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    8200/6100 Intel x553 NIC and certain SFP+ modules

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    • A Offline
      aholmes5 @stephenw10
      last edited by aholmes5

      @stephenw10 SFP in 8200.txt SFP in switch.txt

      Here is what I have. I don't know how to interpret this. Lots of errors:
      dev.ix.0.mac_stats.rec_len_errs: 20
      dev.ix.0.mac_stats.remote_faults: 0
      dev.ix.0.mac_stats.local_faults: 53
      dev.ix.0.mac_stats.short_discards: 7
      dev.ix.0.mac_stats.byte_errs: 1425
      dev.ix.0.mac_stats.ill_errs: 873
      dev.ix.0.mac_stats.crc_errs: 5468
      dev.ix.0.mac_stats.rx_errs: 6374

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      • stephenw10S Offline
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        Mmm, interesting no one type....

        Check netstat -m make sure there's no buffer exhaustion happening.

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          aholmes5 @stephenw10
          last edited by

          @stephenw10
          58799/4456/63255 mbufs in use (current/cache/total)
          49273/3559/52832/1000000 mbuf clusters in use (current/cache/total/max)
          3/2029 mbuf+clusters out of packet secondary zone in use (current/cache)
          0/1524/1524/524288 4k (page size) jumbo clusters in use (current/cache/total/max)
          0/0/0/524288 9k jumbo clusters in use (current/cache/total/max)
          0/0/0/84161 16k jumbo clusters in use (current/cache/total/max)
          113245K/14328K/127573K bytes allocated to network (current/cache/total)
          0/0/0 requests for mbufs denied (mbufs/clusters/mbuf+clusters)
          0/0/0 requests for mbufs delayed (mbufs/clusters/mbuf+clusters)
          0/0/0 requests for jumbo clusters delayed (4k/9k/16k)
          0/0/0 requests for jumbo clusters denied (4k/9k/16k)
          0 sendfile syscalls
          0 sendfile syscalls completed without I/O request
          0 requests for I/O initiated by sendfile
          0 pages read by sendfile as part of a request
          0 pages were valid at time of a sendfile request
          0 pages were valid and substituted to bogus page
          0 pages were requested for read ahead by applications
          0 pages were read ahead by sendfile
          0 times sendfile encountered an already busy page
          0 requests for sfbufs denied
          0 requests for sfbufs delayed

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            lio1503
            last edited by

            Hi @aholmes5

            I have the same issue. I connect my Fiber WAN on SFP+ 10G on netgate 6100 with a 10GTEK sfp+10G and my unifi switch on the second WAN on SFP+ 10G on netgate 6100 with DAC 10G cable but my download speed is reduce of 80% but my upload is fine.
            Do you found a solution ?

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            • stephenw10S Offline
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Are you seeing errors on the interfaces?

              Do you have any traffic shaping?

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                lio1503 @stephenw10
                last edited by lio1503

                @stephenw10
                I see some error on interfaces and no traffic shaping configured.

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                  lio1503
                  last edited by

                  Screenshot 2025-08-06 203441.png

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                  • stephenw10S Offline
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    No errors shown there. So some on the WAN?

                    How are you testing the throughput?

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                      lio1503 @stephenw10
                      last edited by

                      @stephenw10

                      I put the wrong image sorry

                      netgate1.png netgate2.png netgate3.png

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                      • stephenw10S Offline
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        Hmm, not really a significant number there. Nothing that would cause throttling to that extent.

                        What about the PPPoE parent interface? Which I assume is ix0?
                        Try: netstat -i and ifconfig -v ix0

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                          lio1503 @stephenw10
                          last edited by

                          Hi @stephenw10

                          Here the result of commands

                          Screenshot 2025-08-08 112744.png

                          Screenshot 2025-08-08 112955.png

                          Thanks

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                          • stephenw10S Offline
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            Ok huge number of input errors on ix0. That's what you'd expect for bad downloads.

                            You have an XPON module in there I assume? Can you access that to get stats?

