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      SteveITS Galactic Empire @michmoor
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      @michmoor The reinstall should reformat the drive.

      Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
      When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        Yes, the only thing you would be bringing across is the config. Everything else will be recreated. So if you still see this it's either a bug in the code that affects all installs or something in your config specifically. Or both.

        Steve

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          michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @stephenw10
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          @stephenw10 @SteveITS Appreciate you both. I'll follow up once im done.

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          Routing: Juniper, Arista, Cisco
          Switching: Juniper, Arista, Cisco
          Wireless: Unifi, Aruba IAP
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            michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @michmoor
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            Re-install went through without an issue. Couldnt do the recovery of the config.xml as the system stated it couldnt find it. No matter thats what 3-2-1 backup strategies are for.

            Nevertheless, this didnt fix the issue. It is the most bizarre thing.

            So whats my next steps? Any ideas?

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            Switching: Juniper, Arista, Cisco
            Wireless: Unifi, Aruba IAP
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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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              So you restored the config and then couldn't change the descriptions? Or reconfigured it and then couldn't?

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                michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @stephenw10
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                @stephenw10 Restored the configuration. Tried to change vlan description. Doesnt happen.

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                Routing: Juniper, Arista, Cisco
                Switching: Juniper, Arista, Cisco
                Wireless: Unifi, Aruba IAP
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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  Mmm, I can't reproduce this either.
                  I would have to guess something in your config is trying to apply invalid values when you change the VLAN description. The sort of thing I could imagine it being would be and MTU or link state type that it tries to apply as an inherited value to the parent. Since you are using vlans on a lagg that is a double layer of parent interfaces.

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                    michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @stephenw10
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                    @stephenw10 So its definitely something in the config or at least how the GUI works with the config.xml in the background. Took a spare 6100 and loaded my config.xml and the exact same symptoms show up. I apply a vlan description change, All interfaces bounce, and the vlan change never happens.
                    Ive been reviewing both the <Interfaces> and <vlan? hierarchy and i couldnt tell you whats wrong. All looks good or at least nothing out of place.

                    Strange thing is, when i make the change directly to the config.xml, no issue. vlan change goes through and no interface flaps.

                    tail -f system.log when i change the vlan description the only things that stick out at me are the following

                    Feb  6 18:44:56 GA-FW1 arpwatch[24336]: pcap_loop: The interface disappeared
                    Feb  6 18:44:56 GA-FW1 kernel: lagg0.23: promiscuous mode disabled
                    Feb  6 18:44:56 GA-FW1 kernel: vlan5: changing name to 'lagg0.23'
                    
                    Feb  6 23:44:56 GA-FW1 php-fpm[36470]: /interfaces_vlan_edit.php: Gateway, NONE AVAILABLE
                    
                    Feb  6 23:44:57 GA-FW1 php-fpm[12214]: /rc.linkup: Hotplug event detected 
                    
                    Feb  6 23:49:46 GA-FW1 check_reload_status[334]: rc.newwanip starting lagg0.17
                    Feb  6 23:49:46 GA-FW1 check_reload_status[334]: rc.newwanip starting lagg0.3
                    

                    Its renewing WAN IP on my lagg facing my LAN? Something is strange.

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                    Parsing the logs I dont know why newwanip is running on each interface and resyncing with OpenVPN.

                    Feb 7 00:24:33	php-fpm	69922	/rc.newwanip: Resyncing OpenVPN instances for interface DMZ.
                    Feb 7 00:24:30	php-fpm	8705	/rc.newwanip: Resyncing OpenVPN instances for interface SLEEPY_IOT_WLAN.
                    Feb 7 00:24:26	php-fpm	36470	/rc.newwanip: Resyncing OpenVPN instances for interface KIDSZONE_WLAN.
                    Feb 7 00:24:24	php-fpm	27432	/rc.newwanip: Resyncing OpenVPN instances for interface STORAGE.
                    Feb 7 00:24:21	php-fpm	90475	/rc.newwanip: Resyncing OpenVPN instances for interface WORK.
                    Feb 7 00:16:46	php-fpm	69922	/interfaces.php: Resyncing OpenVPN instances for interface LAN.
                    Feb 6 23:57:56	php-fpm	27432	/interfaces.php: Resyncing OpenVPN instances for interface WORK.
                    Feb 6 23:50:04	php-fpm	36470	/rc.newwanip: Resyncing OpenVPN instances for interface DMZ.
                    Feb 6 23:50:02	php-fpm	69922	/rc.newwanip: Resyncing OpenVPN instances for interface SLEEPY_IOT
                    

