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    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Routing and Multi WAN
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    • Z
      z3r0bug
      last edited by z3r0bug

      Hello there,
      my pfsense box is straight connected to my fiber modem. But since i switched to pfsense i got a big problem with my stability of my fiber. I Got this error, the funny thing though is, it only happend, if i maxed out my fiber while downloading with full speed. 500/500. Any ideas ? And i have a static ip so it does not change at all.

      send_interval 500ms loss_interval 2000ms time_period 60000ms report_interval 0ms data_len 0 alert_interval 1000ms latency_alarm 500ms loss_alarm 20% dest_addr xxx.xxx.xxx.1 bind_addr xxx.xxx.xxx.30 identifier "WAN_DHCP "

      Jun 1 17:23:35 check_reload_status Linkup starting re0
      Jun 1 17:23:35 kernel re0: watchdog timeout
      Jun 1 17:23:35 kernel re0: link state changed to DOWN
      Jun 1 17:23:36 php-fpm 46195 /rc.linkup: DEVD Ethernet detached event for wan

      Jun 1 17:23:39 kernel arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo for xxx.xx.xxx.1 on re0
      Jun 1 17:23:39 kernel arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo for xxx.xx.xxx.1 on re0

      Jun 1 17:23:43 php-fpm 10287 /rc.newwanip: rc.newwanip: Info: starting on re0.
      Jun 1 17:23:43 php-fpm 10287 /rc.newwanip: rc.newwanip: on (IP address: xxx.xx.xxx.30) (interface: WAN[wan]) (real interface: re0).

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      • DaddyGoD
        DaddyGo
        last edited by

        the problem will be with this and its throughput:

        június 1 17:23:35 check_reload_status Linkup kezdődő re0 = Realtek

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

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        • Z
          z3r0bug
          last edited by

          why should the throughput be a problem ? can you give me a reason why ?

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          • DaddyGoD
            DaddyGo
            last edited by DaddyGo

            The Realtek ethernet controller will be the bottleneck
            because you switched to a faster speed

            edit: please check the forum for how many suggest Realtek based configuration

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

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            • Z
              z3r0bug
              last edited by

              hmm.. i dont get it.. i still have the same speed as before. Before i switched to a pfsense box i run it on my Edge Router Lite, and there i works just flawlessly. But since i use the pfsense box it drop the wan as far i use max speed.

              can you please be more specific in which case the realtek controller is the bottleneck. ?

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              • DaddyGoD
                DaddyGo
                last edited by DaddyGo

                in every case ☺

                there is a driver for Realtek under FreeBSD just not really useful
                https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?re(4)

                it is much more expedient
                https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?igb(4)

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

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                • Z
                  z3r0bug
                  last edited by

                  that answer does not help me.. i need to know why. so, you say the realtek gigabit ethernet port is to slow to handle my 500/500 fiber ? but why, there must be something you can tell my why ?

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                  • DaddyGoD
                    DaddyGo @z3r0bug
                    last edited by

                    @z3r0bug
                    you just started here, not just my opinion is what I described

                    the forum is full of issues descriptions caused by Realtek controllers and lots of good advice

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

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                    • Z
                      z3r0bug
                      last edited by

                      okay, that is some info i can use for something.

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