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      newUser2pfSense
      last edited by

      For me, I have IPv6 blocked on my WAN as a rule in the Firewall > Rules; it's practically at the top. However, I noticed a mix of IPv4 and IPv6 addresses in my System Logs > Firewall > Normal View tab. As well, I currently have Suricata running in Legacy Mode and have a ton of IPv6 addresses of SURICATA zero length padN option in the Alerts tab and all IPv6 addresses in the Blocks tab. Maybe I'm completely wrong but if I have IPv6 blocked on the WAN, should IPv6 addresses be showing up at all in the logs?

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      • bmeeksB
        bmeeks @newUser2pfSense
        last edited by bmeeks

        @newuser2pfsense said in Suricata InLine with igb NICs:

        For me, I have IPv6 blocked on my WAN as a rule in the Firewall > Rules; it's practically at the top. However, I noticed a mix of IPv4 and IPv6 addresses in my System Logs > Firewall > Normal View tab. As well, I currently have Suricata running in Legacy Mode and have a ton of IPv6 addresses of SURICATA zero length padN option in the Alerts tab and all IPv6 addresses in the Blocks tab. Maybe I'm completely wrong but if I have IPv6 blocked on the WAN, should IPv6 addresses be showing up at all in the logs?

        You will likely have IPv6 Link-Local addresses created on your interfaces by default. I have them on all of my local firewall interfaces, including my WAN even though my ISP does not provide any type of IPv6 connectivity.

        A typical Windows domain will spew a lot of IPv6 stuff by default. In fact, IPv6 is a preferred communications route for Windows domain traffic unless it is explicitly disabled. Most of that will be via link-local addresses.

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          boobletins @stephenw10
          last edited by

          @stephenw10

          I suppose "solved" is a strong word. What I should have said is that before I couldn't complete a single speedtest and now I can complete an arbitrary number without netmap errors. Suricata also lasted through the night in IPS mode on my LAN interface (igb) without crashing which is extremely rare. I won't know if it's truly solved until it lasts through more like a week or month.

          I can reliably crash the interface by enabling TXCSUM_IPV6 and running a speedtest.

          I'm not a pfSense expert -- so when you ask if I'm using IPv6, all I know to say is that I have "Allow IPv6" enabled in the UI, and I see a smattering of IPv6 IPs in both Suricata Alerts and states (the majority are IPv4).

          Here is what I settled on for my boot.conf.local after referring these links:
          https://calomel.org/freebsd_network_tuning.html
          https://suricata.readthedocs.io/en/suricata-4.0.5/performance/packet-capture.html#rss

          kern.ipc.nmbclusters="1048576"
hw.pci.enable_msix=1

hw.em.msix=1
hw.em.smart_pwr_down=0
hw.em.num_queues=1   # https://suricata.readthedocs.io/en/suricata-4.0.5/performance/packet-capture.html#rss

# below this line is all from: https://calomel.org/freebsd_network_tuning.html
if_igb_load="YES"
hw.igb.enable_msix="1"
hw.igb.enable_aim="1"
hw.igb.rx_process_limit="100" #default
hw.igb.num_queues="3"  # (default 0 , queues equal the number of CPU real cores if queues available on card)
hw.igb.max_interrupt_rate="16000" #double default
coretemp_load="YES"
hw.intr_storm_threshold="9000" #default

if_em_load="YES"
hw.em.enable_msix="1"
hw.em.msix=1

autoboot_delay="-1"
net.isr.maxthreads="-1"
net.isr.bindthreads="1"  # (default 0, runs randomly on any one cpu core)

#Larger buffers and TCP Large Window Extensions
net.inet.tcp.rfc1323=1
net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_inc=65536     # (default 16384)
net.inet.tcp.sendbuf_inc=65536     # (default 8192)
net.inet.tcp.sendspace=65536       # (default 32768)
net.inet.tcp.mssdflt=1460   # Option 1 (default 536)
net.tcp.minmss=536  # (default 216)

#syn protection
net.inet.tcp.syncache.rexmtlimit=0  # (default 3)
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            boobletins @stephenw10
            last edited by boobletins

            @stephenw10 said in Suricata InLine with igb NICs:

            Did you see any other errors that lead you to try this?

