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    6100 Max: ISP Wan Ip Change Internet Loss - Requires Reboot

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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      Does the serial console show nothing at all when you connect to it in that state?

      You should try entering ctl+t, that can show a hung process when nothing else does.

      Nothing in those logs look like anything other than connection issues on the WAN, which should not cause any issues for dhcp on LAN for example.

      Do you have more than one gateway configured?

      Steve

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        sheen73 @stephenw10
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        @stephenw10
        Hi Steve,
        Only default gateway, I just set it manually to WAN_DHCP in routing section and disabled gateway monitoring. It only happens every few weeks so very tough to catch.

        I will try the ctrl+t next time.
        Thanks!

        23.05.1-RELEASE (amd64) on 6100 MAX / Arris S33 Spectrum / Ubiquiti Networks 8-Port UniFi Switch, Managed PoE+ Gigabit Switch with SFP, 150W (US-8-150W) / Unifi U6LR

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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          Yeah if it only happens every few weeks that can be hard to diagnose. I'd suggest logging the console output but that might not be practical.

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            sheen73 @stephenw10
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            @stephenw10

            Hi Steve, i added remote logging to my synology nas using syslog-ng.

            I used this parameter
            {
            file("/var/log/system.log");
            };

            And it looks like its capturing system-general logs.
            It is not capturing gateway logs or anything else. Do you think that's sufficient or how can I add more logs and what would you recommend?

            23.05.1-RELEASE (amd64) on 6100 MAX / Arris S33 Spectrum / Ubiquiti Networks 8-Port UniFi Switch, Managed PoE+ Gigabit Switch with SFP, 150W (US-8-150W) / Unifi U6LR

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            • GertjanG
              Gertjan @stephenw10
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              @stephenw10 said in 6100 Max Crashing?:

              Yeah if it only happens every few weeks that can be hard to diagnose. I'd suggest logging the console output but that might not be practical.

              What about

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              where 192.168.1.4 is your Syno nas ?

              This will log everything ....

              No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
              Edit : and where are the logs ??

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                Yup, that can be a good option. A remote syslog server can catch errors if a local disk issue is preventing logging. However somethings only appear on the console if a device actually crashes.

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                  sheen73 @Gertjan
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                  @Gertjan

                  I added that (Everything) but also just checked the others. I will see if that works.

                  Thanks!

                  23.05.1-RELEASE (amd64) on 6100 MAX / Arris S33 Spectrum / Ubiquiti Networks 8-Port UniFi Switch, Managed PoE+ Gigabit Switch with SFP, 150W (US-8-150W) / Unifi U6LR

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                    sheen73 @stephenw10
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                    @stephenw10

                    Hope you are well. This issue occurred again today.

                    I got into the serial console, I tried ctl+t and didn't get anything out of it. I am sure I missed a command or something. That said, I rebooted normal in the serial interface and the 6100 did not come back up, let it sit for around 20 minutes and still nothing. I unplugged the 6100 and it came back up.

                    These are my logs I exported - When i got into the serial console before rebooting it showed a new WAN IP address and looks like this problem starts when this occurs and it cant come back up. The logs below are reflect the old WAN IP. I

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                    Last event when this occurred I had gateway monitoring / action disabled. This time it was not selected and still happened.

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                    I dont use a VPN or dynamic dns if that matters.

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                    • GertjanG
                      Gertjan @sheen73
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                      @sheen73

                      Goto System > Routing > Gateways > Edit
                      and at the bottom of the page, click on "Display Advanced".

                      You'll find :

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                      which means 'action' in undertaken as soon as more then 10 % is lost.
                      10 % lost means : 10 % of the ping packets didn't make it back. This might mean : (very) bad or overloaded WAN connection.
                      The action is : restart/reinit the AN connection.

                      If 'someone' is throwing away constantly more then 10 % of your send ping requests, then it's understandable what you see is your logs : constantly reloading of the WAN interface.

                      Several options :
                      Change the settings, for example : accept more ICMP loss.
                      Pick another host for dpinger to ping to.
                      Stop the action all together :

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                      Try repairing your uplink (check cables inside and outside)
                      Get a better ISP ^^

                      No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                      Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                        sheen73 @Gertjan
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                        @Gertjan
                        Thanks for the response - everything is new from pole to house with no splitters and good power values. (Spectrum cable). Though there are a decent amount of errors and I’m sure there are problems with isp.

                        This issue only occurs very infrequently, the last time was 21 days ago, with the time before that the same and it looks like it happens when isp changes wan ip.

                        23.05.1-RELEASE (amd64) on 6100 MAX / Arris S33 Spectrum / Ubiquiti Networks 8-Port UniFi Switch, Managed PoE+ Gigabit Switch with SFP, 150W (US-8-150W) / Unifi U6LR

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                          Do you see SWAP enabled on the dashboard? That is required to store a crash report if it actually creates one.

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                            sheen73 @stephenw10
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                            @stephenw10

                            No sir, it looks like I am not? How can I enable?

