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    Proxmox: WAN NIC passthrough issue with 2.5G connection to fiber router

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      lp.descamps @lp.descamps
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      @lp-descamps
      lost internet again

      changed the sysctl net.link.ether.inet.max_age from 1200 to 300

      I didn't get kernel arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo for 192.168.1.1 on igc0 errors this time

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @lp.descamps
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        @lp-descamps said in Proxmox: WAN NIC passthrough issue with 2.5G connection to fiber router:

        but I don't use 192.168.1.0 network on pfsense?!?

        Might be a clue there though. Your WAN is DHCP I'm assuming? Perhaps something else is giving it a lease with that IP as the gateway.

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          lp.descamps @stephenw10
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          @stephenw10
          there is a conflicting MAC

          when internet is working I can see this in arp table,

          WAN	100.68.0.1	42:9e:a4:3c:8e:2b		Expires in 1156 seconds	ethernet	  
          WAN	100.69.245.16	7c:83:34:bd:4b:21		Permanent	        ethernet
          

          when internet breaks, I get this

          WAN	100.68.0.64	42:9e:a4:3c:8e:2b		Expires in 1186 seconds	ethernet	  
          WAN	100.68.0.32	42:9e:a4:3c:8e:2b		Expires in 1186 seconds	ethernet	  
          WAN	100.68.0.65	42:9e:a4:3c:8e:2b		Expires in 1186 seconds	ethernet	  
          WAN	100.69.245.16	7c:83:34:bd:4b:21		Permanent	ethernet	  
          WAN	100.68.0.69	42:9e:a4:3c:8e:2b		Expires in 1186 seconds	ethernet	  
          WAN	100.68.0.31	42:9e:a4:3c:8e:2b		Expires in 1186 seconds	ethernet	   
          
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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            Which of those, if any, is the WAN gateway? If it is it's a long way from the WAN IP or a huge subnet.

            That doesn't look like it's necessarily a conflict though. One MAC address could be associated with all those IPs.

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              lp.descamps @stephenw10
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              @stephenw10
              the wan gw is 100.68.0.1 42:9e:a4:3c:8e:2b
              i can see it in the arp table before and after I lose internet
              but sometimes I get incomplete instead of MAC

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                Hmm, if it shows 'incomplete' then it's unable to get the gateway MAC which implies a layer2 failure.

                Where is the gateway in this case? Remote, at the ISP?

                It does seem like you might be hitting an issue with the NIC though.

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                  lp.descamps @stephenw10
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                  @stephenw10
                  i believe the gw is remotely at the isp.
                  all I have at home is a fiber box that seems unmanaged
                  is there a way to set static arp?
                  how would I validate a hw nic failure?

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                    I've yet to see the i225 disconnect issues that are relatively well known but as I understand it they usually show as the NIC losing link which I don't think you're seeing?

                    I would run a pcap on it in the failed state and see if it's actually passing packets at all.

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                      lp.descamps @stephenw10
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                      @stephenw10 that s one of the capture packetcapture-igc0-20241212183144.pcap

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                        Hmm, so no incoming traffic at all.

                        Have you tried running it as not pass-through so pfSense just sees it as vtnet?

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                          lp.descamps @stephenw10
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                          @stephenw10 i was non-passthrough and had issues hence moving to passthrough

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                            What sort of issues? Similar connection failures?

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                              lp.descamps @stephenw10
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                              @stephenw10 yes, loss of internet

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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                Hmm, that does start to look like a NIC issue then if it fails the same way with the Linux driver.

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