            No -- I didn't see any specific IPv6 errors. I just started investigating the interface settings using information from here: https://calomel.org/freebsd_network_tuning.html and noticed that ifconfig showed TXCSUM_IPV6 enabled when I thought it was supposed to be disabled. Disabling it seems to have created a more stable interface with netmap enabled.

            I would receive 2 types of netmap errors previously "bad pkt" errors and "netmap_transmit" errors eg

            [2925] netmap_transmit           igb0 full hwcur 203 hwtail 204 qlen 1022 len 1514 m 0xfffff8000df20500
[1071] netmap_grab_packets       bad pkt at 419 len 2167

            I've tried using -txcsum6 the same on my WAN (em0) interface, but I still get bad packets there. I don't know if that has to do with the lack of msix support on that interface or my configuration settings. Still trying to figure that one out.

            Here's my dmesg output for em0 and igb0 in case that helps.

            em0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection 7.6.1-k> mem 0xdf100000-0xdf11ffff irq 16 at device 31.6 on pci0
em0: Using an MSI interrupt
em0: Ethernet address: 00:30:18:ce:19:cf
em0: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/1024, RX 1/1024
ses0 at ahciem0 bus 0 scbus6 target 0 lun 0
em0: link state changed to UP
em0: promiscuous mode enabled

            igb0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection, Version - 2.5.3-k> port 0xe000-0xe01f mem 0xdf000000-0xdf01ffff,0xdf020000-0xdf023fff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci1
igb0: Using MSIX interrupts with 3 vectors
igb0: Ethernet address: 00:30:18:ce:19:d0
igb0: Bound queue 0 to cpu 0
igb0: Bound queue 1 to cpu 1
igb0: netmap queues/slots: TX 2/1024, RX 2/1024
igb0: link state changed to UP
igb0: permanently promiscuous mode enabled
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              boobletins @newUser2pfSense
              last edited by

              @newuser2pfsense said in Suricata InLine with igb NICs:

              I'm wondering if we could put that information in the loader.conf.local file?

              It looks like the right place to put this is described here:

              https://www.netgate.com/docs/pfsense/development/executing-commands-at-boot-time.html

              I tried to offer an example but Akismet thinks its spam. Let's see if this post will go through?

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                newUser2pfSense
                last edited by newUser2pfSense

                boobletins...I read through the link you provided but I'm not sure myself on what the syntax should be to add to the loader.conf.local file. I was looking to use the loader.conf.local file for an interim fix until the FreeBSD developers are able to solve the netmap issue(s) in a future release.

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                • GrimsonG
                  Grimson Banned
                  last edited by

                  Look closely at https://www.netgate.com/docs/pfsense/packages/package-list.html there is a package that might help with running a command on system startup.

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                    newUser2pfSense
                    last edited by

                    Grimson...You're right. I didn't see it. Shellcmd - The shellcmd utility is used to manage commands on system startup. Now we just need the syntax to use.

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      Shellcmd just runs commands like they would be at the command line. The only difference is you often need the complete path to the command as it runs as a different user. But you could use:
                      ifconfig igb0 -rxcsum -rxcsum6 -txcsum -txcsum6 -lro -tso -vlanhwtso

                      That should run OK.

                      Steve

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                      • NollipfSenseN
                        NollipfSense
                        last edited by

                        I noticed that with the release of pfSenxe 2.4.4, there was a dramatic increase of Netmap errors (https://forum.netgate.com/topic/136191/netmap-alerts-gotten-worst-with-2-4-4). I also have an igb network card.

                        The major headache is this issue turns into finger pointing...pfSense says its FreeBSD 11.2, Netmap says its Suricata, FreeBSD says its the network card, and Suricata says its Netmap.

                        My feeling is since we're ultimately using pfSense, it's pfSense responsibility to ensure that we achieve synergy of a robust firewall with all parts working seamlessly. Inline mode is an important part of firewall intrusion detection prevention system in that it provides a more efficient screening.

                        pfSense+ 23.09 Lenovo Thinkcentre M93P SFF Quadcore i7 dual Raid-ZFS 128GB-SSD 32GB-RAM PCI-Intel i350-t4 NIC, -Intel QAT 8950.
                        pfSense+ 23.09 VM-Proxmox, Dell Precision Xeon-W2155 Nvme 500GB-ZFS 128GB-RAM PCIe-Intel i350-t4, Intel QAT-8950, P-cloud.

