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in/out packets in Interfaces status page mismatch netstat,systat,tcpdump

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    DomiX
    last edited by Sep 27, 2019, 1:15 PM

    Hi,

    I'm using a Dell R710 with 3 interfaces QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5709 (bce0:LAN, bce1:SDSL, bce2:Fiber) on 2.4.4-p3.
    Everything works as expected (OpenVPN server). Statistics for bce1 in interfaces status page is not accurate. 21,7GB transfered with a 2Mb/s something is wrong, this connecion is used for backup OpenVPN but it's the default route for pfsense. Most traffic is DNS, NTP...

    uptime
     3:08PM  up 1 day, 13:58, 1 user, load averages: 0.19, 0.11, 0.09
    
    SDSL Interface (wan, bce1)
    
    Status
        up
    MAC Address
        XX
    IPv4 Address
        XX
    Subnet mask IPv4
        XX
    Gateway IPv4
        XX
    IPv6 Link Local
        XX
    DNS servers
        XX
        XX
    MTU
        1500
    Media
        100baseTX <half-duplex>
    In/out packets
        3580/109216894 (1.24 MiB/21.71 GiB)
    In/out packets (pass)
        3580/109216894 (1.24 MiB/21.71 GiB)
    In/out packets (block)
        181/1 (13 KiB/116 B)
    In/out errors
        0/0
    Collisions
        0	
    
    netstat -hbI bce1
    Name    Mtu Network       Address              Ipkts Ierrs Idrop     Ibytes    Opkts Oerrs     Obytes  Coll
    bce1   1.5K <Link#2>     XXX     3.9k     0     0       1.3M     3.8k     0       351K     0
    bce1      - XXX        0     -     -          0        0     -          0     -
    bce1      - XXX         3.6k     -     -       1.2M        0     -          0     -
    
    systat -ifstat
          Interface           Traffic               Peak                Total
               bce1  in      0.000 KB/s          0.000 KB/s            1.313 MB
                     out     0.000 KB/s          0.000 KB/s          351.506 KB
    

    netstat and systat for others interfaces shows correct transfer with in/out >4GB

    With

    tcpdump -i bce1 or 
    tcpdump -i pflog0 -ettt on bce1
    

    I do not see huge traffic.
    I'm also monitoring this server with zabbix Agent and bce1 traffic is nearly 0
    pfsense.PNG

    Why this difference with interfaces status page (from code pfctl -vvsI -i bce1) and others network tools for traffic usage ?

    Thanks in advance for your help.

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      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by Sep 29, 2019, 10:26 PM

      @DomiX said in in/out packets in Interfaces status page mismatch netstat,systat,tcpdump:

      100baseTX <half-duplex>

      Is it actually running at 100Mb-HD?

      If not it seems like the NIC/driber is not reporting correctly.

      You might check the mac stats in the sysctl output to see which it agrees with.

      Steve

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        DomiX
        last edited by Sep 30, 2019, 9:12 AM

        Hi,

        I changed the ethernet cable with a 6a model and it's still 100TX half-duplex. I tried with Windows 10 and it's also half-duplex. It's connected to a Cisco C888EA (unfortunatly I do not have access, I opened a ticket to my provider for more information).

        What do mean by checking mac stats in sysctl ?

