Packetloss on pfsense firewall

1-21Giggawatts

@Gertjan Hi Gertjan - I removed both snort and nmap, disabled both Hardware TCP Segmentation Offloading and Hardware Large Receive Offloading. Still getting packetloss on the internal interface. Its quite frustrating - I may have to just go back to 2.4.4 when I get time to completely re-install this firewall. Unfortunately it may have to wait until the weekend, as I rely on it for work at the moment.

1-21Giggawatts

Although it looks like 2.4.4 is no longer available via the website, is there a way to get a hold of this version?

Gertjan

2.4.4 ? Dono.

Enter console, option 8 and type

dmesg

Nothing special in the last 10 - 20 lines ?

1-21Giggawatts

@Gertjan said in Packetloss on pfsense firewall:

dmesg

here is the complete output

Copyright (c) 1992-2020 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
FreeBSD 11.3-STABLE #236 21cbb70bbd1(RELENG_2_4_5): Tue Mar 24 15:26:53 EDT 2020
root@buildbot1-nyi.netgate.com:/build/ce-crossbuild-245/obj/amd64/YNx4Qq3j/build/ce-crossbuild-245/sources/FreeBSD-src/sys/pfSense amd64
FreeBSD clang version 8.0.1 (tags/RELEASE_801/final 366581) (based on LLVM 8.0.1)
CPU: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU J1900 @ 1.99GHz (2000.05-MHz K8-class CPU)
Origin="GenuineIntel" Id=0x30678 Family=0x6 Model=0x37 Stepping=8
Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
Features2=0x41d8e3bf<SSE3,PCLMULQDQ,DTES64,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,MOVBE,POPCNT,TSCDLT,RDRAND>
AMD Features=0x28100800<SYSCALL,NX,RDTSCP,LM>
AMD Features2=0x101<LAHF,Prefetch>
Structured Extended Features=0x2282<TSCADJ,SMEP,ERMS,NFPUSG>
VT-x: PAT,HLT,MTF,PAUSE,EPT,UG,VPID
TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics
real memory = 4294967296 (4096 MB)
avail memory = 3975340032 (3791 MB)
Event timer "LAPIC" quality 600
ACPI APIC Table: <ALASKA A M I >
WARNING: L1 data cache covers less APIC IDs than a core
0 < 1
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs
FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 4 core(s)
Firmware Warning (ACPI): 32/64X length mismatch in FADT/Gpe0Block: 128/32 (20171214/tbfadt-748)
ioapic0 <Version 2.0> irqs 0-86 on motherboard
SMP: AP CPU #2 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #3 Launched!
Timecounter "TSC" frequency 2000054784 Hz quality 1000
ipw_bss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw.LICENSE.
ipw_bss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_bss_fw, 0xffffffff806a1f20, 0) error 1
ipw_ibss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw.LICENSE.
ipw_ibss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_ibss_fw, 0xffffffff806a1fd0, 0) error 1
random: entropy device external interface
ipw_monitor: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw.LICENSE.
ipw_monitor: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_monitor_fw, 0xffffffff806a2080, 0) error 1
iwi_bss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi.LICENSE.
iwi_bss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_bss_fw, 0xffffffff806c9140, 0) error 1
iwi_ibss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi.LICENSE.
iwi_ibss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_ibss_fw, 0xffffffff806c91f0, 0) error 1
iwi_monitor: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi.LICENSE.
iwi_monitor: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_monitor_fw, 0xffffffff806c92a0, 0) error 1
wlan: mac acl policy registered
kbd1 at kbdmux0
000.000022 [4213] netmap_init netmap: loaded module
random: registering fast source Intel Secure Key RNG
random: fast provider: "Intel Secure Key RNG"
mlx5en: Mellanox Ethernet driver 3.5.2 (September 2019)
nexus0
cryptosoft0: <software crypto> on motherboard
padlock0: No ACE support.
acpi0: <ALASKA A M I > on motherboard
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
unknown: I/O range not supported
cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu1: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu2: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu3: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
atrtc0: <AT realtime clock> port 0x70-0x77 on acpi0
atrtc0: Warning: Couldn't map I/O.
atrtc0: registered as a time-of-day clock, resolution 1.000000s
Event timer "RTC" frequency 32768 Hz quality 0
hpet0: <High Precision Event Timer> iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff irq 8 on acpi0
Timecounter "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 950
Event timer "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 450
Event timer "HPET1" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 440
Event timer "HPET2" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 440
attimer0: <AT timer> port 0x40-0x43,0x50-0x53 irq 0 on acpi0
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
Event timer "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 100
Timecounter "ACPI-safe" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 850