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                          boobletins
                          last edited by

                          It looks like in that thread you seemed to have solved the issue, is that the case? (I ask because I'm interested in knowing if I've solved this issue for myself as well).

                          If you're game, could you give me the output from the following shell commands (case sensitive):

                          ifconfig igb0 | grep CSUM
sysctl -a | grep igb
sysctl -a | grep netmap
                          • How many CPU cores do you have?
                          • Is hyperthreading enabled?
                          • How much RAM do you have?
                          • Are you running Suricata on more than 1 interface? (If so, what's the second interface? Also: run the shell commands above on that interface)

                          I've gone a few days now without netmap errors on either my em0 or igb0 interface with Suricata in inline IPS mode and 2 speedtests / hour. I'm becoming more confident that I have a working configuration, but if we can eliminate them from yours as well that'd be some welcome evidence...

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                          • NollipfSenseN
                            NollipfSense @boobletins
                            last edited by stephenw10

                            @boobletins said in Suricata InLine with igb NICs:

                            ifconfig igb0 | grep CSUM

                            Shell Output - ifconfig igb0 | grep CSUM
                            options=5400b8<VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,VLAN_HWTSO,NETMAP,TXCSUM_IPV6>

                            Shell Output - sysctl -a | grep igb

                            device	igb
hw.igb.tx_process_limit: -1
hw.igb.rx_process_limit: 100
hw.igb.num_queues: 0
hw.igb.header_split: 0
hw.igb.max_interrupt_rate: 8000
hw.igb.enable_msix: 1
hw.igb.enable_aim: 1
hw.igb.txd: 1024
hw.igb.rxd: 1024
dev.igb.1.host.header_redir_missed: 0
dev.igb.1.host.serdes_violation_pkt: 0
dev.igb.1.host.length_errors: 0
dev.igb.1.host.tx_good_bytes: 5014864175
dev.igb.1.host.rx_good_bytes: 344809214
dev.igb.1.host.breaker_tx_pkt_drop: 0
dev.igb.1.host.tx_good_pkt: 63
dev.igb.1.host.breaker_rx_pkt_drop: 0
dev.igb.1.host.breaker_rx_pkts: 0
dev.igb.1.host.rx_pkt: 77
dev.igb.1.host.host_tx_pkt_discard: 0
dev.igb.1.host.breaker_tx_pkt: 0
dev.igb.1.interrupts.rx_overrun: 0
dev.igb.1.interrupts.rx_desc_min_thresh: 0
dev.igb.1.interrupts.tx_queue_min_thresh: 0
dev.igb.1.interrupts.tx_queue_empty: 4315841
dev.igb.1.interrupts.tx_abs_timer: 0
dev.igb.1.interrupts.tx_pkt_timer: 4315904
dev.igb.1.interrupts.rx_abs_timer: 2921232
dev.igb.1.interrupts.rx_pkt_timer: 2921155
dev.igb.1.interrupts.asserts: 8803973
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.tso_ctx_fail: 0
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.tso_txd: 0
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.tx_frames_1024_1522: 3233544
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.tx_frames_512_1023: 62481
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.tx_frames_256_511: 72052
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.tx_frames_128_255: 119162
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.tx_frames_65_127: 781667
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.tx_frames_64: 46998
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.mcast_pkts_txd: 269918
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.bcast_pkts_txd: 118
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.good_pkts_txd: 4315904
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.total_pkts_txd: 4315904
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.total_octets_txd: 5014886629
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.good_octets_txd: 5014885349
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.total_octets_recvd: 344809463
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.good_octets_recvd: 344808248
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.rx_frames_1024_1522: 49390
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.rx_frames_512_1023: 61271
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.rx_frames_256_511: 60178
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.rx_frames_128_255: 132406
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.rx_frames_65_127: 2127900
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.rx_frames_64: 490087
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.mcast_pkts_recvd: 0
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.bcast_pkts_recvd: 4
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.good_pkts_recvd: 2921232
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.total_pkts_recvd: 2921232
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.mgmt_pkts_txd: 0
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.mgmt_pkts_drop: 0
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.mgmt_pkts_recvd: 0
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.unsupported_fc_recvd: 0
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.xoff_txd: 0
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.xoff_recvd: 0
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.xon_txd: 0
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.xon_recvd: 0
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.coll_ext_errs: 0
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.tx_no_crs: 0
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.alignment_errs: 0
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.crc_errs: 0
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.recv_errs: 0
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.recv_jabber: 0
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.recv_oversize: 0
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.recv_fragmented: 0
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.recv_undersize: 0
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.recv_no_buff: 0
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.recv_length_errors: 0
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.missed_packets: 0
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.defer_count: 0
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.sequence_errors: 0
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.symbol_errors: 0
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.collision_count: 0
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.late_coll: 0
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.multiple_coll: 0
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.single_coll: 0
dev.igb.1.mac_stats.excess_coll: 0
dev.igb.1.queue1.lro_flushed: 0
dev.igb.1.queue1.lro_queued: 0
dev.igb.1.queue1.rx_bytes: 152608531
dev.igb.1.queue1.rx_packets: 1226723
dev.igb.1.queue1.rxd_tail: 994
dev.igb.1.queue1.rxd_head: 995
dev.igb.1.queue1.tx_packets: 257
dev.igb.1.queue1.no_desc_avail: 0
dev.igb.1.queue1.txd_tail: 339
dev.igb.1.queue1.txd_head: 339
dev.igb.1.queue1.interrupt_rate: 76923
dev.igb.1.queue0.lro_flushed: 0
dev.igb.1.queue0.lro_queued: 0
dev.igb.1.queue0.rx_bytes: 180516276
dev.igb.1.queue0.rx_packets: 1694509
dev.igb.1.queue0.rxd_tail: 812
dev.igb.1.queue0.rxd_head: 813
