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    • bmeeksB
      bmeeks @fabiolanza
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      @fabiolanza said in pfSense stops working after some time: no buffer space available:

      @fishbone222 thanks for your thoughts. I have a mini-itx motherboard with 1 PCIe 16x slot that I am using to connect a NVIDIA Quadro card for hardware transcoding in Plex on my Windows Server VM. Since my motherboard has only 1 network port I had to use the USB adapter to expand. It seems a floppy thing but in reality, it's not and FreeBSD is fully compatible with it. The passthrough works correctly and it's like the card was directly attached to the operating system. I have a ZyXEL firewall appliance but I got tired of the OS and limitations, and decided to use my hypervisor environment to move to pfSense. So far this is the only issue.

      USB NICs are, in general, quite lousy. This is especially true when trying to use them in most UNIX/Linux/BSD setups. So your basic root issue is the use of USB NICs. You state that is your only option for your current hardware platform, so you might just be stuck working around the USB NIC problem by doing the reboot now and then. You can attempt some of the tweaks in the document you linked, but honestly I would not have high hopes of full success with the USB NICs.

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      • NollipfSenseN
        NollipfSense @fabiolanza
        last edited by NollipfSense

        @fabiolanza I found this USB 3 NIC that uses Intel chipset and would purchase for another project not related to pfSense, but it was sold out however, I thought to share.

        https://www.ebay.com/itm/Syncwire-USB-3-0-to-Ethernet-Adapter-1000-Mbps-RJ45-LAN-Gigabit-Network-Adapter/113718959682?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

        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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          fabiolanza @NollipfSense
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          @NollipfSense Hi I saw somewhere that these use Realtek chipsets. I searched on Syncwire website but did not find the page for this product. Would you have a datasheet to share? Thanks for the answer by the way.

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            fabiolanza @bmeeks
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            @bmeeks thanks for the feedback. Dou you mean USB NICs in general or it's more related to the ASIX AX88179 chipset? I did not find an Intel one.

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            • GertjanG
              Gertjan
              last edited by Gertjan

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              Really ??

              edit : and who is 10.10.10.1 ?

              Don't tell my you have pfBlockerNG also installed.

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

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                fabiolanza @Gertjan
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                @Gertjan I have a transit link architecture setup. 10.10.10.2 is the firewall and 10.10.10.1 is my L3 switch.

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                • DaddyGoD
                  DaddyGo @fabiolanza
                  last edited by DaddyGo

                  @fabiolanza
                  Sorry again!:

                  I really didn't want to have a say in your ideas, but somehow you have to start pfSense....(and also learning about it)

                  is there possibly a mini-PCie socket on this miniITX MOBO?
                  http://www.commell.com.tw/Product/Peripheral/PCI%20Express%20mini%20card/MPX-350.htm

                  I've been working with pfSense for a long time (also in a VM environment), but so far I wouldn't dare to start a USB NIC installation

                  a good piece of advice, don't rigidly stick to what FreeBSD supports, listen to the advice of more experienced colleagues,
                  (I also wrote that, for example for Realtek is also have driver under FreeBSD, but not even recommended by anyone!)

                  Plus, I know Asix chips well (these chips cannot be used in this environment), I use it in simple portable MODBUS controllers under Windows, that's all it knows, it's not the basis of a firewall interface (ethernet controller):

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                  Cats bury it so they can't see it!
                  (You know what I mean if you have a cat)

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                    fabiolanza
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                    I just would like to mention that after the mbuf cluster adjustment that I did, the previous network issue that I had is no longer there. However, I introduced another error, in which any HTTP download would get interrupted after about 50MB. I can resume, but it would still fail over and over until completion of the download. I got sick of this and re-enabled my firewall appliance that is not nearly as nice as the pfSense. I guess I will have to buy one of the chinese pfSense appliances.

