Watchdog timeout

stephenw10

The card pictured looks like a half height card with no bracket attached. How was it secured? Perhaps it moved in the slot or wasn't fully inserted.

Steve

strumf666

The card was fully inserted and it didn't move (I admit that it is insecure without the bracket, unfortunatly I don't have a half bracket for it) after taking the picture ( and reinstalling the card) I still have the problem.
The card is not new so it is possible it developed a fault but since it manifested after an update, it was my first thought to blame the update :) I'll have to get another card to test it with it seems; might try updating to new build first or regresing (is it possible?) to the previous.
I'll try swapping the re0 and re1 for wan/lan to see if it changes anything. During past few days bandwith usage was pretty low, 20/4 mbit torrent trafic most of it. The freezing does happen more often when the download is maxed.

cmb

@strumf666:

The card was fully inserted and it didn't move (I admit that it is insecure without the bracket, unfortunatly I don't have a half bracket for it) after taking the picture ( and reinstalling the card) I still have the problem.
The card is not new so it is possible it developed a fault but since it manifested after an update, it was my first thought to blame the update :)

Possible, though hardware problems manifest themselves after a reboot more than you'd probably think (or at least more than I used to think), we've seen others hit that a ton here.

What version did you upgrade from? Only see the version you're on now.

strumf666

Not exactly sure but I think it was the build from 21.nov.

cmb

Ah ok, if you were already on 2.1 from any time this year, then nothing in that re driver has changed. That definitely makes suspect hardware more likely.

strumf666

Ok, thanks.

strumf666

Is there a list of pfsense/freebsd supported/compatible network interfaces?

wallabybob

@strumf666:

Is there a list of pfsense/freebsd supported/compatible network interfaces?

See http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.3R/hardware.html Change the 8.3 in the URL for the FreeBSD version in which you are interested.

stephenw10

Some quick googling on this shows a number of generic possible causes but one caught my eye, a possible comflict when used in an Asus motherboard. I assume that's what you're using from your other PCI device information? A workaround for that problem (a few years ago now) was to boot with acpi disabled. Not ideal but it would be an easy and zero cost test.

I would also try, but not at the same time, disabling MSI/MSI-X since that seems to cause problems with some cards. Add to /boot/loader.conf.local:


hw.re.msi_disable=1
hw.re.msix_disable=1

Since that is also a zero cost test. ;)
It will however effect all three of your re interfaces.

Steve

strumf666

I am using e35m1-m pro. I have been using the current setup for aprox 1/2 year and so far I didn't have any issues. I'll try disabling msi/msi-x and/or acpi to see if it works. If I disable ACPI will it disable cpu frequency switching or is it not related?
I think I'll order this NIC - http://www.edimax.com/en/produce_detail.php?pd_id=315&pl1_id=2&pl2_id=9
Chipset seems to be supported and it's cheap.

stephenw10

If you're buying another NIC I would always buy Intel. That card you linked to looks to be Realtek based?

Steve

strumf666

From specs: Realtek RTL8168E Single Chip

Intel is sure to be better but I would guess a few times more expensive. The above card costs ~14€ and the router is for home use otherwise I would use better components. It does still get on my nerves if it doesn't work though ;D

stephenw10

Do you need Gigabit for home use? Even on WAN? If so, lucky you! ;D
You can pick up an Intel pro 100 card for less than €14 these days.

For example: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Intel-R-Network-Card-EXP19301CTBLK-/321044815334?pt=UK_Computing_Other_Computing_Networking&hash=item4abfc31de6

Steve

strumf666

Well, I am a bit impatient when moving gigabytes of stuff between computers at home hence my need for gigabit lan. For wan I'll hopefully need gigabit one day when I get the fibre and 100/10 :)

And now the funny development regarding the problem, it dissapeared. I wasn't home much for the past few days so I couldn't try what was suggested, yday I downloaded ~7gb for test and no problems so far. I'll update pfsense to the latest version after work to see if it will make the problem reappear.

strumf666

Replacing the NIC fixed the problem. Thanks for the help.