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    Apinger "detects" 100% packetloss every few days

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      eSpezi
      last edited by

      Hi phil,

      thanks for your infos.

      It seems that the apinger problem is still present in the current release.
      I've noticed, that it might have something to do with a (DSL/Cable) router beeing the WAN gateway, not a modem.
      I have 3 pfS boxes and the one with the recurring packetloss issue is the only one connected behind a router.

      Could that really affect apinger?

      Thanks again,
      Harry

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        phil.davis
        last edited by

        I haven't worked out a good pattern for when this happens. I run most of my pfSense behind ADSL routers that have the real internet connection. So I have Alternate Monitor IP set on these. The numbers for %age packet loss and latency can go a bit off at times - I wish I knew what sequence of real packet loss and latency over time can cause the average calculations to go awry.
        Now that pfSense-tools has been closed off, I can't see the details of the apinger source code mods for pfSense, so no chance to help find any problem.

        As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle."
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          doktornotor Banned
          last edited by

          There is NOTHING the community could help with as long as the closed source apinger stuff is concerned. Go file a bug!

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            Supermule Banned
            last edited by

            I have this happen as well on 2.1.5 but a reload of the GUI brings it back online….

            Could it be widget related?

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              henriquejensen
              last edited by

              @Supermule:

              I have this happen as well on 2.1.5 but a reload of the GUI brings it back online….

              Could it be widget related?

              I have the same problem  :-[

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                ncolunga
                last edited by

                Same problem here, sometimes i get values over 100%. I have noticed that this used to happen on servers with WIMAX routers, this routers has a bigger trend to go down, i think that apinger goes crazy sometimes when a gateway goes down and up.

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                  Supermule Banned
                  last edited by

                  I only see it on WAN DHCP connections. Not on Static IP's at all.

                  It runs very smooth on that setup using 2.1.4.

                  My home setup has issues, but not the datacenters.

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                    bennyc
                    last edited by

                    just adding my 2cents:

                    I have the inverse of Supermule:

                    • Home (dhcp) no issues at all
                    • Office (dhcp but static lease) apinger behaves quite odd.

                    Same isp/technology, so not sure it is to pin on the dhcp.

                    Both running 2.1.5.

                    4x XG-7100 (2xHA), 1x SG-4860, 1x SG-2100
                    1x PC Engines APU2C4, 1x PC Engines APU1C4

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                      Supermule Banned
                      last edited by

                      I have turned on time sync between host and client on ESXi. I havent had the issue at all since last night

                      Oct 17 19:59:33 apinger: SIGHUP received, reloading configuration.
                      Oct 17 19:59:32 apinger: Starting Alarm Pinger, apinger(21363)
                      Oct 17 18:56:57 apinger: alarm canceled: WAN_DHCP(62.243.131.197) *** delay ***
                      Oct 17 18:56:49 apinger: ALARM: WAN_DHCP(62.243.131.197) *** delay ***

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                        dennypage
                        last edited by

                        My installation is completely static, currently on 2.1.5.

                        Interestingly, I've gone from having the problem every couple of days, to not having had the problem in 3 weeks. Probably because my connection has been very stable with little to no loss and no spikes of latency (which is what usually sets apinger off).

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                          Guest
                          last edited by

                          Goto

                          System -> Routing -> Gateways

                          choose  Gateway and increase

                          Latency Threshold and

                          Package Loss Threshold

                          (maybe even "Down")

                          to e.g. 300-2000 ms and see if it helps….

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