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      xiazuojie @stephenw10
      last edited by xiazuojie

      @stephenw10 What I see is unstable connection with the NIC actually goes to down status after a short period with high inbound traffic (while outbound traffic is working fine). However, it's tested with TrueNAS 12.0-U6.1.
      Since the igc driver is contributed to FreeBSD from netgate, I report the issue here.

      With the same setup on pfsense 2.6.0-DEVELOPMENT snapshot and the i225-v b3 port as lan port, it does not show the issue.

      Debian 11 does not have the same issue.

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        The development was sponsored by Netgate but issue still need to be reported upstream to FreeBSD. I have no idea how TrueNAS might be different to what we're running but it could be significantly.

        Steve

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          n1ck31
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          I'm seeing mixed results online. Is the I225 working in 2.5.2 or is 2.6 basically a requirement?

          I have the 2 port QNAP card coming tonight, and I'm not sure if I need to reinstall it or just plop it in and go.

          I'd prefer to stay away from 2.6 for reliability sake, if this card is not "working", would an x550-t2 work? I saw posts that there's no 2.5g option in the UI with this card (only x710?)

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            bk150 @n1ck31
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            @n1ck31 The QNAP cards work in 2.5.2 with UDP Checksum offloading disabled and they work in 2.6 snapshots without any modifications.

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              n1ck31 @bk150
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              @bk150 I also saw some posts that people were claiming after a little while, the connection just drops or the ping goes crazy high?

              I'm assuming that's due to that one setting being ticked?

              I'm trying to decide if I put this new card in now or wait for a stable 2.6 release...

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                bk150 @n1ck31
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                @n1ck31 I've seen mixed info on if UDP checksum offloading even does anything worthwhile. I'm no software engineer but in my limited knowledge, assuming your CPU can keep up with doing everything in software, you really shouldn't notice any difference. I've been running 2.5.2 with checksum offloading turned off for around 4 months now with multiple VLANs, a Wireguard tunnel, and am hosting a handful of gaming servers. I've seen absolutely no issues.

                FWIW OPNSense has that setting off by default and PfSense has it on by default so who knows.

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                  n1ck31 @bk150
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                  @bk150 Just tried on My Dell XE2, the same issue as someone had mentioned in this thread, not being detected correctly by pfSense. It sees the card is there but has an error -2 when trying to load the driver/attach.

                  Tested both 2.5.2 and 2.6, integrated intel NIC disabled.

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                    Hmm, you probably need this:
                    https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/commit/561cd74b1704ab76a3286733fb43da53b6892ea4#diff-6bb19804656a668f9aa22575da6a622a983af20b269eb5b35dbfda026c2499b9
                    That's not in pfSense, yet.

                    Though we'd need to see exactly how it fails at boot to know for sure. It's odd that card works at all for others if that's the case. Maybe there are different revisions?

                    Steve

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                      n1ck31 @stephenw10
                      last edited by n1ck31

                      @stephenw10 Hey Steve, if it helps it's a QNAP QXG-2G2T-I225 Rev: 1.1

                      I am going to RMA it as I noticed it got so hot to touch within 15 mins so maybe there's something wrong with this specific card. I'll try again when B&H sends out the new one.

                      Are you able to recommend me a card that will just work plug and play with no "tinkering" for 2.5G/10G support?

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by stephenw10

                        If you need 2.5G or 10G I think your only option is the X550-T2 or maybe the X710-T2.

                        I haven't tested either personally.

                        Steve

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                          skzs012 @xiazuojie
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                          @xiazuojie Did something happen?
                          Wan side I have an i225-LM 1 port card 2.6.0-DEVELOPMENT I use speedtest to drop the connection completely shuts down and 100% packet loss
                          Due to 2Gb / s internet connection it would be good for the card the ONT supports 2.5Gbe connection

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            What card exactly? What does pciconf -lvv igc0 show?

                            And it just stops passing all traffic when you load it?

                            What do you do to recover?