dev.igb.1.queue0.tx_packets: 4315647
dev.igb.1.queue0.no_desc_avail: 0
dev.igb.1.queue0.txd_tail: 442
dev.igb.1.queue0.txd_head: 442
dev.igb.1.queue0.interrupt_rate: 90909
dev.igb.1.fc_low_water: 29480
dev.igb.1.fc_high_water: 29488
dev.igb.1.rx_buf_alloc: 34
dev.igb.1.tx_buf_alloc: 14
dev.igb.1.extended_int_mask: 2147484419
dev.igb.1.interrupt_mask: 4
dev.igb.1.rx_control: 67141658
dev.igb.1.device_control: 1087373896
dev.igb.1.watchdog_timeouts: 0
dev.igb.1.rx_overruns: 0
dev.igb.1.tx_dma_fail: 0
dev.igb.1.mbuf_defrag_fail: 0
dev.igb.1.link_irq: 2
dev.igb.1.dropped: 0
dev.igb.1.tx_processing_limit: -1
dev.igb.1.rx_processing_limit: 100
dev.igb.1.fc: 3
dev.igb.1.enable_aim: 1
dev.igb.1.nvm: -1
dev.igb.1.%parent: pci3
dev.igb.1.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x8086 device=0x10a7 subvendor=0x8086 subdevice=0x10a7 class=0x020000
dev.igb.1.%location: slot=0 function=1 dbsf=pci0:3:0:1
dev.igb.1.%driver: igb
dev.igb.1.%desc: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection, Version - 2.5.3-k
dev.igb.0.host.header_redir_missed: 0
dev.igb.0.host.serdes_violation_pkt: 0
dev.igb.0.host.length_errors: 0
dev.igb.0.host.tx_good_bytes: 702511124
dev.igb.0.host.rx_good_bytes: 8859910607
dev.igb.0.host.breaker_tx_pkt_drop: 0
dev.igb.0.host.tx_good_pkt: 389
dev.igb.0.host.breaker_rx_pkt_drop: 0
dev.igb.0.host.breaker_rx_pkts: 0
dev.igb.0.host.rx_pkt: 179
dev.igb.0.host.host_tx_pkt_discard: 0
dev.igb.0.host.breaker_tx_pkt: 0
dev.igb.0.interrupts.rx_overrun: 0
dev.igb.0.interrupts.rx_desc_min_thresh: 0
dev.igb.0.interrupts.tx_queue_min_thresh: 0
dev.igb.0.interrupts.tx_queue_empty: 8008878
dev.igb.0.interrupts.tx_abs_timer: 0
dev.igb.0.interrupts.tx_pkt_timer: 8009267
dev.igb.0.interrupts.rx_abs_timer: 9004187
dev.igb.0.interrupts.rx_pkt_timer: 9004008
dev.igb.0.interrupts.asserts: 18858568
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.tso_ctx_fail: 0
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.tso_txd: 0
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.tx_frames_1024_1522: 49679
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.tx_frames_512_1023: 59868
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.tx_frames_256_511: 65957
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.tx_frames_128_255: 117544
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.tx_frames_65_127: 4903787
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.tx_frames_64: 2812432
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.mcast_pkts_txd: 217
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.bcast_pkts_txd: 321
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.good_pkts_txd: 8009267
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.total_pkts_txd: 8009267
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.total_octets_txd: 702511679
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.good_octets_txd: 702510340
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.total_octets_recvd: 8859907035
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.good_octets_recvd: 8859915684
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.rx_frames_1024_1522: 5630206
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.rx_frames_512_1023: 67795
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.rx_frames_256_511: 155128
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.rx_frames_128_255: 445051
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.rx_frames_65_127: 765396
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.rx_frames_64: 1940609
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.mcast_pkts_recvd: 218995
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.bcast_pkts_recvd: 47673
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.good_pkts_recvd: 9004185
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.total_pkts_recvd: 9004224
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.mgmt_pkts_txd: 0
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.mgmt_pkts_drop: 0
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.mgmt_pkts_recvd: 0
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.unsupported_fc_recvd: 0
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.xoff_txd: 0
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.xoff_recvd: 1
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.xon_txd: 0
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.xon_recvd: 1
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.coll_ext_errs: 0
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.tx_no_crs: 0
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.alignment_errs: 0
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.crc_errs: 0
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.recv_errs: 0
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.recv_jabber: 0
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.recv_oversize: 0
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.recv_fragmented: 0
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.recv_undersize: 0
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.recv_no_buff: 0
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.recv_length_errors: 0
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.missed_packets: 0
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.defer_count: 0
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.sequence_errors: 0
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.symbol_errors: 0
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.collision_count: 0
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.late_coll: 0
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.multiple_coll: 0
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.single_coll: 0
dev.igb.0.mac_stats.excess_coll: 0
dev.igb.0.queue1.lro_flushed: 0
dev.igb.0.queue1.lro_queued: 0
dev.igb.0.queue1.rx_bytes: 0
dev.igb.0.queue1.rx_packets: 2432
dev.igb.0.queue1.rxd_tail: 35
dev.igb.0.queue1.rxd_head: 36
dev.igb.0.queue1.tx_packets: 1
dev.igb.0.queue1.no_desc_avail: 0
dev.igb.0.queue1.txd_tail: 0
dev.igb.0.queue1.txd_head: 0
dev.igb.0.queue1.interrupt_rate: 16129
dev.igb.0.queue0.lro_flushed: 0
dev.igb.0.queue0.lro_queued: 0
dev.igb.0.queue0.rx_bytes: 0
dev.igb.0.queue0.rx_packets: 7244
dev.igb.0.queue0.rxd_tail: 180
dev.igb.0.queue0.rxd_head: 181
dev.igb.0.queue0.tx_packets: 9386
dev.igb.0.queue0.no_desc_avail: 0
dev.igb.0.queue0.txd_tail: 755
dev.igb.0.queue0.txd_head: 755
dev.igb.0.queue0.interrupt_rate: 16129
dev.igb.0.fc_low_water: 29480
dev.igb.0.fc_high_water: 29488
dev.igb.0.rx_buf_alloc: 34
dev.igb.0.tx_buf_alloc: 14
dev.igb.0.extended_int_mask: 2147484419
dev.igb.0.interrupt_mask: 4
dev.igb.0.rx_control: 67141658
dev.igb.0.device_control: 1490027080
dev.igb.0.watchdog_timeouts: 0
dev.igb.0.rx_overruns: 0
dev.igb.0.tx_dma_fail: 0
dev.igb.0.mbuf_defrag_fail: 0
dev.igb.0.link_irq: 70
dev.igb.0.dropped: 0
dev.igb.0.tx_processing_limit: -1
dev.igb.0.rx_processing_limit: 100
dev.igb.0.fc: 3
dev.igb.0.enable_aim: 1
dev.igb.0.nvm: -1
dev.igb.0.%parent: pci3
dev.igb.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x8086 device=0x10a7 subvendor=0x8086 subdevice=0x10a7 class=0x020000
dev.igb.0.%location: slot=0 function=0 dbsf=pci0:3:0:0
dev.igb.0.%driver: igb
dev.igb.0.%desc: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection, Version - 2.5.3-k
dev.igb.%parent:

