Re0: Watchdog Timeout only when accessing webGUI
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So heres a weird problem that has kept me on 1.2.3 release for the last few years.
I have a machine and the onboard nic (LAN) is Re0. When i try and access the web gui, the interface stops responding to pings for aprox 5 - 15 pings. it then bounces back and works fine and normal. The interface works fine and normal, unless i go to the web gui. I unfortunately cannot swap out the onboard card.
turning off https seems to have helped, but it still does it sometimes. Seems random. but usually when i am clicking around things in the webgui. (for instance dhcp log caused this one).
Here is an excerpt from system log.Jul 14 14:43:13 apinger: Starting Alarm Pinger, apinger(1595) Jul 14 14:43:13 check_reload_status: Reloading filter Jul 14 14:43:12 apinger: Exiting on signal 15. Jul 14 14:43:12 php: : The command '/sbin/ifconfig bridge0 addm re0' returned exit code '1', the output was 'ifconfig: BRDGADD re0: File exists' Jul 14 14:43:12 php: : rc.newwanip: on (IP address: 192.168.1.250) (interface: lan) (real interface: re0). Jul 14 14:43:12 php: : rc.newwanip: Informational is starting re0. Jul 14 14:43:07 check_reload_status: rc.newwanip starting re0 Jul 14 14:43:07 php: : Hotplug event detected for lan but ignoring since interface is configured with static IP (192.168.1.250) Jul 14 14:43:05 php: : Hotplug event detected for lan but ignoring since interface is configured with static IP (192.168.1.250) Jul 14 14:43:01 kernel: re0: link state changed to UP Jul 14 14:43:01 check_reload_status: Linkup starting re0 Jul 14 14:42:59 check_reload_status: Linkup starting re0 Jul 14 14:42:59 kernel: re0: link state changed to DOWN Jul 14 14:42:59 kernel: re0: watchdog timeout Jul 14 14:42:55 sshd[50580]: Timeout, client not responding. Jul 14 14:38:45 sshd[50580]: Accepted keyboard-interactive/pam for root from IPADDRESS port 51657 ssh2What is printed to the console is "re0: watchdog timeout" when the failure occurs.
machine is Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz 1gb ram. p4p800 i believe
I should also say that the problem did not occur on PFSENSE 1.2.3 which I am doing a upgrade install from. Current version is 2.0.1-RELEASE (i386)
I can repeatedly make the problem occur by going to PFtop. So its something about heavy usage by the webgui i think… Wereas just watching the graphs on the pfsense dashboard page is fine for hours.
Anyone heard of anything like this? any tweak I could make the the web gui? its nice to be able to use it!!
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That's a common issue with some Realtek NICs, kind of surprised you didn't see it on 1.2.3 as that exact issue has been reported by some for ages. Best I can offer would be to try a 2.1 snapshot since that newer FreeBSD base has a newer re driver which I know has fixed a number of issues but no idea on that one in particular.
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Ended up using a PCI dual nic card (2 interfaces on one card) that i had lying around. I am just going to disable onboard.
maybe they will fix in 2.0.2 if there is s snapshot. oh well!