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    • stephenw10S Offline
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      If you're hitting that using the webgui utility there is probably no route.
      But you should run traceroute from the CLI instead if you need to see extreme timespans.

      Steve

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      • yon 0Y Offline
        yon 0
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        when checked Reverse Address Lookup, will happen this issuse.

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        • stephenw10S Offline
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          Ok, so something in your route is taking so long to respond the php process times out.

          If you need to do that run it from the CLI.

          Steve

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          • jimpJ Offline
            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
            last edited by

            Also consider using the mtr package instead of traceroute.

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            • yon 0Y Offline
              yon 0
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              MTR has no the Source Address option.

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              • jimpJ Offline
                jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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                The program itself supports it at the console (-a x.x.x.x) it's just not in the GUI yet.

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                • RicoR Offline
                  Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
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                  Hmmmm when using mtr -a <SOURCE IP WAN2> <TARGET> from command line
                  I still see my 'WAN' Interface as Source when checking Diagnostics > States
                  Any idea?

                  -Rico

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                  • RicoR Offline
                    Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
                    last edited by

                    Sorry for not being clear: The mtr path looks like the correct one, it is really sourcing my WAN2.
                    Just curious the states show WAN Interface...

                    -Rico

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                    • stephenw10S Offline
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      The state already existed?

                      You have a specific route to the target via WAN1?

                      You would not normally have outbound NAT for WAN2 from WAN1 so it would fail.

                      Does a pcap show it actually leaving WAN2?

                      Steve

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                      • RicoR Offline
                        Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
                        last edited by

                        Hi Steve, thanks for your reply.

                        @stephenw10 said in diag_traceroute:

                        The state already existed?

                        No existing state before my MTR testing, I can reproduce this with any target anyway.

                        @stephenw10 said in diag_traceroute:

                        You have a specific route to the target via WAN1?

                        No, the target can be any random Internet host.
                        System > Routing > Static Routes
                        is empty.

                        @stephenw10 said in diag_traceroute:

                        You would not normally have outbound NAT for WAN2 from WAN1 so it would fail.

                        I'm on Automatic outbound NAT with this pfSense installation.

                        @stephenw10 said in diag_traceroute:

                        Does a pcap show it actually leaving WAN2?

                        Yes, pcap show the MTR traffic leaving WAN2.

                        -Rico

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                        • stephenw10S Offline
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          Hmm, OK so in fact the state table is just showing it on the wrong interface? The traffic is actually leaving correctly...

                          Does it also show incorrect in pfctl -ss?

                          Steve

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                          • RicoR Offline
                            Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
                            last edited by

                            Yes it shows wrong in pfctl -ss (igb0 (WAN)).
                            Hmmm maybe because my Default gateway IPv4 is a Gateway group with WANGW Tier 1 and WAN2GW Tier 2?
                            The system is in production with a lot of traffic, I can't poke around there and play with the Gateways atm.

                            -Rico

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                            • RicoR Offline
                              Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
                              last edited by

                              I just tried in my home lab with the same weird behavior.
                              It has nothing to do with the gateway group, same happens with Default gateway IPv4 set to automatic or WANGW.
                              When switching Default gateway IPv4 to WAN2GW the state shows correct of course, but the problem is just vice versa when sourcing MTR from the WAN IP, it's showing WAN2 in states.

                              -Rico

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                              • stephenw10S Offline
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                Hmm, if you put a floating outbound block rule on WAN1 for the target IP does it actually block it?

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                                • RicoR Offline
                                  Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
                                  last edited by

                                  Yeah it's blocked then and MTR showing mtr: Unexpected mtr-packet error

                                  -Rico

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                                  • stephenw10S Offline
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    Hmm, so pf is actually seeing that traffic on WAN1 even though it's leaving WAN2?

                                    Not sure how that could happen...

                                    What hardware are you testing that on? What are the WAN interfaces there?

                                    Steve

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                                    • RicoR Offline
                                      Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
                                      last edited by

                                      The system in production I've seen this first is SG-5100 with WAN igb0 and WAN2 ix1.
                                      My lab testing is VMware.

                                      -Rico

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