Shell Output - sysctl -a | grep netmap
device	netmap
dev.netmap.ixl_rx_miss_bufs: 0
dev.netmap.ixl_rx_miss: 0
dev.netmap.iflib_rx_miss_bufs: 0
dev.netmap.iflib_rx_miss: 0
dev.netmap.iflib_crcstrip: 1
dev.netmap.bridge_batch: 1024
dev.netmap.default_pipes: 0
dev.netmap.priv_buf_num: 4098
dev.netmap.priv_buf_size: 2048
dev.netmap.buf_curr_num: 163840
dev.netmap.buf_num: 163840
dev.netmap.buf_curr_size: 4096
dev.netmap.buf_size: 4096
dev.netmap.priv_ring_num: 4
dev.netmap.priv_ring_size: 20480
dev.netmap.ring_curr_num: 200
dev.netmap.ring_num: 200
dev.netmap.ring_curr_size: 36864
dev.netmap.ring_size: 36864
dev.netmap.priv_if_num: 1
dev.netmap.priv_if_size: 1024
dev.netmap.if_curr_num: 100
dev.netmap.if_num: 100
dev.netmap.if_curr_size: 1024
dev.netmap.if_size: 1024
dev.netmap.generic_rings: 1
dev.netmap.generic_ringsize: 1024
dev.netmap.generic_mit: 100000
dev.netmap.admode: 0
dev.netmap.fwd: 0
dev.netmap.flags: 0
dev.netmap.adaptive_io: 0
dev.netmap.txsync_retry: 2
dev.netmap.no_pendintr: 1
dev.netmap.mitigate: 1
dev.netmap.no_timestamp: 0
dev.netmap.verbose: 0
dev.netmap.ix_rx_miss_bufs: 0
dev.netmap.ix_rx_miss: 0
dev.netmap.ix_crcstrip: 0