                            You can check the sysctl output for ix0 to see what type of errors those are: sysctl dev.ix.0

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                              lio1503 @stephenw10
                              last edited by stephenw10

                              @stephenw10

                              Yes I use this module on ix0 https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B06XG9DPJ7?th=1
                              and this cable to unifi switch for Lan on ix1 https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01M09C9NZ?th=1

                              Result of sysctl dev.ix.0

                              dev.ix.0.wake: 0
                              dev.ix.0.dmac: 0
                              dev.ix.0.tso_tcp_flags_mask_last_segment: 3967
                              dev.ix.0.tso_tcp_flags_mask_middle_segment: 4086
                              dev.ix.0.tso_tcp_flags_mask_first_segment: 4086
                              dev.ix.0.fw_version: nvm 0.58.0 eTrack 0x8000084b
                              dev.ix.0.enable_aim: 0
                              dev.ix.0.advertise_speed: 0
                              dev.ix.0.fc: 3
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.tx_frames_1024_1522: 2688329
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.tx_frames_512_1023: 9258
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.tx_frames_256_511: 7406
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.tx_frames_128_255: 51767
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.tx_frames_65_127: 1044399
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.tx_frames_64: 2651
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.management_pkts_txd: 0
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.mcast_pkts_txd: 5
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.bcast_pkts_txd: 1
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.good_pkts_txd: 3803810
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.total_pkts_txd: 3803810
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.good_octets_txd: 4177580394
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.checksum_errs: 0
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.management_pkts_drpd: 0
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.management_pkts_rcvd: 0
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.recv_jabberd: 1228
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.recv_oversized: 0
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.recv_fragmented: 0
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.recv_undersized: 0
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.rx_frames_1024_1522: 2492339
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.rx_frames_512_1023: 8772
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.rx_frames_256_511: 8173
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.rx_frames_128_255: 30310
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.rx_frames_65_127: 620807
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.rx_frames_64: 2487
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.bcast_pkts_rcvd: 247
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.mcast_pkts_rcvd: 10
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.good_pkts_rcvd: 3162888
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.total_pkts_rcvd: 3260844
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.good_octets_rcvd: 3788604566
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.total_octets_rcvd: 3930535548
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.xoff_recvd: 0
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.xoff_txd: 0
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.xon_recvd: 0
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.xon_txd: 0
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.rx_missed_packets: 0
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.rec_len_errs: 0
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.remote_faults: 0
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.local_faults: 1
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.short_discards: 7
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.byte_errs: 9220
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.ill_errs: 1617
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.crc_errs: 87158
                              dev.ix.0.mac_stats.rx_errs: 90003
                              dev.ix.0.queue3.rx_discarded: 0
                              dev.ix.0.queue3.rx_copies: 0
                              dev.ix.0.queue3.rx_bytes: 25480
                              dev.ix.0.queue3.rx_packets: 245
                              dev.ix.0.queue3.rxd_tail: 244
                              dev.ix.0.queue3.rxd_head: 245
                              dev.ix.0.queue3.irqs: 482085
                              dev.ix.0.queue3.interrupt_rate: 31250
                              dev.ix.0.queue3.tx_packets: 1027008
                              dev.ix.0.queue3.tso_tx: 0
                              dev.ix.0.queue3.txd_tail: 1859
                              dev.ix.0.queue3.txd_head: 1859
                              dev.ix.0.queue2.rx_discarded: 0
                              dev.ix.0.queue2.rx_copies: 0
                              dev.ix.0.queue2.rx_bytes: 0
                              dev.ix.0.queue2.rx_packets: 0
                              dev.ix.0.queue2.rxd_tail: 128
                              dev.ix.0.queue2.rxd_head: 0
                              dev.ix.0.queue2.irqs: 594318
                              dev.ix.0.queue2.interrupt_rate: 31250
                              dev.ix.0.queue2.tx_packets: 1189658
                              dev.ix.0.queue2.tso_tx: 0
                              dev.ix.0.queue2.txd_tail: 1831
                              dev.ix.0.queue2.txd_head: 1831
                              dev.ix.0.queue1.rx_discarded: 0
                              dev.ix.0.queue1.rx_copies: 0
                              dev.ix.0.queue1.rx_bytes: 0
                              dev.ix.0.queue1.rx_packets: 0
                              dev.ix.0.queue1.rxd_tail: 128
                              dev.ix.0.queue1.rxd_head: 0
                              dev.ix.0.queue1.irqs: 414076
                              dev.ix.0.queue1.interrupt_rate: 31250
                              dev.ix.0.queue1.tx_packets: 685675
                              dev.ix.0.queue1.tso_tx: 0
                              dev.ix.0.queue1.txd_tail: 1525
                              dev.ix.0.queue1.txd_head: 1525
                              dev.ix.0.queue0.rx_discarded: 0
                              dev.ix.0.queue0.rx_copies: 0
                              dev.ix.0.queue0.rx_bytes: 3775931277
                              dev.ix.0.queue0.rx_packets: 3162670
                              dev.ix.0.queue0.rxd_tail: 557
                              dev.ix.0.queue0.rxd_head: 558
                              dev.ix.0.queue0.irqs: 1053920
                              dev.ix.0.queue0.interrupt_rate: 31250
                              dev.ix.0.queue0.tx_packets: 901500
                              dev.ix.0.queue0.tso_tx: 0
                              dev.ix.0.queue0.txd_tail: 946
                              dev.ix.0.queue0.txd_head: 946
                              dev.ix.0.link_irq: 3
                              dev.ix.0.watchdog_events: 0
                              dev.ix.0.dropped: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.rxq3.rxq_fl0.buf_size: 2048
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.rxq3.rxq_fl0.credits: 2047
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.rxq3.rxq_fl0.cidx: 245
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.rxq3.rxq_fl0.pidx: 244
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.rxq3.cpu: 3
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.rxq2.rxq_fl0.buf_size: 2048
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.rxq2.rxq_fl0.credits: 128
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.rxq2.rxq_fl0.cidx: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.rxq2.rxq_fl0.pidx: 128
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.rxq2.cpu: 2