                    Firewall: NetGate,Palo Alto-VM,Juniper SRX
                    Routing: Juniper, Arista, Cisco
                    Switching: Juniper, Arista, Cisco
                    Wireless: Unifi, Aruba IAP
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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @michmoor
                      last edited by

                      To be clear you are editing the Description field in Interfaces > Assignments > VLANs > Edit?

                      Then saving that?

                      Doing that will probably push interface options up to lagg0 and to the NICs that make up lagg0. And that in turn would mean anything else using those parents would inherit it. That's probably why you see everything reload. And somewhere there something is probably trying to set an invalid value. Though I would expect to see an error logged.

                      Are you able to upload your config to use to examine?

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                        michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @stephenw10
                        last edited by

                        @stephenw10 I just updated my comment above adding more log messages that i find very strange.

                        You tell me where to upload the config and you can have it. Appreciate the help on this.

                        Firewall: NetGate,Palo Alto-VM,Juniper SRX
                        Routing: Juniper, Arista, Cisco
                        Switching: Juniper, Arista, Cisco
                        Wireless: Unifi, Aruba IAP
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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          You can upload it here: https://nc.netgate.com/nextcloud/s/2A3mxLXwMnFEFak

                          Thanks

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                            michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @stephenw10
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                            @stephenw10 Done. Gave you the config along with my system logs during the time of the change. Just to reiterate, all this is was a vlan description change.

                            config.xml
                            systemlogs

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                            Routing: Juniper, Arista, Cisco
                            Switching: Juniper, Arista, Cisco
                            Wireless: Unifi, Aruba IAP
                            JNCIP,CCNP Enterprise

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

                              Great I have that.

                              And just to be clear you're editing the description field in Interfaces > Assignments > VLANs > Edit?

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                                michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @stephenw10
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                                @stephenw10 correct.
                                This all started because I wanted to reassign some ports to create a lagg. My changes were never saved. Edited the .xml

                                Next I wanted to update vlan descriptions. Changes never saved. That’s when I did some digging and checking logs.

                                Firewall: NetGate,Palo Alto-VM,Juniper SRX
                                Routing: Juniper, Arista, Cisco
                                Switching: Juniper, Arista, Cisco
                                Wireless: Unifi, Aruba IAP
                                JNCIP,CCNP Enterprise

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                                  michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @michmoor
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                                  Howdy @stephenw10 Did you have any free cycles to check out the items i uploaded?

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                                  Routing: Juniper, Arista, Cisco
                                  Switching: Juniper, Arista, Cisco
                                  Wireless: Unifi, Aruba IAP
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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    I looked over your config and I don't see anything significant there really. I'll have to try loading it up on something and testing it when I can.

                                    Do you know when during the logs you applied that change and it failed?

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                                      michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @stephenw10
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                                      @stephenw10 I was screen grabbing at the same time I clicked save when doing the vlan change.
                                      So right at the top are the beginning of the flooding messages that come in.
                                      Oddly someone is having a similar issue in the Reddit forum. Maybe it’s a NIC driver thing? That and the config seems to be the only consistent thing.
                                      I have half a mind to install the RC tonight.

                                      Firewall: NetGate,Palo Alto-VM,Juniper SRX
                                      Routing: Juniper, Arista, Cisco
                                      Switching: Juniper, Arista, Cisco
                                      Wireless: Unifi, Aruba IAP
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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                        last edited by

                                        You have a link?

                                        Are they also using a lagg of igc NICs?

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                                          michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @stephenw10
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                                          @stephenw10 https://www.reddit.com/r/PFSENSE/comments/10w51rk/hourly_network_drops/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

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                                          Routing: Juniper, Arista, Cisco
                                          Switching: Juniper, Arista, Cisco
                                          Wireless: Unifi, Aruba IAP
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                                            marcosm Netgate
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                                            Have you tried re-doing the configuration instead of restoring the config file? If you're able to reproduce it that way by only making related changes to a default configuration, that can help narrow down the issue.

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