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x408-0x40b on acpi0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pcib0: _OSC returned error 0x10
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> port 0xf080-0xf087 mem 0xd0000000-0xd03fffff,0xc0000000-0xcfffffff irq 16 at device 2.0 on pci0
vgapci0: Boot video device
ahci0: <AHCI SATA controller> port 0xf070-0xf077,0xf060-0xf063,0xf050-0xf057,0xf040-0xf043,0xf020-0xf03f mem 0xd0715000-0xd07157ff irq 19 at device 19.0 on pci0
ahci0: AHCI v1.30 with 2 1.5Gbps ports, Port Multiplier not supported
ahcich0: <AHCI channel> at channel 0 on ahci0
ahcich1: <AHCI channel> at channel 1 on ahci0
xhci0: <Intel BayTrail USB 3.0 controller> mem 0xd0700000-0xd070ffff irq 20 at device 20.0 on pci0
xhci0: 32 bytes context size, 64-bit DMA
xhci0: Port routing mask set to 0xffffffff
usbus0 on xhci0
usbus0: 5.0Gbps Super Speed USB v3.0
hdac0: <Intel BayTrail HDA Controller> mem 0xd0710000-0xd0713fff irq 22 at device 27.0 on pci0
pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 28.0 on pci0
pcib1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
em0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection 7.6.1-k> port 0xe000-0xe01f mem 0xd0600000-0xd061ffff,0xd0620000-0xd0623fff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1
em0: Using an MSI interrupt
em0: Ethernet address: 00:e0:67:05:24:40
em0: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/1024, RX 1/1024
pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 18 at device 28.2 on pci0
pcib2: [GIANT-LOCKED]
pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
em1: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection 7.6.1-k> port 0xd000-0xd01f mem 0xd0500000-0xd051ffff,0xd0520000-0xd0523fff irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci2
em1: Using an MSI interrupt
em1: Ethernet address: 00:e0:67:05:24:42
em1: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/1024, RX 1/1024
pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 19 at device 28.3 on pci0
pcib3: [GIANT-LOCKED]
pci3: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3
em2: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection 7.6.1-k> port 0xc000-0xc01f mem 0xd0400000-0xd041ffff,0xd0420000-0xd0423fff irq 19 at device 0.0 on pci3
em2: Using an MSI interrupt
em2: Ethernet address: 00:e0:67:05:24:43
em2: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/1024, RX 1/1024
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
acpi_button0: <Sleep Button> on acpi0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
uart0: <16550 or compatible> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
orm0: <ISA Option ROMs> at iomem 0xce800-0xcf7ff,0xcf800-0xd07ff,0xd0800-0xd17ff on isa0
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range
est0: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu0
est1: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu1
est2: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu2
est3: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu3
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
hdacc0: <Intel (0x2882) HDA CODEC> at cad 2 on hdac0
hdaa0: <Intel (0x2882) Audio Function Group> at nid 1 on hdacc0
pcm0: <Intel (0x2882) (HDMI/DP 8ch)> at nid 4 on hdaa0
ugen0.1: <0x8086 XHCI root HUB> at usbus0
uhub0: <0x8086 XHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 3.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus0
ada0 at ahcich0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0
ada0: <KingFast P0831A> ACS-2 ATA SATA 3.x device
ada0: Serial Number 20171206D1003
ada0: 150.000MB/s transfers (SATA 1.x, UDMA6, PIO 512bytes)
ada0: Command Queueing enabled
ada0: 30029MB (61500000 512 byte sectors)
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ufsid/5b2dea8cd0cdb885 [rw]...
random: unblocking device.
uhub0: 7 ports with 7 removable, self powered
CPU: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU J1900 @ 1.99GHz (2000.05-MHz K8-class CPU)
Origin="GenuineIntel" Id=0x30678 Family=0x6 Model=0x37 Stepping=8
Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
Features2=0x41d8e3bf<SSE3,PCLMULQDQ,DTES64,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,MOVBE,POPCNT,TSCDLT,RDRAND>
AMD Features=0x28100800<SYSCALL,NX,RDTSCP,LM>
AMD Features2=0x101<LAHF,Prefetch>
Structured Extended Features=0x2282<TSCADJ,SMEP,ERMS,NFPUSG>
Structured Extended Features3=0xc000400<MD_CLEAR,IBPB,STIBP>
VT-x: PAT,HLT,MTF,PAUSE,EPT,UG,VPID
TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics
lo0: link state changed to UP
em0: link state changed to UP
em1: link state changed to UP
em1: link state changed to DOWN
pflog0: promiscuous mode enabled
em1: link state changed to UP
em0: link state changed to DOWN
em1: link state changed to DOWN
em0: link state changed to UP
em1: link state changed to UP
coretemp0: <CPU On-Die Thermal Sensors> on cpu0
coretemp1: <CPU On-Die Thermal Sensors> on cpu1
coretemp2: <CPU On-Die Thermal Sensors> on cpu2
coretemp3: <CPU On-Die Thermal Sensors> on cpu3

