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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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      No difference at all with a much lower hwpstate_intel setting?

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        rmeskill @stephenw10
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        @stephenw10 I blew away my router entirely and rebuilt it from scratch, restoring some of the FW side of things but not the system tunables and other settings just so I could confirm I was starting with a clean config. Here's what I have:

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        And here's what we look like:

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        ANd here's what the system log looks like for gateways:

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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          Hmm, and no dropped packets or errors in the sysctl output?

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            rmeskill @stephenw10
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            @stephenw10

            [24.03-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: sysctl -a | grep drop
            kern.ipc.tls.ifnet.reset_dropped: 0
            vfs.cache.stats.drops: 0
            net.inet.ip.intr_queue_drops: 0
            net.inet.ip.intr_direct_queue_drops: 0
            net.inet.icmp.drop_redirect: 0
            net.inet.tcp.rexmit_drop_options: 0
            net.inet.tcp.drop_synfin: 1
            net.pf.default_to_drop: 0
            hw.cxgbe.ofld_cong_drop: 0
            hw.cxgbe.cong_drop: 0
            hw.cxgbe.nm_cong_drop: 1
            hw.cxgbe.drop_pkts_with_l4_errors: 0
            hw.cxgbe.drop_pkts_with_l3_errors: 0
            hw.cxgbe.drop_pkts_with_l2_errors: 1
            hw.cxgbe.drop_ip_fragments: 0
            kstat.zfs.misc.fm.erpt-dropped: 0
            dev.igc.3.dropped: 0
            dev.igc.3.iflib.txq3.r_drops: 0
            dev.igc.3.iflib.txq2.r_drops: 0
            dev.igc.3.iflib.txq1.r_drops: 0
            dev.igc.3.iflib.txq0.r_drops: 0
            dev.igc.2.dropped: 0
            dev.igc.2.iflib.txq3.r_drops: 0
            dev.igc.2.iflib.txq2.r_drops: 0
            dev.igc.2.iflib.txq1.r_drops: 0
            dev.igc.2.iflib.txq0.r_drops: 0
            dev.igc.1.dropped: 0
            dev.igc.1.iflib.txq3.r_drops: 0
            dev.igc.1.iflib.txq2.r_drops: 0
            dev.igc.1.iflib.txq1.r_drops: 0
            dev.igc.1.iflib.txq0.r_drops: 0
            dev.igc.0.dropped: 0
            dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.r_drops: 0
            dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.r_drops: 0
            dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.r_drops: 0
            dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.r_drops: 0

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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              Can you just show the full output from sysctl dev.igc ?

