LAGG and VPNs
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The only other thing I can think of is that the 2 PCIe slots (1 of x4, 1 of x16) are an older version than the card installed and therefore defaulting to the lower speed but this doesn't make sense either as when I plug my laptop direct to the pfsense PC it gets 1G
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Yeah to be honest I would still expect the ports to link at 1G even if the PCIe slot was somehow unable to carry it.
I can't think of anything that would follow the slot like that.
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Tried everything I can possibly think of now, including days googling around it but to no avail. Contacted Draytek again but no joy there either!
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Hmm, I wonder if there's a power restriction on that slot and the NIC sees that. Must be something different about that slot
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Are you meaning a power restriction in the PC settings or a potential fault?
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I mean if somehow the board cannot supply full power to both slots the NIC links at lower speed in order to use less. Guessing at this point but there has to be something different about that slot causing the NIC to behave differently. There no difference shown in the docs for the system?
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Looking around on google there is definitely something going on with the 16x slot on the SFF DELL PCs, some work at 1G and some don’t apparently but no fix for it!
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Mmm, probably not much we can do then.
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Not a lot, might have to invest in a 4 port NIC in the other slot
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Right, ordered a new 4 port nic and fitted it in the unused slot. All ports identified and I now have igb4 and igb5 available. 2&3 are still set as LAG. Each of the 4 ports connect at 1G to the switch so good start there! What is the best way of trying the LAG (igb2 & 3) without cocking it all up. Do I simply disconnect from LAN and try connecting back in the LAG?
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Yes, you should be able to just connect the LAGG ports to the switch ports that are configured for it.
You would need to move the VLANs onto it if they have been moved to a single port. At the very least the interface status or ifconfig will show is LACP is working correctly. -
All up and running now on LAGG!
- Placed the 4 port card in the slot that was giving the trouble,
- Re-configured the LAGG and connected the ports
- Changed over the VLANs and off it went!
Thanks for all your help in sorting this, it is greatly appreciated and I learnt a lot about Pfsense during the process of getting it working!
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Nice result! That was certainly a weird issue.
