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    • w0wW
      w0w
      last edited by

      I don’t want to jump to conclusions, but at the moment there is a suspicion that there is some kind of dependence between these connection breaks and the netmap, which is built into the kernel, as I understand it, and PPPoE. I can’t imagine what kind of dependence, but if the port is used on 226 as a normal DHCP through a similar connection, as in the case of PPPoE, the link is stable.
      At the moment, I have replaced both cards on both testlab firewalls with the original Intel X550-T2 running latest firmware.
      Also I removed the suricata, and we will see if the situation repeats itself next month.

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @w0w
        last edited by

        @w0w said in Chinese I226-V on 23.05.1, problems:

        is this normal?

        Yes. The driver shows that as available queues when it attaches:

        ix0: <Intel(R) X553 N (SFP+)> mem 0x80400000-0x805fffff,0x80604000-0x80607fff at device 0.0 on pci9
        ix0: Using 2048 TX descriptors and 2048 RX descriptors
        ix0: Using 4 RX queues 4 TX queues
        ix0: Using MSI-X interrupts with 5 vectors
        ix0: allocated for 4 queues
        ix0: allocated for 4 rx queues
        ix0: Ethernet address: 00:08:a2:12:17:7e
        ix0: eTrack 0x8000084b PHY FW V65535
        ix0: netmap queues/slots: TX 4/2048, RX 4/2048
        

        That doesn't mean that netmap itself is in use.

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        • w0wW
          w0w
          last edited by

          Preliminary information on one of the firewalls — X550-T2 works without problems. If the connection is interrupted, then only from the provider, every known amount of days. Link never going down as it did with igc.

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            Hmm, so the physical link stays up and only the PPPoE is restarted?

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            • w0wW
              w0w @stephenw10
              last edited by

              @stephenw10
              Yes, exactly.

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                Hmm, I have no idea what would cause that on igc but not ix. Unless it's actually the igc link dropping causing PPPoE to reset. I've never seen it on any of our igc NICs but that is the reported symptom from those early igc NICs in Linux or Windows.

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                • w0wW
                  w0w @stephenw10
                  last edited by

                  @stephenw10
                  Everything is possible. It can be fake i225-v3 or even 226, just something reflashed early 225. Also it can be this buggy pcie hub/switch that is present on 2 port version cards.
                  But, what is really strange is that when i used it just as DHCP WAN it was also rock stable, the problem remains when PPPoE is used. I don't know. Maybe some hidden bug in the driver

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                  • UnoptanioU
                    Unoptanio @w0w
                    last edited by

                    @w0w
                    Hello,

                    what are the 2.5G NICs that definitely work fine with pfsense 2.7.0?

                    pfSensePlus24.03 2U BareMetal Asrock Industrial IMB-X1314MicroATX
                    CPU: i7-13700@5.2GHz, RAM:32GB ECC, n°2 Samsung 870EVO SATA 2.5” SSD 1TB (ZFS) Raid1
                    n°3 Intel i225-LM 2500/1000/100Mbps, n°1 NIC Intel i350-T4V2 10/100/1000 Mbps 4*GLAN, n°1 Intel X520-DA2

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      As far as I know the i225-V rev3 NICs work fine. That's what we have in the 6100 and 4100.

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                      • w0wW
                        w0w @Unoptanio
                        last edited by w0w

                        @Unoptanio
                        There is i226-V is on the market already, that is claimed as “fixed” version of 225.
                        But…
                        https://wccftech.com/intel-releases-new-driver-to-mitigate-i226-i225-ethernet-controller-issues/
                        This somehow still trial and error…
                        You can try it anyway, at your own risk. There is no good solution for that amount of money, only if you're going with next level, like 10Gbps Intel cards that have issues as well, but support is a bit better.

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          We use that in the 8200 and haven't seen any issues there either. The i226 is significantly more efficient. Uses about half the power IIRC.

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                          • UnoptanioU
                            Unoptanio @w0w
                            last edited by

                            @w0w

                            Greetings,
                            As a Windows user and owner of motherboards with integrated i225 and i226 network cards, I know the problems with these cards. But the new released intel drivers are only for windows systems. Are there no chip firmware updates?
                            So on BSB14 I have no idea if an updated driver has been released

                            pfSensePlus24.03 2U BareMetal Asrock Industrial IMB-X1314MicroATX
                            CPU: i7-13700@5.2GHz, RAM:32GB ECC, n°2 Samsung 870EVO SATA 2.5” SSD 1TB (ZFS) Raid1
                            n°3 Intel i225-LM 2500/1000/100Mbps, n°1 NIC Intel i350-T4V2 10/100/1000 Mbps 4*GLAN, n°1 Intel X520-DA2

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                            • UnoptanioU
                              Unoptanio @stephenw10
                              last edited by Unoptanio

                              @stephenw10 said in Chinese I226-V on 23.05.1, problems:

                              8200

                              To install pfsense 2.7.0 in a traditional PC, do you know if this card works well? Card PCI Express Intel X710BM2

                              Product Description:
                              Model number: X710-DA2
                              Chipset: Intel X710BM2
                              Transmission rate: Up to 10Gb/s per port
                              Bus Interface: PCI Express 3.0 X8
                              Port configuration: Dual port
                              Connector: SFP+ connector
                              Bracket: Low profile & Full height
                              Accessory: A low profile bracket

                              94c47530-8658-487c-9de9-2896f2fd3acc-image.png

                              In this moment i have installed:
                              N.1 Intel Ethernet I350-T4V2 10/100/1000 Mbps 4*GLAN PCi Ex 2.0 4x

                              c47811b2-e244-417f-8f6b-60b59ae7c36e-image.png

                              pfSensePlus24.03 2U BareMetal Asrock Industrial IMB-X1314MicroATX
                              CPU: i7-13700@5.2GHz, RAM:32GB ECC, n°2 Samsung 870EVO SATA 2.5” SSD 1TB (ZFS) Raid1
                              n°3 Intel i225-LM 2500/1000/100Mbps, n°1 NIC Intel i350-T4V2 10/100/1000 Mbps 4*GLAN, n°1 Intel X520-DA2

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                                Psych0D0g @Unoptanio
                                last edited by

                                @Unoptanio should work i use a 4 port counterpart of the x710 variant just well

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                                • UnoptanioU
                                  Unoptanio @Psych0D0g
                                  last edited by

                                  @Psych0D0g

                                  I saw that the model "Intel X520-DA2 Intel 82599 10Gbe 2*SFP+ PCi Ex 2.0 8X Bulk" is also on sale, but maybe it's older model .

                                  Intel X520-DA2 Scheda di rete Intel 82599 10Gbe 2*SFP+ PCi Ex 2.0 8X Bulk
                                  06613058-0d00-4679-b787-0679010d7b7f-image.png

                                  pfSensePlus24.03 2U BareMetal Asrock Industrial IMB-X1314MicroATX
                                  CPU: i7-13700@5.2GHz, RAM:32GB ECC, n°2 Samsung 870EVO SATA 2.5” SSD 1TB (ZFS) Raid1
                                  n°3 Intel i225-LM 2500/1000/100Mbps, n°1 NIC Intel i350-T4V2 10/100/1000 Mbps 4*GLAN, n°1 Intel X520-DA2

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                                    Psych0D0g @Unoptanio
                                    last edited by

                                    @Unoptanio sorry, no experience with the x520 chipset here

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                                    • stephenw10S
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                      last edited by

                                      X520 NICs usually work well, I have one. They use the ixgbe driver instead of the ixl driver for the X710. Both shoudl work fine in pfSense.

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                                      • UnoptanioU
                                        Unoptanio @stephenw10
                                        last edited by Unoptanio

                                        @stephenw10

                                        Between these 3 motherboards which one would you choose to install pfsense? opinion based on the integrated network cards

                                        https://www.asrockind.com/en-gb/product-compare/96

                                        832c4972-b4f2-4c18-8897-a3c80cb5db07-image.png

                                        Network card Marvell AQC113 with 10/100/1000/2500/10000 Mbps works properly with pfsense 2.7.0?

                                        pfSensePlus24.03 2U BareMetal Asrock Industrial IMB-X1314MicroATX
                                        CPU: i7-13700@5.2GHz, RAM:32GB ECC, n°2 Samsung 870EVO SATA 2.5” SSD 1TB (ZFS) Raid1
                                        n°3 Intel i225-LM 2500/1000/100Mbps, n°1 NIC Intel i350-T4V2 10/100/1000 Mbps 4*GLAN, n°1 Intel X520-DA2

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                                        • stephenw10S
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                          last edited by

                                          There is no Aquatia driver in the 2.7 kernel. There is a kmod pkg that may or may not support that. That package is not in out repo though:
                                          https://www.freshports.org/net/aquantia-atlantic-kmod/

                                          Steve

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                                          • w0wW
                                            w0w @Unoptanio
                                            last edited by

                                            @Unoptanio said in Chinese I226-V on 23.05.1, problems:

                                            Marvell AQC113

                                            I don't know how well it is supported today, but several years ago it was a pure lottery with Aquantia.

                                            I purchased https://www.ebay.com/itm/195858888441 those. This is original Intel cards with verification label on it, at least I got two of them. Replaced thermal grease, one of them looked like not used at all. Updated firmware to the latest available from Intel, both are now working fine… Just read https://forum.netgate.com/topic/146913/nbase-t-support-for-intel-x550/53 if you will buy it.

                                            @Unoptanio said in Chinese I226-V on 23.05.1, problems:

                                            Between these 3 motherboards
                                            imb-x1314

                                            Maybe Netgate 4100?
                                            You can also look at N100 based mini PCs and Protectli solutions.

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