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                rmeskill @stephenw10
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                [24.03-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: sysctl dev.igc.0
                dev.igc.0.wake: 0
                dev.igc.0.interrupts.rx_desc_min_thresh: 0
                dev.igc.0.interrupts.asserts: 135425174
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.tso_txd: 0
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.tx_frames_1024_1522: 25790251
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.tx_frames_512_1023: 404292
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.tx_frames_256_511: 288528
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.tx_frames_128_255: 388062
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.tx_frames_65_127: 44147139
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.tx_frames_64: 7442638
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.mcast_pkts_txd: 0
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.bcast_pkts_txd: 3
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.good_pkts_txd: 78460910
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.total_pkts_txd: 78460910
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.good_octets_txd: 39919020372
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.good_octets_recvd: 135812019489
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.rx_frames_1024_1522: 83698227
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.rx_frames_512_1023: 26510709
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.rx_frames_256_511: 279480
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.rx_frames_128_255: 410790
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.rx_frames_65_127: 10680338
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.rx_frames_64: 26084811
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.mcast_pkts_recvd: 0
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.bcast_pkts_recvd: 24188678
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.good_pkts_recvd: 147664355
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.total_pkts_recvd: 147669598
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.xoff_txd: 0
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.xoff_recvd: 0
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.xon_txd: 0
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.xon_recvd: 0
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.alignment_errs: 0
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.crc_errs: 0
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.recv_errs: 0
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.recv_jabber: 0
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.recv_oversize: 0
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.recv_fragmented: 0
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.recv_undersize: 0
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.recv_no_buff: 0
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.missed_packets: 0
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.defer_count: 0
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.sequence_errors: 0
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.symbol_errors: 0
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.collision_count: 0
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.late_coll: 0
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.multiple_coll: 0
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.single_coll: 0
                dev.igc.0.mac_stats.excess_coll: 0
                dev.igc.0.queue_rx_3.rx_irq: 0
                dev.igc.0.queue_rx_3.rxd_tail: 182
                dev.igc.0.queue_rx_3.rxd_head: 183
                dev.igc.0.queue_rx_2.rx_irq: 0
                dev.igc.0.queue_rx_2.rxd_tail: 831
                dev.igc.0.queue_rx_2.rxd_head: 832
                dev.igc.0.queue_rx_1.rx_irq: 0
                dev.igc.0.queue_rx_1.rxd_tail: 364
                dev.igc.0.queue_rx_1.rxd_head: 365
                dev.igc.0.queue_rx_0.rx_irq: 0
                dev.igc.0.queue_rx_0.rxd_tail: 211
                dev.igc.0.queue_rx_0.rxd_head: 212
                dev.igc.0.queue_tx_3.tx_irq: 0
                dev.igc.0.queue_tx_3.txd_tail: 562
                dev.igc.0.queue_tx_3.txd_head: 562
                dev.igc.0.queue_tx_2.tx_irq: 0
                dev.igc.0.queue_tx_2.txd_tail: 643
                dev.igc.0.queue_tx_2.txd_head: 643
                dev.igc.0.queue_tx_1.tx_irq: 0
                dev.igc.0.queue_tx_1.txd_tail: 732
                dev.igc.0.queue_tx_1.txd_head: 732
                dev.igc.0.queue_tx_0.tx_irq: 0
                dev.igc.0.queue_tx_0.txd_tail: 535
                dev.igc.0.queue_tx_0.txd_head: 535
                dev.igc.0.fc_low_water: 32752
                dev.igc.0.fc_high_water: 32768
                dev.igc.0.rx_control: 71335938
                dev.igc.0.device_control: 1478231617
                dev.igc.0.watchdog_timeouts: 0
                dev.igc.0.rx_overruns: 0
                dev.igc.0.link_irq: 3
                dev.igc.0.dropped: 0
                dev.igc.0.eee_control: 1
                dev.igc.0.itr: 488
                dev.igc.0.tx_abs_int_delay: 66
                dev.igc.0.rx_abs_int_delay: 66
                dev.igc.0.tx_int_delay: 66
                dev.igc.0.rx_int_delay: 0
                dev.igc.0.rs_dump: 0
                dev.igc.0.reg_dump: General Registers
                	CTRL	 581c0641
                	STATUS	 00380683
                	CTRL_EXIT	 100000c0
                
                Interrupt Registers
                	ICR	 00000000
                
                RX Registers
                	RCTL	 04408002
                	RDLEN	 00004000
                	RDH	 000000d4
                	RDT	 000000d3
                	RXDCTL	 02040808
                	RDBAL	 02b29000
                	RDBAH	 00000000
                
                TX Registers
                	TCTL	 a503f0fa
                	TDBAL	 02aeb000
                	TDBAH	 00000000
                	TDLEN	 00004000
                	TDH	 00000217
                	TDT	 00000217
                	TXDCTL	 0201011f
                	TDFH	 00000000
                	TDFT	 00000000
                	TDFHS	 00000000
                	TDFPC	 00000000
                