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.rxq1.rxq_fl0.buf_size: 2048
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.rxq1.rxq_fl0.credits: 128
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.rxq1.rxq_fl0.cidx: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.rxq1.rxq_fl0.pidx: 128
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.rxq1.cpu: 1
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.rxq0.rxq_fl0.buf_size: 2048
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.rxq0.rxq_fl0.credits: 2047
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.rxq0.rxq_fl0.cidx: 558
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.rxq0.rxq_fl0.pidx: 557
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.rxq0.cpu: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq3.r_abdications: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq3.r_restarts: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq3.r_stalls: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq3.r_starts: 1027076
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq3.r_drops: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq3.r_enqueues: 1027315
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq3.ring_state: pidx_head: 1267 pidx_tail: 1267 cidx: 1267 state: IDLE
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq3.txq_cleaned: 2211617
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq3.txq_processed: 2211649
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq3.txq_in_use: 34
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq3.txq_cidx_processed: 1857
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq3.txq_cidx: 1825
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq3.txq_pidx: 1859
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq3.no_tx_dma_setup: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq3.txd_encap_efbig: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq3.tx_map_failed: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq3.no_desc_avail: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq3.mbuf_defrag_failed: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq3.m_pullups: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq3.mbuf_defrag: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq3.cpu: 3
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq2.r_abdications: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq2.r_restarts: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq2.r_stalls: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq2.r_starts: 1189683
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq2.r_drops: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq2.r_enqueues: 1190417
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq2.ring_state: pidx_head: 0529 pidx_tail: 0529 cidx: 0529 state: IDLE
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq2.txq_cleaned: 2858757
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq2.txq_processed: 2858789
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq2.txq_in_use: 34
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq2.txq_cidx_processed: 1829
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq2.txq_cidx: 1797
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq2.txq_pidx: 1831
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq2.no_tx_dma_setup: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq2.txd_encap_efbig: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq2.tx_map_failed: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq2.no_desc_avail: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq2.mbuf_defrag_failed: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq2.m_pullups: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq2.mbuf_defrag: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq2.cpu: 2
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq1.r_abdications: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq1.r_restarts: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq1.r_stalls: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq1.r_starts: 685820
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq1.r_drops: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq1.r_enqueues: 686291
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq1.ring_state: pidx_head: 0211 pidx_tail: 0211 cidx: 0211 state: IDLE
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq1.txq_cleaned: 1818067
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq1.txq_processed: 1818099
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq1.txq_in_use: 34
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq1.txq_cidx_processed: 1523
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq1.txq_cidx: 1491
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq1.txq_pidx: 1525
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq1.no_tx_dma_setup: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq1.txd_encap_efbig: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq1.tx_map_failed: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq1.no_desc_avail: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq1.mbuf_defrag_failed: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq1.m_pullups: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq1.mbuf_defrag: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq1.cpu: 1
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq0.r_abdications: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq0.r_restarts: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq0.r_stalls: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq0.r_starts: 900768
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq0.r_drops: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq0.r_enqueues: 901527
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq0.ring_state: pidx_head: 0407 pidx_tail: 0407 cidx: 0407 state: IDLE
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq0.txq_cleaned: 2419599
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq0.txq_processed: 2419631
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq0.txq_in_use: 35
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq0.txq_cidx_processed: 943
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq0.txq_cidx: 911
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq0.txq_pidx: 946
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq0.no_tx_dma_setup: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq0.txd_encap_efbig: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq0.tx_map_failed: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq0.no_desc_avail: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq0.mbuf_defrag_failed: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq0.m_pullups: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq0.mbuf_defrag: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.txq0.cpu: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.override_nrxds: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.override_ntxds: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.allocated_msix_vectors: 5
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.use_extra_msix_vectors: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.use_logical_cores: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.separate_txrx: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.core_offset: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.tx_abdicate: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.rx_budget: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.disable_msix: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.override_qs_enable: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.override_nrxqs: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.override_ntxqs: 0
                              dev.ix.0.iflib.driver_version: 4.0.1-k
                              dev.ix.0.%iommu: rid=0x300
                              dev.ix.0.%parent: pci9
                              dev.ix.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x8086 device=0x15c4 subvendor=0x8086 subdevice=0x0000 class=0x020000
                              dev.ix.0.%location: slot=0 function=0 dbsf=pci0:3:0:0 handle=\_SB_.PCI0.VRP0.LAN0
                              dev.ix.0.%driver: ix
                              dev.ix.0.%desc: Intel(R) X553 N (SFP+)
                              
