During transition of default gateway, pfsense is irresponsive for various seconds
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When dpinger alarms, then all LAN can't connect to pfsense or route traffic to internet, even though I have Multi-WAN configuration and the other WAN is working properly.
This is extremely annoying because when one WAN is unstable, the whole internet becomes unstable too because it starts ping-ponging between one WAN to the other. When the first tier WAN becomes "stable" again, then it again stops responding and routing traffic switching back, just to find a few minutes later it is not answering again.
Is this normal behavior? Logs don't show any errors except for dpingers.
Also, I see this same irresponsiveness when I set some configurations, such as enabling/disabling or altering any configuration on any interface.
I use VLANs, FreeRadius, Multi-WAN and DHCP.
Regards,
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I registered just so I can say I am in the same boat. The router becomes unresponsive for anywhere between 2-5 minutes. Restarting does not fix it, there is no exceptions or errors in the logs just completely unusable. I have 2 WAN that I balance in a group and kick one offline on
Packet or Latency loss.PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1): 56 data bytes Request timeout for icmp_seq 0 Request timeout for icmp_seq 1 Request timeout for icmp_seq 2 Request timeout for icmp_seq 3 Request timeout for icmp_seq 4 Request timeout for icmp_seq 5 Request timeout for icmp_seq 6 Request timeout for icmp_seq 7 Request timeout for icmp_seq 8 Request timeout for icmp_seq 9 Request timeout for icmp_seq 10 Request timeout for icmp_seq 11 Request timeout for icmp_seq 12 Request timeout for icmp_seq 13 Request timeout for icmp_seq 14 Request timeout for icmp_seq 15 Request timeout for icmp_seq 16 Request timeout for icmp_seq 17 Request timeout for icmp_seq 18 Request timeout for icmp_seq 19 Request timeout for icmp_seq 20 Request timeout for icmp_seq 21 Request timeout for icmp_seq 22 Request timeout for icmp_seq 23 Request timeout for icmp_seq 24 Request timeout for icmp_seq 25 Request timeout for icmp_seq 26 Request timeout for icmp_seq 27 Request timeout for icmp_seq 28 Request timeout for icmp_seq 29 Request timeout for icmp_seq 30 Request timeout for icmp_seq 31 Request timeout for icmp_seq 32 Request timeout for icmp_seq 33 Request timeout for icmp_seq 34 Request timeout for icmp_seq 35 Request timeout for icmp_seq 36 Request timeout for icmp_seq 37 Request timeout for icmp_seq 38 Request timeout for icmp_seq 39 Request timeout for icmp_seq 40 Request timeout for icmp_seq 41 Request timeout for icmp_seq 42 Request timeout for icmp_seq 43 Request timeout for icmp_seq 44 Request timeout for icmp_seq 45 Request timeout for icmp_seq 46 Request timeout for icmp_seq 47 Request timeout for icmp_seq 48 Request timeout for icmp_seq 49 Request timeout for icmp_seq 50 Request timeout for icmp_seq 51 Request timeout for icmp_seq 52 Request timeout for icmp_seq 53 Request timeout for icmp_seq 54 Request timeout for icmp_seq 55 Request timeout for icmp_seq 56 Request timeout for icmp_seq 57 Request timeout for icmp_seq 58 Request timeout for icmp_seq 59 Request timeout for icmp_seq 60 Request timeout for icmp_seq 61 Request timeout for icmp_seq 62 Request timeout for icmp_seq 63 Request timeout for icmp_seq 64 Request timeout for icmp_seq 65 Request timeout for icmp_seq 66 Request timeout for icmp_seq 67 Request timeout for icmp_seq 68 Request timeout for icmp_seq 69 Request timeout for icmp_seq 70 Request timeout for icmp_seq 71 Request timeout for icmp_seq 72 Request timeout for icmp_seq 73 Request timeout for icmp_seq 74 Request timeout for icmp_seq 75 Request timeout for icmp_seq 76 Request timeout for icmp_seq 77 Request timeout for icmp_seq 78 Request timeout for icmp_seq 79 Request timeout for icmp_seq 80 Request timeout for icmp_seq 81 Request timeout for icmp_seq 82 Request timeout for icmp_seq 83 Request timeout for icmp_seq 84 Request timeout for icmp_seq 85 Request timeout for icmp_seq 86 Request timeout for icmp_seq 87 Request timeout for icmp_seq 88 Request timeout for icmp_seq 89 Request timeout for icmp_seq 90 Request timeout for icmp_seq 91 Request timeout for icmp_seq 92 Request timeout for icmp_seq 93 Request timeout for icmp_seq 94 Request timeout for icmp_seq 95 Request timeout for icmp_seq 96 Request timeout for icmp_seq 97 Request timeout for icmp_seq 98 Request timeout for icmp_seq 99 Request timeout for icmp_seq 100 Request timeout for icmp_seq 101 Request timeout for icmp_seq 102 Request timeout for icmp_seq 103 Request timeout for icmp_seq 104 64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=105 ttl=64 time=2.142 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=106 ttl=64 time=3.428 ms -
Nobody knows if this is normal behavior or not? Should I, maybe, use HA with different WANs?
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This isn't normal behavior, I have never seen this on our dual wan box with four dedicated Intel ports on two dual nics.
What kind of network interfaces do you use for wan1, wan2 and lan?
Are all the nics dedicated ports, or are they on one shared nic with VLANs?
Dedicated hardware or a VM? Self made box or official Netgate box?
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@moo82 It is a https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Eglobal-Fanless-Mini-PC-J1900-Quad-Core-4-Intel-WG82583-Gigabit-Lan-Firewall-Multi-function-Router/32714820537.html
It uses a single NIC with four ports. VLANs are used only on LAN, not WANs. But LAN also stops responding, even for pinging the box itself.
I'll check if something appears in dmesg when this happens.
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@felipemalmeida I wouldn't be very surprised if the Intel parts in that computer are less than genuine. Have you tried disabling hardware offloading in Advanced -> Networking to see if this remedies this issue? By default checksum offloading appears to be enabled, while LRO and TSO are disabled. Try disabling all three.
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/config/advanced-setup.html
In any event, the J1900 CPU doesn't appear to support AES-NI, so you need to look into a replacement router or CPU upgrade before upgrading to pfsense 2.5. It will possibly be released at some point this year?
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@moo82 said in During transition of default gateway, pfsense is irresponsive for various seconds:
In any event, the J1900 CPU doesn't appear to support AES-NI, so you need to look into a replacement router or CPU upgrade before upgrading to pfsense 2.5. It will possibly be released at some point this year?
That requirement has already been discussed and lifted for 2.5 as it will most likely not getting the REST API. But again, it wouldn't hurt to upgrade before stepping up to 2.5 either ;)
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