                
                dev.igc.0.fc: 3
                dev.igc.0.debug: -1
                dev.igc.0.nvm: -1
                dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq3.rxq_fl0.buf_size: 2048
                dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq3.rxq_fl0.credits: 1023
                dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq3.rxq_fl0.cidx: 183
                dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq3.rxq_fl0.pidx: 182
                dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq3.cpu: 3
                dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq2.rxq_fl0.buf_size: 2048
                dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq2.rxq_fl0.credits: 1023
                dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq2.rxq_fl0.cidx: 832
                dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq2.rxq_fl0.pidx: 831
                dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq2.cpu: 2
                dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq1.rxq_fl0.buf_size: 2048
                dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq1.rxq_fl0.credits: 1023
                dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq1.rxq_fl0.cidx: 365
                dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq1.rxq_fl0.pidx: 364
                dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq1.cpu: 1
                dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq0.rxq_fl0.buf_size: 2048
                dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq0.rxq_fl0.credits: 1023
                dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq0.rxq_fl0.cidx: 212
                dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq0.rxq_fl0.pidx: 211
                dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq0.cpu: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.r_abdications: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.r_restarts: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.r_stalls: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.r_starts: 24413002
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.r_drops: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.r_enqueues: 24414191
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.ring_state: pidx_head: 2031 pidx_tail: 2031 cidx: 2031 state: IDLE
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.txq_cleaned: 24542728
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.txq_processed: 24542768
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.txq_in_use: 42
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.txq_cidx_processed: 560
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.txq_cidx: 520
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.txq_pidx: 562
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.no_tx_dma_setup: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.txd_encap_efbig: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.tx_map_failed: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.no_desc_avail: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.mbuf_defrag_failed: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.m_pullups: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.mbuf_defrag: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.cpu: 3
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.r_abdications: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.r_restarts: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.r_stalls: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.r_starts: 14895304
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.r_drops: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.r_enqueues: 14897134
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.ring_state: pidx_head: 2030 pidx_tail: 2030 cidx: 2030 state: IDLE
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.txq_cleaned: 15051354
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.txq_processed: 15051394
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.txq_in_use: 41
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.txq_cidx_processed: 642
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.txq_cidx: 602
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.txq_pidx: 643
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.no_tx_dma_setup: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.txd_encap_efbig: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.tx_map_failed: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.no_desc_avail: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.mbuf_defrag_failed: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.m_pullups: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.mbuf_defrag: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.cpu: 2
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.r_abdications: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.r_restarts: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.r_stalls: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.r_starts: 17466940
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.r_drops: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.r_enqueues: 17479699
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.ring_state: pidx_head: 0019 pidx_tail: 0019 cidx: 0019 state: IDLE
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.txq_cleaned: 17631922
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.txq_processed: 17631962
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.txq_in_use: 42
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.txq_cidx_processed: 730
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.txq_cidx: 690
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.txq_pidx: 732
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.no_tx_dma_setup: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.txd_encap_efbig: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.tx_map_failed: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.no_desc_avail: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.mbuf_defrag_failed: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.m_pullups: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.mbuf_defrag: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.cpu: 1
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.r_abdications: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.r_restarts: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.r_stalls: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.r_starts: 21684406
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.r_drops: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.r_enqueues: 21696943
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.ring_state: pidx_head: 0431 pidx_tail: 0431 cidx: 0431 state: IDLE
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.txq_cleaned: 21832174
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.txq_processed: 21832214
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.txq_in_use: 41
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.txq_cidx_processed: 534
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.txq_cidx: 494
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.txq_pidx: 535
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.no_tx_dma_setup: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.txd_encap_efbig: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.tx_map_failed: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.no_desc_avail: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.mbuf_defrag_failed: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.m_pullups: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.mbuf_defrag: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.cpu: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.override_nrxds: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.override_ntxds: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.use_logical_cores: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.separate_txrx: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.core_offset: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.tx_abdicate: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.rx_budget: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.disable_msix: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.override_qs_enable: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.override_nrxqs: 1
                dev.igc.0.iflib.override_ntxqs: 0
                dev.igc.0.iflib.driver_version: 1
                dev.igc.0.%parent: pci2
                dev.igc.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x8086 device=0x125c subvendor=0x8086 subdevice=0x0000 class=0x020000
                dev.igc.0.%location: slot=0 function=0 dbsf=pci0:2:0:0 handle=\_SB_.PC00.RP05.PXSX
                dev.igc.0.%driver: igc
                dev.igc.0.%desc: Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I226-V
                
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                  rmeskill @stephenw10
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                  igc.0 is the WAN that is seeing the loss

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                    rmeskill @rmeskill
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                    Just to add to the curiosity, all loss cleared up approximately 2 hours ago and appears to have remained stably loss-free since then. I spoke to my provider again and they seem quite insistent there is nothing wrong with my circuit and they see no reason why this should be happening. However, they also confirmed the modem they have given me is quite dumb and 1) cannot hard-code interface speeds/duplex and 2) does not support a DMZ host, so if I moved it back to router mode I'd need to manually open each and every port.

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                      @rmeskill said in High interrupts on WAN/LAN interfaces?:

                      dev.igc.0.mac_stats.good_pkts_recvd: 147664355
                      dev.igc.0.mac_stats.total_pkts_recvd: 147669598

                      Hmm, the only thing I see there is that. Implying ~5000 bad packets received. But no errors so probably just rejected. Not really a huge number out of 147M.

                      I see about the same percentages here:

                      dev.igc.3.mac_stats.good_pkts_recvd: 1208385
                      dev.igc.3.mac_stats.total_pkts_recvd: 1208642
                      

                      And have no issues.

