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    Bug in Broadcom bnxt driver in combination with VLANs

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      Delegator5042 @tmoehle
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      @tmoehle Did going back to 2.6 make the VLANs functional?
      I tried it for a bit and didn't get anywhere (didn't get the re-allocate error but the interface didn't forward any traffic)
      Going back to 2.6 permanently also seems cumbersome since I could not install packages from the package manager until I update to 2.7 again.

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        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        You can install packages, just set the repo branch to 2.6 (deprecated).

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          tmoehle @Delegator5042
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          @Delegator5042
          I did a clean install for pfsense 2.6 and restored the old configuration backup. That went perfectly smooth. After that, as @stephenw10 already suggested, I went to System > Update and changed the desired branch to 2.6, so I could download packages again.

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            Delegator5042 @tmoehle
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            @tmoehle
            Encouraging to hear! I will give it a(nother) proper go then.
            Silly me just read an old forum posts about the packages requiring an update, which I somehow can't find anymore so I probably didn't read something correct when I was looking for a place to download 2.6

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              Delegator5042 @tmoehle
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              @tmoehle Sorry for prying a lot, but do the VLANs on your NIC really work?
              I installed 2.6 and the NIC works without VLANs.
              When I create a VLAN and assign it to an interface, No traffic gets through (oddly enough the DHCP does work)
              When I set a different network port (non bnxt) with the same VLAN to the same configured interface, it all works (albeit I have to reload firewall rules first).

              I am hoping that I am doing something wrong, since DHCP somehow still works on the VLAN with bnxt, but I don't see any issues with the gateway and the firewall rule permits the traffic.

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                tmoehle @Delegator5042
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                @Delegator5042 My VLANs are working perfectly fine, yes. If your DHCP is working within those VLANs and pfsense is your only DHCP server, then chances are you overlook something.

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                  This should now be fixed in the next 23.09 snapshots if anyone can test that.

                  Steve

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                    tmoehle @stephenw10
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                    @stephenw10 Will it only go into 23.09 or will there also be an update for CE?

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                      It's fixed upstream in FreeBSD so it will be pulled into new CE builds.

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                        chinraam @stephenw10
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                        @stephenw10 Hi. With pfsense version 2.7.0 im still facing this issue.

                        Will it get resolved in 2.7.2 or should i downgrade?

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                          chinraam @stephenw10
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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                            Yes that patch is in 2.7.2: https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-src/commit/21d49ce6efe3883beef6d5456a3bda4194028b01

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                              chinraam @stephenw10
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                              @stephenw10 Thank You. Let me try the same.

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