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    • M
      maximushugus
      last edited by

      I found I have the same problem as discribed here

      I have the same configuration with a LAGG of ixl0 and ixl1
      I suspect this is the problem.
      I get a lot of those errors

      pfSense kernel: ixl1: Disabled multicast promiscuous mode
      

      when enabling or disabling any multicast program (avahi, igmpproxy or pimd), even if I disable every program

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        maximushugus
        last edited by

        Ok I think I found the problem : it looks as a freebsd kernel bug with Intel x710 NIC.

        Here is the same problem in OPNsense : link

        Here is the Github OPNsense problem : link

        In OPNsense by reverting this freebsd commit it resolve the problem (see here)

        Can someone open an issue for next pfsense ?
        Does someone have skills to compile a pfsense kernel without the faulty commit ?

        Thanks ?

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          Hmm, surprised you can't disable that kind of hardware offloading.🤔

          Since it can only handle 128 addresses and has a mode where it stops filtering in hardware when it goes above that anyway.....

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by stephenw10

            Seems to be setup with vlan hw filtering. Did you try disabling that?

            Like: ifconfig ixl0 -vlanhwfilter

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              maximushugus @stephenw10
              last edited by

              @stephenw10 It looks as if I cannot disable vlan hw filtering because if I run this command the interface doesn't go up anymore until I restart

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                maximushugus
                last edited by

                I created the bug in pfSense bugtracker : here

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  Hmm, that's odd. Are you using VLANs on that? Do they all fail if so?

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                    maximushugus
                    last edited by

                    I have a LAG with both ixl0 and ixl1.
                    And on top of this LAG if have multiple VLANs.
                    As far as I entered this command for ixl0, every VLANs was inaccessible. I had to restart pfSense.
                    Then for ixl0 in ifconfig I had "satus : no carrier".
                    I entered :

                    ifconfig ixl0 vlanhwfilter
                    

                    and everything came back normal

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                    • dennypageD
                      dennypage @maximushugus
                      last edited by

                      @maximushugus The very first step in testing / problem isolation should be removing the lag. Most especially when looking at hardware filtering.

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        Mmm, I had my device in a lagg when I tested it but I was accessing over it directly not using a VLAN

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                          maximushugus
                          last edited by

                          To update on this problem, it is solved with the CE 2.8 version

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