        sysctl dev.bce.1
        dev.bce.1.com_no_buffers: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_CatchupInRuleCheckerP4Hit: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_CatchupInMBUFDiscards: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_CatchupInFTQDiscards: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_CatchupInRuleCheckerDiscards: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_IfInRuleCheckerP4Hit: 5
        dev.bce.1.stat_IfInMBUFDiscards: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_IfInFTQDiscards: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_IfInRuleCheckerDiscards: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_IfInFramesL2FilterDiscards: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_XoffStateEntered: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_MacControlFramesReceived: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_FlowControlDone: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_OutXoffSent: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_OutXonSent: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_XoffPauseFramesReceived: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_XonPauseFramesReceived: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsPktsTx1523Octetsto9022Octets: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsPktsTx1024Octetsto1522Octets: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsPktsTx512Octetsto1023Octets: 124
        dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsPktsTx256Octetsto511Octets: 8
        dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsPktsTx128Octetsto255Octets: 61
        dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsPktsTx65Octetsto127Octets: 8766
        dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsPktsTx64Octets: 316
        dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsPktsRx1523Octetsto9022Octets: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsPktsRx1024Octetsto1522Octets: 1276
        dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsPktsRx512Octetsto1023Octets: 97
        dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsPktsRx256Octetsto511Octets: 2
        dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsPktsRx128Octetsto255Octets: 59
        dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsPktsRx65Octetsto127Octets: 7017
        dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsPktsRx64Octets: 422
        dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsOversizePkts: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsUndersizePkts: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsJabbers: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsFragments: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsCollisions: 1
        dev.bce.1.stat_Dot3StatsLateCollisions: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_Dot3StatsExcessiveCollisions: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_Dot3StatsDeferredTransmissions: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_Dot3StatsMultipleCollisionFrames: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_Dot3StatsSingleCollisionFrames: 1
        dev.bce.1.stat_Dot3StatsAlignmentErrors: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_Dot3StatsFCSErrors: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_Dot3StatsCarrierSenseErrors: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_emac_tx_stat_dot3statsinternalmactransmiterrors: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_IfHCOutBroadcastPkts: 306
        dev.bce.1.stat_IfHCOutMulticastPkts: 2
        dev.bce.1.stat_IfHCOutUcastPkts: 8967
        dev.bce.1.stat_IfHCInBroadcastPkts: 5
        dev.bce.1.stat_IfHCInMulticastPkts: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_IfHCInUcastPkts: 8868
        dev.bce.1.stat_IfHCOutBadOctets: 4
        dev.bce.1.stat_IfHCOutOctets: 898526
        dev.bce.1.stat_IfHCInBadOctets: 0
        dev.bce.1.stat_IfHcInOctets: 2702586
        dev.bce.1.unexpected_attention_count: 0
        dev.bce.1.dma_map_addr_tx_failed_count: 0
        dev.bce.1.dma_map_addr_rx_failed_count: 0
        dev.bce.1.mbuf_frag_count: 0
        dev.bce.1.mbuf_alloc_failed_count: 0
        dev.bce.1.l2fhdr_error_count: 0
        dev.bce.1.%parent: pci1
        dev.bce.1.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x14e4 device=0x1639 subvendor=0x1028 subdevice=0x0235 class=0x020000
        dev.bce.1.%location: slot=0 function=1 dbsf=pci0:1:0:1
        dev.bce.1.%driver: bce
        dev.bce.1.%desc: QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T (C0)
        
        
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          DomiX
          last edited by Sep 30, 2019, 1:48 PM

          @stephenw10 According to my provider, the port is configured in 100M full-duplex but negotiation disabled.
          I forced full-duplex on pfsense and rebooted but traffic is still high in status interfaces pages but systat and netstat are low.

          MTU
              1500
          Media
              100baseTX <full-duplex>
          In/out packets
              574/5421513 (210 KiB/1.46 GiB)
          In/out packets (pass)
              574/5421513 (210 KiB/1.46 GiB)
          In/out packets (block)
              0/2 (0 B/188 B)
          In/out errors
              0/0
          Collisions
              0
          
          systat -ifstat
          
                     bce1  in      0.000 KB/s          0.000 KB/s          218.250 KB
                           out     0.000 KB/s          0.000 KB/s           54.666 KB
          
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            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by Sep 30, 2019, 4:50 PM

            Hmm, the mac stats look very low. That looks to agree with ifstat then.

            You're sure it's bce1 and not bce0? Do the stats for any bce NIC look correct?

            Steve

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              DomiX
              last edited by Oct 1, 2019, 6:50 AM

              @stephenw10
              Yes, bce1 statistics are not correct with pfctl (interfaces status page). Others statistics for bce0 (LAN) or bce2 (WAN 200Mb/s) are correct.

              pfctl -vvsI -i bce1
              bce1
                      Cleared:     Mon Sep 30 17:39:08 2019
                      References:  83
                      In4/Pass:    [ Packets: 1580               Bytes: 451707             ]
                      In4/Block:   [ Packets: 331                Bytes: 23142              ]
                      Out4/Pass:   [ Packets: 37376681           Bytes: 6059122661         ]
                      Out4/Block:  [ Packets: 0                  Bytes: 0                  ]
                      In6/Pass:    [ Packets: 0                  Bytes: 0                  ]
                      In6/Block:   [ Packets: 0                  Bytes: 0                  ]
                      Out6/Pass:   [ Packets: 0                  Bytes: 0                  ]
                      Out6/Block:  [ Packets: 1                  Bytes: 116                ]
              
              netstat -bh -I bce1
              Name    Mtu Network       Address              Ipkts Ierrs Idrop     Ibytes    Opkts Oerrs     Obytes  Coll
              bce1   1.5K <Link#2>      XXX     2.0k     0     0       492K     3.0k     0       326K     0
              bce1      - XXbce1/6 XX        0     -     -          0        0     -          0     -
              bce1      - XX XX         1.6k     -     -       441K        0     -          0     -
              
