MTU not applied to certain interfaces

Forst · Apr 18, 2014, 7:16 PM

There is a problem with setting interface MTU through the web interface. I have different kinds of interfaces set up with special MTU settings for some of them. It turns out, not all settings are applied properly, checked with ifconfig.

| **| Name | Type | Configured MTU | Actual MTU |
| WAN | PPPoE | auto | 1492 |
| LAN | Physical | 9000 | 1500 |
| RIPE | Physical | 9000 | 1500 |
| MAN | Physical | auto | 1500 |
| BR_LAN | Bridge | 9000 | 1500 |
| 6IN4 | GIF | 1472 | 1472 |
| PUBLICWLAN | VLAN | 9000 | 9000 |

2.2-ALPHA (amd64)
built on Thu Apr 17 04:15:34 CDT 2014
FreeBSD 10.0-STABLE

P.S. Noticed something interesting as well, not strictly related to pfSense.

vmx0 options=60079b <rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,tso4,tso6,lro,rxcsum_ipv6,txcsum_ipv6>vmx1 options=61039b <rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,tso4,tso6,vlan_hwfilter,rxcsum_ipv6,txcsum_ipv6>vmx2 options=60039b<rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,tso4,tso6,rxcsum_ipv6,txcsum_ipv6></rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,tso4,tso6,rxcsum_ipv6,txcsum_ipv6></rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,tso4,tso6,vlan_hwfilter,rxcsum_ipv6,txcsum_ipv6></rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,tso4,tso6,lro,rxcsum_ipv6,txcsum_ipv6>

How come three physically similar interfaces (all VMXNET3) have different options available? Is it related to vmx1 having a VLAN assigned to it and vmx2 being down?** |

eri-- · Apr 18, 2014, 6:23 PM

Please share your config.xml at least the interfaces part.

The other is normal if you have vlan assigned.

Forst · Apr 18, 2014, 7:23 PM

Thank you! As for the file, here it is (part of it, anyway):

 <interfaces><wan><enable><if>pppoe0</if>
        <blockpriv><blockbogons><ipaddr>pppoe</ipaddr>
        <spoofmac></spoofmac></blockbogons></blockpriv></enable></wan> 
    <lan><enable><if>vmx1</if>

        <ipaddr>192.168.1.1</ipaddr>
        <subnet>24</subnet>
        <ipaddrv6>2001:67c:2158:a019::1</ipaddrv6>
        <subnetv6>120</subnetv6>
        <blockbogons><spoofmac><mtu>9000</mtu></spoofmac></blockbogons></enable></lan> 
    <opt1><if>vmx2</if>

        <enable><spoofmac><mtu>9000</mtu></spoofmac></enable></opt1> 
    <opt2><if>vmx0</if>
        <enable><ipaddr>dhcp</ipaddr>
        <dhcphostname><alias-address><alias-subnet>32</alias-subnet>
        <dhcprejectfrom><adv_dhcp_pt_timeout><adv_dhcp_pt_retry><adv_dhcp_pt_select_timeout><adv_dhcp_pt_reboot><adv_dhcp_pt_backoff_cutoff><adv_dhcp_pt_initial_interval><adv_dhcp_pt_values>SavedCfg</adv_dhcp_pt_values>
        <adv_dhcp_send_options><adv_dhcp_request_options><adv_dhcp_required_options><adv_dhcp_option_modifiers><adv_dhcp_config_advanced><adv_dhcp_config_file_override><adv_dhcp_config_file_override_path><blockbogons><spoofmac></spoofmac></blockbogons></adv_dhcp_config_file_override_path></adv_dhcp_config_file_override></adv_dhcp_config_advanced></adv_dhcp_option_modifiers></adv_dhcp_required_options></adv_dhcp_request_options></adv_dhcp_send_options></adv_dhcp_pt_initial_interval></adv_dhcp_pt_backoff_cutoff></adv_dhcp_pt_reboot></adv_dhcp_pt_select_timeout></adv_dhcp_pt_retry></adv_dhcp_pt_timeout></dhcprejectfrom></alias-address></dhcphostname></enable></opt2> 
    <opt3><if>bridge0</if>
        <enable><spoofmac><mtu>9000</mtu></spoofmac></enable></opt3> 
    <opt4><if>gif0</if>
        <enable><blockbogons><spoofmac><mtu>1472</mtu></spoofmac></blockbogons></enable></opt4> 
    <opt5><if>vmx1_vlan4</if>
        <enable><ipaddr>192.168.2.1</ipaddr>
        <subnet>24</subnet>
        <ipaddrv6>2001:67c:2158:a019::2:1</ipaddrv6>
        <subnetv6>120</subnetv6>
        <blockbogons><spoofmac><mtu>9000</mtu></spoofmac></blockbogons></enable></opt5></interfaces>