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      1-21Giggawatts @1-21Giggawatts
      last edited by

      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?

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      • GertjanG
        Gertjan
        last edited by

        2.4.4 ? Dono.

        Enter console, option 8 and type

        dmesg
        

        Nothing special in the last 10 - 20 lines ?

        No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
        Edit : and where are the logs ??

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          1-21Giggawatts @Gertjan
          last edited by

          @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)

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            1-21Giggawatts
            last edited by

            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

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              1-21Giggawatts
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              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

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                1-21Giggawatts
                last edited by

                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?

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                • GertjanG
                  Gertjan @1-21Giggawatts
                  last edited by

                  @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 ?

                  No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                  Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                    1-21Giggawatts @Gertjan
                    last edited by

                    @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

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                      1-21Giggawatts
                      last edited by

                      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?

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                      • GertjanG
                        Gertjan @1-21Giggawatts
                        last edited by

                        @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.

                        No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                        Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                          1-21Giggawatts
                          last edited by 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.

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                            1-21Giggawatts
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                            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!

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                              1-21Giggawatts
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                              And after a day - the issue is back... OK 2.4.4 it is then.

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                                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

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                                  1-21Giggawatts
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                                  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.

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                                    1-21Giggawatts
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                                    got 2.4.3 running again now - lets see how it goes

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                                      1-21Giggawatts
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                                      In order to install snort had to update to 2.4.4(3) hoping that isnt where the issues started ;-/

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                                        1-21Giggawatts
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                                        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..

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                                          1-21Giggawatts
                                          last edited by 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

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                                            1-21Giggawatts @jimp
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                                            @jimp Looks like the issue may have been some BSD driver for my hardware - im assuming the <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection 7.6.1-k>?

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