not sure if this line is normal?
Firmware Warning (ACPI): 32/64X length mismatch in FADT/Gpe0Block: 128/32 (20171214/tbfadt-748)

1-21Giggawatts

Its using the 82583V network card drivers - are these fully supported with this version of Pfsense?

em0@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x00008086 chip=0x150c8086 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = '82583V Gigabit Network Connection'
class = network
subclass = ethernet
em1@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x00008086 chip=0x150c8086 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = '82583V Gigabit Network Connection'
class = network
subclass = ethernet
em2@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x00008086 chip=0x150c8086 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = '82583V Gigabit Network Connection'
class = network
subclass = ethernet

1-21Giggawatts

One thing i notice in the demsg dump is that it only seems to be loading drivers for 3 NIC's - there are 4 on the unit -perhaps that is causing an issue? There are only 2 connected which is correct according to link state. Any help with this much appreciated - its driving me nuts!

em0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection 7.6.1-k> port 0xe000-0xe01f mem 0xd0600000-0xd061ffff,0xd0620000-0xd0623fff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1
em0: Using an MSI interrupt
em0: Ethernet address: 00:e0:67:05:24:40
em0: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/1024, RX 1/1024

em1: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection 7.6.1-k> port 0xd000-0xd01f mem 0xd0500000-0xd051ffff,0xd0520000-0xd0523fff irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci2
em1: Using an MSI interrupt
em1: Ethernet address: 00:e0:67:05:24:42
em1: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/1024, RX 1/1024

em2: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection 7.6.1-k> port 0xc000-0xc01f mem 0xd0400000-0xd041ffff,0xd0420000-0xd0423fff irq 19 at device 0.0 on pci3
em2: Using an MSI interrupt
em2: Ethernet address: 00:e0:67:05:24:43
em2: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/1024, RX 1/1024

em0: link state changed to UP
em1: link state changed to UP

1-21Giggawatts

Im probably going to try and go back to an earlier version - is there any way to export the configuration for 2.4.5 so i dont have to configure 2.4.4 from scratch?

Gertjan

@1-21Giggawatts said in Packetloss on pfsense firewall:

is there any way to export the configuration for 2.4.5 so i dont have to configure 2.4.4 from scratch?

Diagnostics > Backup & Restore > Backup & Restore

Before you shift back : pfSense 2.4.5 uses FreeBSD 11.3-STABLE and has pretty good Intel NIC support.
But ...

Install Google and type
FreeBSD Intel 82583V

and heck out the first link found ... 235147 – em(4) driver not working for Intel 82583V Gigabit chip
This bug report concerns FreeBSD 12.0 and mentions issues with the 82583V NICs and also states that FreeBSD 11.2 - which was the FreeBSD version used by 2.4.4.p3, did work correctly.
FreeBSD 11.3 probably included the new '82583V" drivers that 12.0 and up also used.

A patch was proposed. can't tell if that was also backported to FreeBSD 11.3.

Btw : IMHO : not entirely the fault of FreeBSD. It seemed to have shut down the support of old 'mechanical' interrupt handling. Or, some boards out there use modern Giga bit NIC's - but they are hooked up in the system the old way ... (which NOT support real Giga connections at all , or placing a huge load on the system while doing so...)

Is there something you can do in your BIOS to overcome the NIC issue ?