                      One difference I do see is no msix_vector values:

                      dev.igc.3.iflib.allocated_msix_vectors: 2
                      dev.igc.3.iflib.use_extra_msix_vectors: 0
                      

                      Do you see that in the boot logs?

                      igc0: <Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I226-V> mem 0x67a00000-0x67afffff,0x67b00000-0x67b03fff at device 0.0 on pci2
                      igc0: Using 1024 TX descriptors and 1024 RX descriptors
                      igc0: Using 1 RX queues 1 TX queues
                      igc0: Using MSI-X interrupts with 2 vectors
                      igc0: Ethernet address: 00:08:a2:12:ec:d4
                      igc0: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/1024, RX 1/1024
                      
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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                        Oh and note that the igc driver can only link using negotiated speed and duplex. It will fail to connect to a NIC that is actually using a fixed speed and does not negotiate.

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                          rmeskill @stephenw10
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                          @stephenw10

                          igc0: <Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I226-V> mem 0x80200000-0x802fffff,0x80300000-0x80303fff at device 0.0 on pci2
                          igc0: Using 1024 TX descriptors and 1024 RX descriptors
                          igc0: Using 4 RX queues 4 TX queues
                          igc0: Using MSI-X interrupts with 5 vectors
                          igc0: Ethernet address: 7c:2b:e1:13:d7:66
                          igc0: netmap queues/slots: TX 4/1024, RX 4/1024

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                            Hmm, did you reboot after setting override_nrxqs to 1? You might need to set that as a loader value rather than a tunable

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                              rmeskill @stephenw10
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                              @stephenw10 I did, but now I've added it to loader value, rebooted, and it's up:
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                              loss is back, though-was completely clean for about 3h, now back to 40-60% loss...

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                                rmeskill @rmeskill
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                                If I'm honest, I'm starting to just think my provider might, on top of having some issues in their network, be blocking ICMP packets sporadically. Because despite seeing 20-60%+ loss, I'm seeing quite low RTTs that are staying quite consistent:
                                e175806f-28b5-49e9-8706-198f63516ebc-image.png
                                The issue for me has been my secondary gateways (via Wireguard tunnels) are dropping because I have them set to drop based on loss, but perhaps I should instead change the down setting to latency and see how that treats me... There are still definitely gremlins in there somewhere, as sometimes I do crap out and throughput drops to basically zero, but it seems somewhat counterintuitive that I can be allegedly running loss of 20-60% but also see fine real-world performance.

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                  Are you seeing the NIC actually using 1 queue now?

                                  Ah, also check: sysctl hw.igc.max_interrupt_rate

                                  I think we bumped that default to 20000

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                                    rmeskill @stephenw10
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                                    @stephenw10
                                    Yes, actually seeing 1 queue now, but still loss
                                    igc0: <Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I226-V> mem 0x80200000-0x802fffff,0x80300000-0x80303fff at device 0.0 on pci2
                                    igc0: Using 1024 TX descriptors and 1024 RX descriptors
                                    igc0: Using 1 RX queues 1 TX queues
                                    igc0: Using MSI-X interrupts with 2 vectors
                                    igc0: Ethernet address: 7c:2b:e1:13:d7:66
                                    igc0: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/1024, RX 1/1024
                                    Checked the interrupt rate and it was 20000, so no dice there

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                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                      Hmm, well seems to be configured correctly. At least largely the same as the 4200 which works fine. 😕

                                      I guess I'd try to test the WAN with something else.

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                                        rmeskill @stephenw10
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                                        @stephenw10 Yeah, I'm out of ideas as well. I can definitely 'feel' the crap performance when my packet loss is upwards of 50%, even if it feels 'better' down around 20%. I might even just try turning off my provider router for an hour or something just to see if that'll do anything-I'm absolutely beyond guessing at this point... Second option is just to go with a 5G router from another provider, but not sure what sort of throughput I can get from that.

                                        Actually, unrelated, but as long as I've got your attention: if I have a USB wireless adapter would it be possible to use that to connect to my neighbor's wireless and set that as a secondary gateway in the event mine has packet loss? I plugged it in and it clearly comes up in boot, but I can't see it anywhere in the GUI...
                                        Root mount waiting for: usbus0
                                        ugen0.2: <Realtek 802.11ac NIC> at usbus0

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                                          rmeskill @rmeskill
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                                          In a hail mary tried to shut off the provider router overnight just to see if resting it somehow (heat/saved setting/etc) would fix it, but on turning it back on I'm seeing 50% loss again. Called the provider again and they confirm they're seeing no issues, but they're going to send a NID/in-line test for 24h to see if they can spot anything.

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                                          • stephenw10S
                                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                            It is possible but the support for WiFi devices in FreeBSD/pfSense is very limited. That string you see there is just send to the USB subsystem by the device it doesn't imply any driver is attached.

                                            You can query the device IDs using: usbconfig dump_device_desc

                                            There might be a driver you cab load. It will only connect at .11n speeds though. That might be enough.

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