + Captive Portal is fixed there.

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                      jamesmaxwifi @stephenw10
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                      @stephenw10 Just to confirm, there is no System Patch to fix the Captive Portal/Limiter interaction on 22.01, the only option is to disable Captive Portal or upgrade to the Beta/Devel Branch of 22.05?

                      I couldn't see anything regarding this on the System Patches Package.

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                        That's correct, there is no run-time patch for the issue.
                        https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/12954

                        Steve

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