so far any igb driver 2.5gbs interface and virginmedia problems

Maff

Hi all

am not sure where to start but anytime i have tried to use a dedicated 2.5gbs network card, every 3ish days i get 100% package loss and only fix is to reboot pfsense i suspect it might be dhcp related, i have no logs at the moment but am going to try and find a time when the internet can randomly go down but i know most times i get this error when it happens

Jun 7 08:47:36 dpinger 67 WAN_DHCP 86.7.40.1: sendto error: 65

due to family and them hating my home network setup as too complicated i switched back to a sfp+ port with a self negotiating adaptor so can connect to the modem at 2.5gbs but these run hot :( old hardware had a x710-da2 card so could do multi gig, but in that hardware tried a i225 card and it had issues and current hardware is a minisforum ms01 which has 2 x710 based sfp+ and 2 i226 2.5gbs ports

so i know when 2.5gbs works it has used the ixl driver and when it doesn't work its used the igb driver

hope this all makes sense

stephenw10

i226 uses the igc(4) driver but I think you just typo'd that?

What i226 hardware revision does that have? What does pciconf -lv igc0 show?

For example we use that NIC i9nb the 8200:

[24.08-DEVELOPMENT][admin@8200-2.stevew.lan]/root: pciconf -lv igc0
igc0@pci0:4:0:0:	class=0x020000 rev=0x04 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x125c subvendor=0x8086 subdevice=0x0000
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = 'Ethernet Controller I226-V'
    class      = network
    subclass   = ethernet

Does it actually lose link or just drop packets?

Steve

Maff

@stephenw10

yes sorry typo am using the igc driver

i have both revisions it turns out i have a -lm and a -v and don't think i have tried the -v port, so will try and switch over to that to test. The link shows as active but am at 100% packet loss and i have also experienced in using the internet, everything is peachy then it slows then its gone in less than a minuet and a reboot of just pfsense brings it back

can i spoof the mac of the wan interface I'm currently using so i can just unplug and plug in? or as that mac is still present it would cause problems?

[24.03-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home]/root: pciconf -lv igc0
igc0@pci0:87:0:0: class=0x020000 rev=0x04 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x125c subvendor=0x8086 subdevice=0x0000
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = 'Ethernet Controller I226-V'
class = network
subclass = ethernet
[24.03-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home]/root: pciconf -lv igc1
igc1@pci0:88:0:0: class=0x020000 rev=0x04 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x125b subvendor=0x8086 subdevice=0x0000
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = 'Ethernet Controller I226-LM'
class = network
subclass = ethernet

stephenw10

Mmm, well they are both rev4 at least. I would certainly try the other port to see if anything changes there.

Otherwise, yes, we'd need to see what actually happens when it fails. If the link is still up is there anything in a packet capture for example. Anything logged in the macstats for the interface.