realtek-re-kmod missing in pfSense 2.6 repository?

stephenw10

Hmm, nope ufs systems updated fine here too. I'll see if any of the devs have seen it.

stephenw10

@mxczxakm said in realtek-re-kmod missing in pfSense 2.6 repository?:

can pfsense be upgraded to 2.7 dev temporarily then “downgraded” to 2.7 release when it comes out?

Yes. When a release comes out you can simply switch to stable and upgrade to it from an earlier snapshot.
What you can't do is 'downgrade' to 2.6 once you've gone to a 2.7 snapshot.

Steve

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stephenw10

There are several ways
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/backup/restore-during-install.html

Steve

MxcZXAKM

I forgot I’m on PfSense +, what’s the equal to 2.7, 22.09?

stephenw10

It's the current dev version which is 22.11. Plus snapshots are not available yet though, we have a few bugs to iron out first. Should be imminent.

Steve

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stephenw10

Yes, that is what happens because the FreeBSD ABI version is different. However when you switch back to 2.7 it should change back to 14.
You should see the repo pkg upgrade or downgrade in the logs when you do.

However I can't replicate that currently. In fact there seems to b exactly the opposite problem; the stable ABI is not updated to 12 so i cannot update from it. Looking at that now.

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skogs

Please keep this thread on topic. People click this topic specifically for realtek issues caused by years of neglect. Realtek hardware exists and works fine mostly everywhere...we just need to do manual foo to fix it here.

Normally I'm not one to complain, but we're talking about upgrades, downgrades, and complaints about posts being spam...

--please don't reply to this; just go about your day--

w0w

I can confirm that netmap is not working correctly with these drivers in pfSense, so do not try to use the inline mode for suricata or snort. It will crash shortly after setting applied or after reboot.
P.S.
I've tried builds based on Freebsd 12 only and at least 3 different realtek cards, if you have any luck with other version or hardware, please let us know.

MxcZXAKM

@w0w for the record I had the same issue with inline & legacy, made no difference.

w0w

@mxczxakm for the record, I have crash and kernel dump on all three variants and your problem looks different for me. Create a new topic and post there as much information as you can.

bepa888

realtek-re-kmod version 197.00 for pfSense 2.6 / FreeBSD 12 is out:

fetch -v https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:12:amd64/latest/All/realtek-re-kmod-197.00.pkg

pkg install -f -y realtek-re-kmod-197.00.pkg

My box's WAN and LAN interfaces periodically flapped with the older v196.04. I hope the latest Realtek driver version 197.00 is more stable.

w0w

@bepa888
I've been using it for a week and haven't noticed a difference.

MxcZXAKM

I’ve been running with the new driver and suricata in legacy without an issue for today anyways.

RK0

I decided to upgrade earlier today...it went without a hitch. Running 2.6 with two Realtek ethernet controllers, a RTL8111K and a RTL8111H in a Lenovo ThinkCentre M90n IoT dual NIC system.

MxcZXAKM

Eventually it started dropping my wireguard connection on/off and eventually it locked up the LAN so i couldn’t log in. I went back to no Suricata which still works just fine.

w0w

@mxczxakm
It seems to me that there are several problems mixed in here, some sort of defective or incompatible hardware is mixed with incomplete/missed suricata settings.