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    Intel 82599ES; GPON SFP module not working

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      milindhvijay
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      This particular Hisense device, although has a default admin page, it is only used for firmware upgrades, and monitoring PON signal strength. There is no routing function on it. Also, this module only negotiates at either 1G or 2.5G and I have set it to 1G via telnet.

      My ISP uses PPPoE, and when I use this GPON SFP with a media converter, I tag VLAN and authenticate PPP on pfSense. Gets public IP on pfsense, and no double NAT.

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @milindhvijay
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        @milindhvijay said in Intel 82599ES; GPON SFP module not working:

        this module only negotiates at either 1G or 2.5G

        Actually negotiate or use a fixed speed? If it's fixed the NIC won't link to it if it's set to auto.

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          milindhvijay
          last edited by

          This is what I have set it to:

          To change the link mode use this command:
          
          # /etc/scripts/flash get LAN_SDS_MODE
          LAN_SDS_MODE=0
          # /etc/scripts/flash set LAN_SDS_MODE 1
          
          Value 	cat /proc/kmsg 	Mode 	Behavior
          1 	<4>change mode to 1(Fiber 1G) 	FIBER 	1GbaseX with auto-neg on
          
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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            Hmm, and that's definitely the SFP side of the module?

            How are you accessing that, in the media converter?

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              milindhvijay
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              c0dde983-a428-4964-a352-044a77643d94-Screenshot 2024-01-14 at 00.03.22.png

              Yes, currently sfp connected to a 1G media converter-> connected with rj-45 to pfsense. Parameter (LAN_SDS_MODE=1) set via telnet.

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                Hmm, yet neither module presents as 1G capable in the NIC. Auto-only.

                When you boot with the module inserted does it show any errors in the boot log?

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                  milindhvijay
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                  ix0: <Intel(R) X520 82599ES (SFI/SFP+)> port 0x3020-0x303f mem 0x50c20000-0x50c3ffff,0x50c44000-0x50c47fff at device 0.0 on pci6
                  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: d4:20:00:b1:2b:3d
                  ix0: PCI Express Bus: Speed 5.0GT/s Unknown
                  ix0: eTrack 0x800003de PHY FW V65535
                  ix0: netmap queues/slots: TX 4/2048, RX 4/2048
                  
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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    Hmm, no error there. There's not really much that can be set for those NICs beyond what you tried already.

                    Does really only show an active link when the upstream fiber is disconnected?

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                      milindhvijay @stephenw10
                      last edited by

                      @stephenw10 Yes, only shows active when ISP fiber is disconnected?

                      Would updating the driver help? If so, how can I do it?

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        I doubt it would make any difference but you could try to either build it yourself or install the kmod port for ixgbe. It may be marginally newer. Finding a version that loads can be challenging though since it has to closely match the kernel.

                        When the optic is disconnected do both modules show as active?

                        In that state can you connect to their cli through pfSense?

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                          milindhvijay
                          last edited by milindhvijay

                          No, Hisense-Leox LXT-010S-H shows active and power(green) and activity(amber) indication light is constantly ON when optic is disconnected. With optic connected, lights come ON in constant intervals, stays ON for 2-3 seconds and turns OFF. Without optics I am able to get into the admin page and telnet works.

                          HSGQ-XPON-Stick shows no carrier with or without optic. Even the power/activity lights are off always. Never even seen (rxpause, txpause) in interfaces. If I remember right, it always stay on autoselect.

                          I think HSGQ-XPON-Stick does not work because it is a 2.5G stick and AFAIK Intel x520 supports only 1G and 10G. I've tried forcing it to 1G but no luck.

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                            Indeed only the x550 support N-Base and I think it's only N-BaseT. I don't have one to test with.

                            You can try setting the advertise speeds to 1G only in the negotiation:

                            [24.03-DEVELOPMENT][root@8200.stevew.lan]/root: sysctl -d dev.ix.0.advertise_speed
                            dev.ix.0.advertise_speed: 
                            Control advertised link speed using these flags:
                            	0x1 - advertise 100M
                            	0x2 - advertise 1G
                            	0x4 - advertise 10G
                            	0x8 - advertise 10M
                            
                            	0x10  - advertise 2.5G
                            	0x20  - advertise 5G
                            
                            	100M and 10M are only supported on certain adapters.
                            

                            That still requires a compatible module though so may not allow it.

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                              milindhvijay
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                              [2.7.2-RELEASE][admin@Gaia.home]/root: sysctl -d dev.ix.0.advertise_speed
                              dev.ix.0.advertise_speed:
                              Control advertised link speed using these flags:
                              	0x1 - advertise 100M
                              	0x2 - advertise 1G
                              	0x4 - advertise 10G
                              	0x8 - advertise 10M
                              
                              	0x10  - advertise 2.5G
                              	0x20  - advertise 5G
                              
                              	100M and 10M are only supported on certain adapters.
                              

                              How do I set the flag?

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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                Like:

                                [24.03-DEVELOPMENT][root@8200.stevew.lan]/root: sysctl dev.ix.2.advertise_speed=1
                                dev.ix.2.advertise_speed: 11 -> 1
                                

                                But it has to have a device that supports those speeds. ix2 there is a combo port so it supports 1G, 100M, 10M baseT.

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                                  milindhvijay
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                                  [2.7.2-RELEASE][admin@Gaia.home]/root: sysctl dev.ix.0.advertise_speed=1
                                  dev.ix.0.advertise_speed: 0
                                  sysctl: dev.ix.0.advertise_speed=1: Invalid argument
                                  
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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    Mmm, it may not work. You would need to set it to 2 there though. 1 is 100M which is almost certainly not supported on that NIC.

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                                      milindhvijay
                                      last edited by

                                      Any option would return invalid argument. I tried this a couple days ago.

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                        last edited by

                                        Mmm, I suspected as much. That option depends on the NIC/module combination and it's not seeing anything as valid with that module present. 😕

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                                          bunneo @milindhvijay
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                                          @milindhvijay hey did you figure this out?
                                          having same issue, HSGQ-XPON-Stick shows no carrier, no lights.

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                                            milindhvijay @bunneo
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                                            @bunneo Nope

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