1-21Giggawatts

@Gertjan Im not 100% on which driver is is using do these lines from my genral system log at bootup indicate i am using em1 driver? what does the em1 signify?
May 20 16:57:06 kernel em1: link state changed to UP

I also noticed that it was using the same IRQ number for one of my interfaces as the <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> - would that cause an issue like this if that happened also to be the same IRQ for the LAN interface?

May 20 15:48:41 kernel em1: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection 7.6.1-k> port 0xd000-0xd01f mem 0xd0500000-0xd051ffff,0xd0520000-0xd0523fff irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci2
May 20 15:48:41 kernel pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
May 20 15:48:41 kernel pcib2: [GIANT-LOCKED]
May 20 15:48:41 kernel pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 18 at device 28.2 on pci0

1-21Giggawatts

Its a little custom box for pfsense - when connecting to a monitor and rebooting i dont see any options for getting into the BIOS which is a real pain, i only see options for ctrl-s to open the intel boot agent, which doesnt give me access to any of the IRQ settings..

All getting a bit too hard, does anyone know if I export my configuration from 2.4.5 it can be imported again to 2.4.4?

Gertjan

@1-21Giggawatts said in Packetloss on pfsense firewall:

what does the em1 signify?

Intel NIC's use the driver that identifies itself as "em" - old Intel ones are known as 'fxp' - as Realtek is known as 'rl' etc.
The first NIC found is registred as em1 - the second as em2 and so on.

Btw : you really should have em1, em2, em3 and em4 on your system. The fact some are hooked up or not, doesn't make a difference.
I have also a Quand Intel NIC card, and all 4 exists. Although I have only 2 of them assigned to interfaces.
The fact that you only have 3 out of 4 means : NIC => bad. One of them, em3 isn't found. The means troubles. Which is great, because your system has troubles .... so you know what to do next ;)

This is my 'kernel hardware detection log (dmesg)' :

First two lines : the system discovers it has a PCI bus ...

pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0
pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3

and then the first card is found - an old quand Intel NIC :

em0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Legacy Network Connection 1.1.0> port 0xd8c0-0xd8ff mem                                                                                                                       0xef980000-0xef99ffff,0xefa00000-0xefa3ffff irq 18 at device 2.0 on pci2
em0: Ethernet address: 6c:b3:11:50:c6:c6
em0: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/256, RX 1/256
em1: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Legacy Network Connection 1.1.0> port 0xdc00-0xdc3f mem                                                                                                                       0xef9a0000-0xef9bffff,0xefa40000-0xefa7ffff irq 19 at device 2.1 on pci2
em1: Ethernet address: 6c:b3:11:50:c6:c7
em1: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/256, RX 1/256
em2: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Legacy Network Connection 1.1.0> port 0xdc40-0xdc7f mem                                                                                                                       0xef9c0000-0xef9dffff,0xefa80000-0xefabffff irq 19 at device 3.0 on pci2
em2: Ethernet address: 00:1b:21:32:da:42
em2: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/256, RX 1/256
em3: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Legacy Network Connection 1.1.0> port 0xdc80-0xdcbf mem                                                                                                                       0xef9e0000-0xef9fffff,0xefac0000-0xefafffff irq 16 at device 3.1 on pci2
em3: Ethernet address: 00:1b:21:32:da:43
em3: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/256, RX 1/256

The onboard NIC is found :

fxp0: <Intel 82801GB (ICH7) 10/100 Ethernet> port 0xdcc0-0xdcff mem 0xef97f000-0                                                                                                                      xef97ffff irq 20 at device 8.0 on pci2
miibus0: <MII bus> on fxp0
inphy0: <i82562ET 10/100 media interface> PHY 1 on miibus0
inphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto, auto-flow
fxp0: Ethernet address: 00:12:3f:b3:58:75

You can see that there are 4 "em" NIC's found, and the "fxp" (the onboard Intel NIC).
Again, only fxp0, em0 and em1 are actually hooked up.

@1-21Giggawatts said in Packetloss on pfsense firewall:

I also noticed that it was using the same IRQ number for one of my interfaces as the <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> - would that cause an issue like this if that happened also to be the same IRQ for the LAN interface?

IRQ are auto distributes these days That's what they been called ACPI is all about : alocating resources among devices found during boot.
A quad NIC should/could share the same IRQ - why not.

@1-21Giggawatts said in Packetloss on pfsense firewall:

All getting a bit too hard, does anyone know if I export my configuration from 2.4.5 it can be imported again to 2.4.4?