                            last pid: 32337; load averages: 0.22, 0.16, 0.11 up 0+19:11:58 05:35:30
                            60 processes: 1 running, 59 sleeping
                            CPU: 1.1% user, 0.1% nice, 2.2% system, 0.2% interrupt, 96.4% idle
                            Mem: 211M Active, 368M Inact, 903M Wired, 6304M Free
                            ARC: 287M Total, 94M MFU, 183M MRU, 16K Anon, 1683K Header, 8359K Other
                            244M Compressed, 689M Uncompressed, 2.82:1 Ratio

                            23.05.1-RELEASE (amd64) on 6100 MAX / Arris S33 Spectrum / Ubiquiti Networks 8-Port UniFi Switch, Managed PoE+ Gigabit Switch with SFP, 150W (US-8-150W) / Unifi U6LR

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                              Ah, interesting. OK check that a SWAP partition is defined. At the command line run: gpart list

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                                sheen73 @stephenw10
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                                @stephenw10
                                Here you go

                                
                                Geom name: nvd0
                                modified: false
                                state: OK
                                fwheads: 255
                                fwsectors: 63
                                last: 234441639
                                first: 3
                                entries: 4
                                scheme: GPT
                                Providers:
                                1. Name: nvd0p1
                                   Mediasize: 209715200 (200M)
                                   Sectorsize: 512
                                   Stripesize: 0
                                   Stripeoffset: 1536
                                   Mode: r0w0e0
                                   efimedia: HD(1,GPT,4792eff1-f262-11ec-8524-a1746a8b4cc2,0x3,0x64000)
                                   rawuuid: 4792eff1-f262-11ec-8524-a1746a8b4cc2
                                   rawtype: c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b
                                   label: (null)
                                   length: 209715200
                                   offset: 1536
                                   type: efi
                                   index: 1
                                   end: 409602
                                   start: 3
                                2. Name: nvd0p2
                                   Mediasize: 113922309632 (106G)
                                   Sectorsize: 512
                                   Stripesize: 0
                                   Stripeoffset: 209716736
                                   Mode: r1w1e1
                                   efimedia: HD(2,GPT,4792eff7-f262-11ec-8524-a1746a8b4cc2,0x64003,0xd43263f)
                                   rawuuid: 4792eff7-f262-11ec-8524-a1746a8b4cc2
                                   rawtype: 516e7cb6-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
                                   label: (null)
                                   length: 113922309632
                                   offset: 209716736
                                   type: freebsd-ufs
                                   index: 2
                                   end: 222914113
                                   start: 409603
                                3. Name: nvd0p3
                                   Mediasize: 5902090752 (5.5G)
                                   Sectorsize: 512
                                   Stripesize: 0
                                   Stripeoffset: 114132026368
                                   Mode: r0w0e0
                                   efimedia: HD(3,GPT,4ec35717-ac04-11ed-b9e8-90ec7762d5f6,0xd496642,0xafe561)
                                   rawuuid: 4ec35717-ac04-11ed-b9e8-90ec7762d5f6
                                   rawtype: 516e7cb5-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
                                   label: (null)
                                   length: 5902090752
                                   offset: 114132026368
                                   type: freebsd-swap
                                   index: 3
                                   end: 234441634
                                   start: 222914114
                                Consumers:
                                1. Name: nvd0
                                   Mediasize: 120034123776 (112G)
                                   Sectorsize: 512
                                   Mode: r1w1e2
                                
                                

                                23.05.1-RELEASE (amd64) on 6100 MAX / Arris S33 Spectrum / Ubiquiti Networks 8-Port UniFi Switch, Managed PoE+ Gigabit Switch with SFP, 150W (US-8-150W) / Unifi U6LR

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                  last edited by

                                  Ok SWAP is present. Run: cat /etc/fstab

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                                    sheen73 @stephenw10
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                                    @stephenw10
                                    Does this mean there is nothing?

                                     # Device                Mountpoint      FStype  Options         Dump    Pass#
                                    /dev/msdosfs/EFISYS     /boot/efi       msdosfs rw,noatime,noauto       0       0
                                    /dev/gptid/4ec35717-ac04-11ed-b9e8-90ec7762d5f6		none	swap	sw		0	0
                                    

                                    23.05.1-RELEASE (amd64) on 6100 MAX / Arris S33 Spectrum / Ubiquiti Networks 8-Port UniFi Switch, Managed PoE+ Gigabit Switch with SFP, 150W (US-8-150W) / Unifi U6LR

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                                    • stephenw10S
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                      Oh OK, that looks correct. Try running: swapinfo

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                                        sheen73 @stephenw10
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                                        @stephenw10

                                        
                                        Device          512-blocks     Used    Avail Capacity
                                        
                                        

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                                        • stephenw10S
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                          last edited by

                                          Hmm, odd.
                                          Ok try changing that second line in /etc/fstab to:
                                          /dev/nvd0p3 none swap sw 0 0

                                          Then reboot to apply that and check swapinfo again. Or it should be shown on the dashboard.

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                                            sheen73 @stephenw10
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                                            @stephenw10
                                            Sorry how do i run that specifically? Below gave me permission denied error when run

                                            /dev/nvd0p3 none swap sw 0 0
                                            
                                            

                                            23.05.1-RELEASE (amd64) on 6100 MAX / Arris S33 Spectrum / Ubiquiti Networks 8-Port UniFi Switch, Managed PoE+ Gigabit Switch with SFP, 150W (US-8-150W) / Unifi U6LR

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