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    internet connection drops out multiple times a day, didn't come back on today

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by stephenw10

      I would disable the monitoring action. No need to disable the monitoring. If only as a test.

      But 100ms to 8.8.8.8 implies some WAN weirdness like a WISP or similar. Is it that?

      Steve

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        chuccck @stephenw10
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        @stephenw10 will disable the monitor. Not a wisp, just Comcast line straight to a Netgear cm500 cable mobem

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          Hmm, OK. Weirdly high ping then. Suspiciously so.

          You can disable the monitor but then you'll have no monitoring data to work with. I would just disable the monitoring action.

          Steve

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            chuccck @stephenw10
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            @stephenw10 yeah I think it's part of the dropout, I don't think it's a cause

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            • chpalmerC
              chpalmer
              last edited by

              Like this-

              routing.jpg

              Triggering snowflakes one by one..
              Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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                chuccck @chpalmer
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                @chpalmer wow thanks! I thought it was just the box that said monitoring. I should leave that one unchecked and check the disable monitoring action?

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  Yup. That will prevent service reloading etc but will still log monitoring data.

                  In very rare cases we have seen stuff objecting to the monitoring pings but you won't be hitting that on a Comcast cable connection.

                  Steve

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                    chuccck @stephenw10
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                    @stephenw10 thanks! Do this for both ipv4 and ipv6?

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      Yes.

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                        chuccck @stephenw10
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                        @stephenw10 @JKnott thanks so much guys for the help, very encouraged by the support you guys provide to complete newbs like me.

                        Off topic question, is there a influxdb subforum? I havr telegraf and ntoppng both populating their own databases on my influxdb server but am having trouble pulling the data the way I want. I am up against Comcast data caps ( temporarily lifted thank god) so I want to track total data downloaded and uploaded by IP address in each calendar month.

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                          There's no specific section for that. There have been quite a few threads detailing that though both here and on the pfSense Reddit sub. It's not something I have setup myself.

                          Steve

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                            chuccck @stephenw10
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                            @stephenw10 @JKnott

                            Ok, so its still going down. These lines in the log look like the start of the problem:
                            192.168.1.1 3/22/2020 19:21 local7 err dhcpd icmp_echorequest 192.168.1.218: Host is down
                            192.168.1.1 3/22/2020 19:21 local7 debug dhcpd reuse_lease: lease age 346 (secs) under 25% threshold, reply with unaltered, existing lease for 192.168.1.204

                            full log here: https://pastebin.com/zs2JhtCS

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