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    realtek-re-kmod missing in pfSense 2.6 repository?

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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      Usually seeing that message indicates pfSense no longer has an interface with an IP address in the same subnet as the indicate IP so it cannot ARP for it. So usually it's the gateway address on a dynamic connection and the interface has lost it's lease or similar.
      Adding a static ARP entry there prevents it trying so you don't see that error but doesn't actually allow it to function in that circumstance. Usually those errors are only while a WAN reconnects.

      Steve

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        MxcZXAKM @stephenw10
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        @stephenw10 maybe setting the default gateway to WAN instead of automatic would help but in my case I can’t because of the VPN connection.

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          Hmm, usually that's exactly when you should have it set to WAN and not auto.

          This should be in a new topic though.

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            bepa888
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            It has been seven days since I upgraded to realtek-re-kmod driver version 197.00, and my pfSense 2.6 box's LAN and WAN interfaces have not flapped even once. In the previous version, 196.04, the interfaces flapped randomly every one to four days and needed a reboot to fix the issue. Due to the frequent flapping issue with v196.04, I created a cron job that is scheduled to run every minute to check if an interface is flapping. The cron job will automatically reboot the OS if an interface has flapped more than five times (down/up/down/up/down). The OS reboot took ~40 seconds.

            My box is a Gigabyte EL-20-3710-32G, and my internet bandwidth is 300 Mbps for upload and download. PowerD, Crypto Hardware, Kernel PTI, MDS Mode, RAM disks, hardware checksum offload, TCP segmentation offload, and hardware large receive offload are all disabled. I haven't changed anything other than upgrading the Realtek driver to version 197.00. Hopefully, the Realtek NIC flapping issue has been permanently fixed.

            Below are the settings in my /boot/loader.conf.local and /boot/loader.conf:

            if_re_load="YES"
            if_re_name="/boot/modules/if_re.ko"
            hw.re.msi_disable=1
            hw.re.msix_disable=1
            hw.re.eee_enable=0
            hw.re.phy_power_saving=0
            hw.re.phy_mdix_mode=0
            hw.re.max_rx_mbuf_sz="2048"
            legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1
            legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1
            legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1
            
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              goovich @bepa888
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              @bepa888 any updates?

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                bepa888 @goovich
                last edited by bepa888

                @goovich Ever since I installed the realtek-re-kmod driver version 197.00 25 days ago, there has been no flapping on either the LAN or WAN Realtek ports. Yay!

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                  goovich @bepa888
                  last edited by goovich

                  @bepa888 thank you for the update! Hope my Zbox CI323 nano will stop locking/hanging.

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                    HaskyCrawford @xenium1024
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                    @xenium1024 i'm same erro in 196 197 and 198 repo!

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      In 2.6? Do this: https://forum.netgate.com/post/1100295

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                        HaskyCrawford @stephenw10
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                        @stephenw10 Hello Good morning from Brazil!
                        Thanks, but after this configuration my pfsense broken :\

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                        I access to pfsense and its see you crash report, but i don't now how add here my log .tar

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                          HaskyCrawford @stephenw10
                          last edited by HaskyCrawford

                          @stephenw10 i post in gist.github

                          https://gist.github.com/haskycrawford/f69722c7cdb9a02c2c87e1798d665307

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                            Hmm, not a crash I'm familiar with. It did load the driver correctly though.

                            Is that part of an HA pair? The crash is in pfSync:

                            db:0:kdb.enter.default>  bt
                            Tracing pid 12 tid 100115 td 0xfffff800058a0740
                            kdb_enter() at kdb_enter+0x37/frame 0xfffffe008702c5f0
                            vpanic() at vpanic+0x197/frame 0xfffffe008702c640
                            panic() at panic+0x43/frame 0xfffffe008702c6a0
                            trap_fatal() at trap_fatal+0x391/frame 0xfffffe008702c700
                            trap_pfault() at trap_pfault+0x4f/frame 0xfffffe008702c750
                            trap() at trap+0x286/frame 0xfffffe008702c860
                            calltrap() at calltrap+0x8/frame 0xfffffe008702c860
                            --- trap 0xc, rip = 0xffffffff8109a0c6, rsp = 0xfffffe008702c930, rbp = 0xfffffe008702c950 ---
                            pfsync_state_export() at pfsync_state_export+0x26/frame 0xfffffe008702c950
                            pfsync_sendout() at pfsync_sendout+0x280/frame 0xfffffe008702ca00
                            pfsyncintr() at pfsyncintr+0xd1/frame 0xfffffe008702ca50
                            ithread_loop() at ithread_loop+0x23c/frame 0xfffffe008702cab0
                            fork_exit() at fork_exit+0x7e/frame 0xfffffe008702caf0
                            fork_trampoline() at fork_trampoline+0xe/frame 0xfffffe008702caf0
                            --- trap 0, rip = 0, rsp = 0, rbp = 0 ---
                            
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                              Dobby_ @HaskyCrawford
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                              @haskycrawford

                              Here it begins....

                              <118>Setting up gateway monitors...
                              
                              
                              Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
                              cpuid = 0; apic id = 00
                              fault virtual address	= 0x0
                              fault code		= supervisor read data, page not present
                              instruction pointer	= 0x20:0xffffffff8109a0c6
                              stack pointer	        = 0x28:0xfffffe008702c930
                              frame pointer	        = 0x28:0xfffffe008702c950
                              code segment		= base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
                              			= DPL 0, pres 1, long 1, def32 0, gran 1
                              processor eflags	= interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0
                              current process		= 12 (swi1: pfsync)
                              trap number		= 12
                              panic: page fault
                              cpuid = 0
                              time = 1682586946
                              KDB: enter: panic
                              

                              And that may be the point were it struggles about.

                              fault virtual address	= 0x0
                              fault code		= supervisor read data, page not present
                              

                              #~. @Dobby

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                                HaskyCrawford @Dobby_
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                                @stephenw10 i don't have a HA pfsense, i have 3 network cards 2 WAN and 1 LAN all Realtek 8111.

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                  Hmm, OK. Since you have a screenshot does that mean it did boot correctly after that? Or did you roll back the driver to get that?

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