                            Every couple of days I get one or two netmap bad packet alert even after increasing this - netmap.buf_size: 4096. I run both Suricata and Snort on Wan and Lan however, I only enable blocking on Suricata WAN...all else are disabled. I have 8GB RAM however, I can only use 6GB as a failed processor killed a row/channel in my HP Pavilion 6242n trash find I converted into a pfSense firewall.

                            pfSense+ 23.09 Lenovo Thinkcentre M93P SFF Quadcore i7 dual Raid-ZFS 128GB-SSD 32GB-RAM PCI-Intel i350-t4 NIC, -Intel QAT 8950.
                            pfSense+ 23.09 VM-Proxmox, Dell Precision Xeon-W2155 Nvme 500GB-ZFS 128GB-RAM PCIe-Intel i350-t4, Intel QAT-8950, P-cloud.

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                              boobletins
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                              Under System / Advanced / Networking, is "Allow IPv6" checked?

                              And how many CPU cores? Is hyperthreading enabled?

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                                NollipfSense @boobletins
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                                @boobletins said in Suricata InLine with igb NICs:

                                Under System / Advanced / Networking, is "Allow IPv6" checked?

                                And how many CPU cores? Is hyperthreading enabled?

                                Yes...allowed IPv6 checked...CPU Type AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+
                                2 CPUs: 1 package(s) x 2 core(s)
                                AES-NI CPU Crypto: No

                                No sure where to check for hyperthread...now I will disable IPv6...thought I did.

                                pfSense+ 23.09 Lenovo Thinkcentre M93P SFF Quadcore i7 dual Raid-ZFS 128GB-SSD 32GB-RAM PCI-Intel i350-t4 NIC, -Intel QAT 8950.
                                pfSense+ 23.09 VM-Proxmox, Dell Precision Xeon-W2155 Nvme 500GB-ZFS 128GB-RAM PCIe-Intel i350-t4, Intel QAT-8950, P-cloud.