              sysctl dev.bce.1
              dev.bce.1.com_no_buffers: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_CatchupInRuleCheckerP4Hit: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_CatchupInMBUFDiscards: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_CatchupInFTQDiscards: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_CatchupInRuleCheckerDiscards: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_IfInRuleCheckerP4Hit: 1
              dev.bce.1.stat_IfInMBUFDiscards: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_IfInFTQDiscards: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_IfInRuleCheckerDiscards: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_IfInFramesL2FilterDiscards: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_XoffStateEntered: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_MacControlFramesReceived: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_FlowControlDone: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_OutXoffSent: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_OutXonSent: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_XoffPauseFramesReceived: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_XonPauseFramesReceived: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsPktsTx1523Octetsto9022Octets: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsPktsTx1024Octetsto1522Octets: 2
              dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsPktsTx512Octetsto1023Octets: 23
              dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsPktsTx256Octetsto511Octets: 5
              dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsPktsTx128Octetsto255Octets: 1347
              dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsPktsTx65Octetsto127Octets: 1624
              dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsPktsTx64Octets: 43
              dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsPktsRx1523Octetsto9022Octets: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsPktsRx1024Octetsto1522Octets: 226
              dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsPktsRx512Octetsto1023Octets: 16
              dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsPktsRx256Octetsto511Octets: 1
              dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsPktsRx128Octetsto255Octets: 21
              dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsPktsRx65Octetsto127Octets: 1630
              dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsPktsRx64Octets: 60
              dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsOversizePkts: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsUndersizePkts: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsJabbers: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsFragments: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_EtherStatsCollisions: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_Dot3StatsLateCollisions: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_Dot3StatsExcessiveCollisions: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_Dot3StatsDeferredTransmissions: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_Dot3StatsMultipleCollisionFrames: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_Dot3StatsSingleCollisionFrames: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_Dot3StatsAlignmentErrors: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_Dot3StatsFCSErrors: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_Dot3StatsCarrierSenseErrors: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_emac_tx_stat_dot3statsinternalmactransmiterrors: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_IfHCOutBroadcastPkts: 43
              dev.bce.1.stat_IfHCOutMulticastPkts: 2
              dev.bce.1.stat_IfHCOutUcastPkts: 2999
              dev.bce.1.stat_IfHCInBroadcastPkts: 1
              dev.bce.1.stat_IfHCInMulticastPkts: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_IfHCInUcastPkts: 1953
              dev.bce.1.stat_IfHCOutBadOctets: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_IfHCOutOctets: 346999
              dev.bce.1.stat_IfHCInBadOctets: 0
              dev.bce.1.stat_IfHcInOctets: 512099
              dev.bce.1.unexpected_attention_count: 0
              dev.bce.1.dma_map_addr_tx_failed_count: 0
              dev.bce.1.dma_map_addr_rx_failed_count: 0
              dev.bce.1.mbuf_frag_count: 0
              dev.bce.1.mbuf_alloc_failed_count: 0
              dev.bce.1.l2fhdr_error_count: 0
              dev.bce.1.%parent: pci1
              dev.bce.1.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x14e4 device=0x1639 subvendor=0x1028 subdevice=0x0235 class=0x020000
              dev.bce.1.%location: slot=0 function=1 dbsf=pci0:1:0:1
              dev.bce.1.%driver: bce
              dev.bce.1.%desc: QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T (C0)
              
              pfctl -vvsI -i bce0
              bce0
                      Cleared:     Mon Sep 30 17:39:08 2019
                      References:  30
                      In4/Pass:    [ Packets: 11072294           Bytes: 2460981815         ]
                      In4/Block:   [ Packets: 8457               Bytes: 160657             ]
                      Out4/Pass:   [ Packets: 13905940           Bytes: 9512430255         ]
                      Out4/Block:  [ Packets: 0                  Bytes: 0                  ]
                      In6/Pass:    [ Packets: 0                  Bytes: 0                  ]
                      In6/Block:   [ Packets: 124349             Bytes: 16424984           ]
                      Out6/Pass:   [ Packets: 0                  Bytes: 0                  ]
                      Out6/Block:  [ Packets: 3                  Bytes: 268                ]
              
              
               netstat -bh -I bce0
              Name    Mtu Network       Address              Ipkts Ierrs Idrop     Ibytes    Opkts Oerrs     Obytes  Coll
              bce0   1.5K <Link#1>      XXX     12M     0     0       2.5G      15M     0       9.1G     0
              bce0      - XX%bce0/6 XXX        0     -     -          0        0     -          0     -
              bce0      - XX XX             296k     -     -        18M     261k     -        15M     -
              

              Thanks

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