@JKnott said in Netgate 6100 SFP+ connection error rate of 0.0055%. Should I be worried?:

@ChrisJenk said in Netgate 6100 SFP+ connection error rate of 0.0055%. Should I be worried?:

Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Idrop Opkts Oerrs Coll
ix1 9000 <Link#6> 90:ec:77:7f:c9:d5 31488071 1452 0 74590982 0 0
ix1 - fe80::%ix1/64 fe80::92ec:77ff:fe7f:c9d5%ix1 1060 - - 98 - -

Is that your WAN or LAN? While there's no problem with jumbo frames on the LAN, assuming other devices can handle them, you shouldn't be sending them to the WAN. PfSense should be sending ICMP too big messages when a jumbo frame tries to leave your LAN. You shouldn't be using jumbo frames on the WAN side, with the possible exception of if you're on Internet2.

It's my LAN and I do use Jumbo frames on that (carefully). However, the jumbo frames are restricted to two VLANs neither of which are configured on the NetGate so those frames should actually never reach the unit. I think that MTU is a hangover from an older config; I will set it back to the default.

However, in my current setup the LAN is now ix0 and it has an MTU of 1500.

Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Idrop Opkts **Oerrs** Coll ix0 1500 <Link#5> 90:ec:77:7f:c9:d4 17034814 **387** 0 20616901 0 0 ix0 - fe80::%ix0/64 fe80::92ec:77ff:fe7f:c9d4%ix0 4078 - - 18875 - - ix0 - 10.0.200.0/24 router 8993 - - 22104 - - ix0 - fd00::/64 router 8936 - - 9272 - - ix0 - xxxxxxxxx::/64 router.xxxxxxxxxxxx 0 - - 25628 - - ix0 - yyyyyyyyy::/64 yyyyyyyyyyyyyy::1 0 - - 42 - -

Other than having additional storage space the SSD is a lot faster than eMMC and has a much higher write life.

For some packages that store a lot of logs or cached data locally you would want that.

If you haven't seen an issue on the 3100 and plan to use the same config on the 6100 you will likely be fine with the eMMC.

Steve

The reset config procedure in the 6100 is a little more involved that other devices. And it fact I would only attempt it in 21.05.2 if you have no other option. The timing is such that it's difficult unless you can see the console output and at that point just use the console!
This is fixed in 22.01 where the feedback from the LEDs make the process relatively easy.

The reset is a two step process:
Power on the device. After a few seconds, when the green circle LED changes from orange to blue, hold the reset button for 5 seconds. This 'short-press' initiates the reset.

Then after the drive has mounted the system recognises the reset has been initiated and asks you to confirm the reset. In 22.01 this is indicated by all three LEDs turning red. Hold the reset button until all three LEDs start flashing, ~13s.

The system then resets the config and reboots.

Steve