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                    • DaddyGoD
                      DaddyGo
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                      Chinese stuff is not a good idea, you will make a similar mistake!

                      https://www.netgate.com/solutions/pfsense/sg-1100.html
                      https://www.pcengines.ch/apu4d4.htm

                      Cats bury it so they can't see it!
                      (You know what I mean if you have a cat)

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                        fabiolanza @DaddyGo
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                        @DaddyGo I understand. This is my motherboard: https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/X570%20Phantom%20Gaming-ITXTB3/index.asp. I am using the one 1 PCIe for the GPU. Since this mobo has a Thunderbolt 3 I was thinking about using a Thunderbolt PCIe expansion chassis and then installing a PCIe network card. Any thoughts?

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                          fabiolanza @DaddyGo
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                          @DaddyGo I am in Italy and there is not a lot of resellers here. I'd go for the https://www.netgate.com/solutions/pfsense/sg-3100.html because I have a 1Gbps WAN link, but can't find where to buy it. It's a pitty Netgate products are not on Amazon.it.

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                          • DaddyGoD
                            DaddyGo
                            last edited by

                            I live here not far from you and there are many opportunities to get good hardware ☺

                            Cats bury it so they can't see it!
                            (You know what I mean if you have a cat)

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                            • DaddyGoD
                              DaddyGo
                              last edited by DaddyGo

                              https://www.netgate.com/partners/locator.html#italy

                              For a 1 Gig ISP you will need: https://www.netgate.com/solutions/pfsense/sg-3100.html

                              Cats bury it so they can't see it!
                              (You know what I mean if you have a cat)

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                              • DaddyGoD
                                DaddyGo
                                last edited by DaddyGo

                                @fabiolanza
                                I understand. This is my motherboard: https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/X570 Phantom Gaming-ITXTB3/index.asp. I am using the one 1 PCIe for the GPU. Since this mobo has a Thunderbolt 3 I was thinking about using a Thunderbolt PCIe expansion chassis and then installing a PCIe network card. Any thoughts?

                                Try to think about dedicated hardware, when you building a firewall and consider the needs of your own system.
                                These miniITX things are good too, but not my favorites.
                                Consider consumption, as a firewall operates 24 hours a day. (SOHO)
                                Don't want to run other things on the "iron" where pfSense is running!

                                Thunderbolt is not a good starting point either

                                edit: From the fact that you are going to put a PCIe NIC in an external adapter, even the OP system has to handle Thunderbolt.
                                This is the same as the USB issue.

                                Cats bury it so they can't see it!
                                (You know what I mean if you have a cat)

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                                  fabiolanza @DaddyGo
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                                  @DaddyGo Thanks for al the thoughts. I will keep using my appliance until I save enough money to buy the Netgate official hardware.

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                                  • DaddyGoD
                                    DaddyGo
                                    last edited by DaddyGo

                                    That's a good idea! (Temporarily ☺ )
                                    Get the GPU out of the miniITX and buy an Intel I350-T4 NIC, you'll have great fun in pfSense. THX
                                    https://www.bargainhardware.co.uk/intel-i350-t4-quad-port-rj45-1gbps-low-profile-pcie-x4-nic

                                    Cats bury it so they can't see it!
                                    (You know what I mean if you have a cat)

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                                      fabiolanza @DaddyGo
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                                      @DaddyGo said in pfSense stops working after some time: no buffer space available:

                                      That's a good idea! (Temporarily ☺ )
                                      Get the GPU out of the miniITX and buy an Intel I350-T4 NIC, you'll have great fun in pfSense. THX
                                      https://www.bargainhardware.co.uk/intel-i350-t4-quad-port-rj45-1gbps-low-profile-pcie-x4-nic

                                      Problem is that I would not have the video at all, I am running on a Ryzen so no integrated GPU. On the other hand, I thought about using that Thunderbolt expansion to move the GPU there, and free the PCIe socket to the card you mentioned.

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                                      • DaddyGoD
                                        DaddyGo
                                        last edited by

                                        I haven't reviewed the description of this miniITX, is there a serial port on the motherboard?

                                        Don't forget to install pfSense through the console as well, thus not a requirement VGA or any VIDEO driver

                                        Cats bury it so they can't see it!
                                        (You know what I mean if you have a cat)

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                                        • NollipfSenseN
                                          NollipfSense @fabiolanza
                                          last edited by

                                          @fabiolanza I contacted the seller/company that confirmed the chipset was Intel made. I am waiting for them to list more so I can purchase.

                                          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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