Of course.
It's been done all the time.

1-21Giggawatts

Thanks for the clarification on em drivers. yeah it looked like something is borked as it only found 3. I bit the bullet and re-installed 2.4.5 fresh and restored config tonight - problem has dissappeared - happy days! I will check my kernel logs and see if it finds all 4 NIC's now.

1-21Giggawatts

Yup - thats better

em0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection 7.6.1-k> port 0xe000-0xe01f mem 0xd0700000-0xd071ffff,0xd0720000-0xd0723fff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1
em0: Using an MSI interrupt
em0: Ethernet address: 00:e0:67:05:24:40
em0: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/1024, RX 1/1024
pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 17 at device 28.1 on pci0
pcib2: [GIANT-LOCKED]
pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
em1: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection 7.6.1-k> port 0xd000-0xd01f mem 0xd0600000-0xd061ffff,0xd0620000-0xd0623fff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci2
em1: Using an MSI interrupt
em1: Ethernet address: 00:e0:67:05:24:41
em1: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/1024, RX 1/1024
pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 18 at device 28.2 on pci0
pcib3: [GIANT-LOCKED]
pci3: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3
em2: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection 7.6.1-k> port 0xc000-0xc01f mem 0xd0500000-0xd051ffff,0xd0520000-0xd0523fff irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci3
em2: Using an MSI interrupt
em2: Ethernet address: 00:e0:67:05:24:42
em2: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/1024, RX 1/1024
pcib4: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 19 at device 28.3 on pci0
pcib4: [GIANT-LOCKED]
pci4: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib4
em3: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection 7.6.1-k> port 0xb000-0xb01f mem 0xd0400000-0xd041ffff,0xd0420000-0xd0423fff irq 19 at device 0.0 on pci4
em3: Using an MSI interrupt
em3: Ethernet address: 00:e0:67:05:24:43
em3: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/1024, RX 1/1024

Thank you for your informative help Gertjan - its appreciated!

1-21Giggawatts

And after a day - the issue is back... OK 2.4.4 it is then.

perlenbacher

Before flattening your install, update your system after selecting the latest Dev branch in the GUI.
It would only take 2 minutes.
2.5.0a may suit you better...
It is built on FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE

1-21Giggawatts

Good idea - i tried 2.5 last night but still having the same lockup / packetloss issues.

I have found a website that has an archive of older version, will roll back and find out if its actually my hardware thats stuffed.

1-21Giggawatts

got 2.4.3 running again now - lets see how it goes

1-21Giggawatts

In order to install snort had to update to 2.4.4(3) hoping that isnt where the issues started ;-/

1-21Giggawatts

Ok i have tried just about everything with this. I have come to the conclusion is most likely a hardware error. Still getting packetloss to the device on internal interface every few hours for around 5 seconds.

I have connected the switch directly to my Cisco switch rather than use the conduit cables in the wall to eliminate those - changed all cables. Changed the switchport in the Cisco switch - no errors on ports. Tested with all of the available interfaces in my device em0,1,2,3. When the error occurs I dont drop packets to any other devices connected on same vlan on the Cisco switch - its only the firewall. I am running a yanling n10 plus device, 4 nics and

I thought perhaps it could be a BSD issue - so i installed HP's ClearOS 7.6.0 to compare which runs on a linux kernel - but the problem is still there. I have installed Pfsense 2.4.3 2.4.4 and 2.4.5 - I also tried OPNsense 20.1 which runs on a more recent version of BSD too, nothing has fixed this problem yet.

I guess the only other issue is to change the internal IP just in case something on my network is trying trying to use that IP occasionally - although i would expect to see a macflap alert on my switch log if that were the case..

1-21Giggawatts

Last throw of the dice - I decided to try IPFire - I still really wanted something that incorporated inline IPS and that I could use my snort VRT subscription with.

Downloaded v2.25 last night - installed and its still going strong. Got through my morning MS Teams meeting with 0 packetloss. Running a ping test to internal interface for around 8 hours so far and it hasnt dropped a beat. Fantastic!

The firewall is not as intuitive or as fully featured as pfsense - the GUI is fairly archaic looking - however it seems quick and most importantly for me - stable with my hardware!

A pity that Pfsense stopped working for me - perhaps I will try the next major release - but until then I will just stick with IPFire