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                                  boobletins @NollipfSense
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                                  @nollipfsense

                                  So here are some initial suggestions. Please keep in mind that I've been working on this for ~1 week (in other words: not long), and I'm not a FreeBSD, pfSense, or Suricata expert.

                                  Start by making a backup of your configuration.

                                  Do these first:
                                  My understanding is that flow control should be off on any netmap interface. You have bi-directional flow control enabled:

                                  dev.igb.0.fc: 3

                                  Disable flow control on all active interfaces using system tunables. Set dev.igb.0.fc=0 (and dev.igb.1.fc=0)

                                  Actively set energy efficient ethernet to disabled:
                                  dev.igb.0.eee_disabled=1

                                  Actively force IPv6_TXCSUM6 off by adding the following to config.xml in a shellcmd tag:

                                  ifconfig igb0 -rxcsum -rxcsum6 -txcsum -txcsum6 -lro -tso -vlanhwtso

                                  (see above in this thread for a link on where/how to do that).

                                  Edit:
                                  To be clear: anywhere I have a command that says "igb0" or "igb.0" you will want to duplicate that for igb1 and any other interface you're running netmap on.

                                  So you will need 2 shellcmd lines in config.xml, and two new system tunables for flow control, etc

                                  Consider changing later:

                                  Set rx processing limit:
                                  dev.igb.0.rx_processing_limit: -1

                                  It looks like your txd and rxd are both set to 1024 currently, I suggest you move those to 4096:
                                  hw.igb.txd=4096
                                  hw.igb.rxd=4096

                                  By changing your txd and rxd we may need to revisit your netmap buf/ring (memory settings).

                                  We may also revisit your interrupt and queue settings.

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                                    boobletins
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                                    It would be great if you could let me know what happens after the initial changes -- if you continue to get netmap errors or not.

                                    If you do, don't jump right to the 2nd section of changes, we should verify that the changes we made above took properly. I learned the hard way that I was putting some settings in the wrong places.

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                                      newUser2pfSense
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                                      boobletins...I apologize for not getting back sooner; other projects. I added the shellcmd line to the /cf/conf/config.xml file as you suggested. I re-enabled Suricata in Inline IPS Mode and restarted pfSense. I ran ifconfig against all four ethernet interfaces on my SuperMicro adapter and TXCSUM_IPV6 was not listed.

                                      One thing I find interesting is in the Services > Suricata > Alerts tab, all of the text is now black in color when before making the above change it was all red in color in Inline IPS Mode. As well, there are no entries in the Blocks tab when before making the change it was automagically populated with over 300 blocked IP addresses in Inline IPS Mode. I don't know if this is normal or not. I didn't change any of the Suricata WAN Categories.

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                                        boobletins
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                                        If you are running Suricata in inline mode, you will not see blocked IP addresses in the blocked tab, as any traffic that conforms to your "drop" rules is automatically intercepted and dropped (as opposed to initially logged, then ip banned as in Legacy mode).

                                        The red text in the Alerts tab is letting you know that the traffic was indeed intercepted and dropped (since you don't have any information in the Block tab anymore).

                                        That you are missing both blocks and red text means that either no traffic has conformed to your block rules yet, or something has gone wrong.

                                        Double check which mode Suricata is running in. Then double check that you have some drop rules defined.

                                        But originally the issue was netmap, yes? If so, have you see any netmap errors? Can you complete a speedtest with Suricata enabled in inline mode now?

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                                          newUser2pfSense
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                                          I guess my "drop" rules are just based on the Suricata WAN Categories I selected/checked? When you checkmark what you want, Suricata applies those rules to the incoming data and drops it?

                                          I'm definitely running in Inline IPS Mode and all of the Alerts entries are in black colored text. As well, all of the text I typed into the loader.conf.local file is commented out.

                                          Yes, the original issue was many, many, netmap_grab_packets console/log messages. At the time of this post, I don't have any netmap errors, yet ☺ . I can actually complete a speedtest in Inline IPS Mode now.

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                                            boobletins
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                                            So Suricata is complex and can do many things.

                                            I suggest you read about SID management and check out the SID management and categories tabs.

                                            If I had to guess, I would say that you have a minimal set of "drop" rules in place and just haven't had blocked traffic hit your server yet. When you do, you'll see the red text.

                                            If you want to convert "alerts" to "drops," you'll typically do that in SID management.

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