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                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                OK similar to the other user, no one error type:

                                dev.ix.0.mac_stats.rx_missed_packets: 0
                                dev.ix.0.mac_stats.rec_len_errs: 0
                                dev.ix.0.mac_stats.remote_faults: 0
                                dev.ix.0.mac_stats.local_faults: 1
                                dev.ix.0.mac_stats.short_discards: 7
                                dev.ix.0.mac_stats.byte_errs: 9220
                                dev.ix.0.mac_stats.ill_errs: 1617
                                dev.ix.0.mac_stats.crc_errs: 87158
                                dev.ix.0.mac_stats.rx_errs: 90003
                                dev.ix.0.watchdog_events: 0
                                dev.ix.0.dropped: 0
                                

                                However what's different is that that isn't an XPON module it's just an 10GbaseT module.

                                Technically neither type is supported by the X553 NICs because they don't have the data lines to detect the link type.

                                What exactly is that connected to? At what speed?

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                                  lio1503 @stephenw10
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                                  @stephenw10

                                  It's connected to my ISP router on 10G Ethernet port.

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                                  • stephenw10S Offline
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    Is the ISP router actually routing? Is it actually linked at 10G?

                                    One option here would be to just use one of the IGC ports. But that would be limited to 2.5Gbps of course.

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                                      lio1503 @stephenw10
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                                      @stephenw10

                                      No I just use ISP router for the PPPOE. Yes its linked to 10G.
                                      Finally I order a XSPON module to completely bypass the ISP router, while waiting for the module to arrive I use the IGC port and it's works good.
                                      Thanks you very much for your help.

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                                      • stephenw10S Offline
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                        last edited by

                                        Yup those RJ-45 SFP+ modules are not supported and actual function can be very variable. Some users have reported success with some modules but there's no real way to know any many don't work as expected.

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                                          lio1503 @stephenw10
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                                          @stephenw10
                                          OK.Thanks

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