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    Double counting of WAN out traffic?

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    • K
      kimble
      last edited by

      Bump as I'm also seeing this. Had it in 2.4, still happening in 2.5.
      Wan is PPPoE. Outbound WAN traffic appears double in the traffic graph and in the value of ifOutOctets by SNMP. (Both compared to the interface on pfSense that the traffic is flowing to, and the traffic graphs generated by my ISP.) Inbound WAN traffic and all the other interfaces are unaffected.

      (I've been working around this in a script that collects SNMP data by dividing the value by two.)

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        jschneider
        last edited by

        I see the problem as well on 2.5.1.
        I use PPPoE on VLAN tagged port with traffic shaping.
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        The WAN interface shows 22M during a speed test, which report 11M.
        The DSLMODEM interface, where the DSL modem is connected, shows 11M upload at the same time, which is in line with my maximum upload speed as reported by the DSL modem.
        When I remove the traffic shaping then the doubled upload bandwidth display on WAN goes away.

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          Do you still see that in 2.6?

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            kimble @stephenw10
            last edited by

            Yep, still happening for me in 2.6

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Are you also running traffic shaping on the WAN?

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                kimble @stephenw10
                last edited by

                Yes I am.

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  So pretty much exactly as described here?: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/11759
                  Except there is no mention of shaping there which is probably why Viktor couldn't replicate it.

                  Steve

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                    pst @stephenw10
                    last edited by

                    @stephenw10 I just wanted to highlight this issue is still present in 23.05.1

                    I also run a traffic shaper on WAN. What's not shown below are the three wireguard interfaces carrying the LAN2 traffic.

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      You should add your data point to the open bug report.

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                        pst @stephenw10
                        last edited by

                        @stephenw10 done

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