                            Steve

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                              skzs012 @stephenw10
                              last edited by stephenw10

                              @stephenw10

                              @pci0:3:0:0:class=0x020000 card=0xc0011baa chip=0x15f28086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
   vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
   device     = 'Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I225-LM'
   class      = network
   subclass   = ethernet

                              QNAP QXG-2G1T-I225 is the card. If I start a download or a speedtest, it starts to lose packet on the wan interface after that, it drops the interface, but after a few seconds, the download starts again and drops it again.

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                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                What throughput does it reach before it starts to fail?

                                Can you try setting a Limiter, is there a limit you can set that prevents it failing?

                                I know at least one dev has got that NIC but I don't think they've done any significant testing with it yet.

                                Steve

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                                  skzs012 @stephenw10
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                                  @stephenw10 the speed was variable! was when 400Mb / s, 1910Mb / s so changing the speed is no problem with uploading!

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    Do you have a throughput graph that shows approximately what you're seeing?

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                                      skzs012 @stephenw10
                                      last edited by

                                      @stephenw10 no graph, but I watched it when I start the download at a higher speed it's like unplugging the cable from the network card the blinking will also stop on the network card for a few seconds.

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                        last edited by

                                        Hmm, nothing is logged at that time? That sounds like the watchdog reseting it but I'd expect to see that in the system log.

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                                          skzs012 @stephenw10
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                                          @stephenw10 I'm a bit new in the whole system, due to the 2Gb / s internet, such a system has been built, which looks like this with ont-2.5Gb / s port> pfsense 2.5Gb / s WAN> 10Gb / s Lan> 10Gb / s Switch and from here goes a Nas that is 10Gb / s connected. I would get a little more detailed help so we can follow up on what might be wrong. It worked with another network card but it was only 1Gb / s there.

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                                          • stephenw10S
                                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                            last edited by

                                            Start hammering the connection so you are seeing the issue and the Link LEDs go off/on. Then check the system log.
                                            Beyond that you can check the mac stats in the sysctl output for errors:

                                            [22.01-DEVELOPMENT][admin@6100.stevew.lan]/root: sysctl dev.igc.0
dev.igc.0.wake: 0
dev.igc.0.interrupts.rx_desc_min_thresh: 0
dev.igc.0.interrupts.asserts: 2
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.tso_txd: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.tx_frames_1024_1522: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.tx_frames_512_1023: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.tx_frames_256_511: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.tx_frames_128_255: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.tx_frames_65_127: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.tx_frames_64: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.mcast_pkts_txd: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.bcast_pkts_txd: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.good_pkts_txd: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.total_pkts_txd: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.good_octets_txd: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.good_octets_recvd: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.rx_frames_1024_1522: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.rx_frames_512_1023: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.rx_frames_256_511: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.rx_frames_128_255: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.rx_frames_65_127: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.rx_frames_64: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.mcast_pkts_recvd: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.bcast_pkts_recvd: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.good_pkts_recvd: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.total_pkts_recvd: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.xoff_txd: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.xoff_recvd: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.xon_txd: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.xon_recvd: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.alignment_errs: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.crc_errs: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.recv_errs: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.recv_jabber: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.recv_oversize: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.recv_fragmented: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.recv_undersize: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.recv_no_buff: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.missed_packets: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.defer_count: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.sequence_errors: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.symbol_errors: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.collision_count: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.late_coll: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.multiple_coll: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.single_coll: 0
dev.igc.0.mac_stats.excess_coll: 0
dev.igc.0.queue_rx_3.rx_irq: 0
dev.igc.0.queue_rx_3.rxd_tail: 128
dev.igc.0.queue_rx_3.rxd_head: 0
dev.igc.0.queue_rx_2.rx_irq: 0
dev.igc.0.queue_rx_2.rxd_tail: 128
dev.igc.0.queue_rx_2.rxd_head: 0
dev.igc.0.queue_rx_1.rx_irq: 0
dev.igc.0.queue_rx_1.rxd_tail: 128
dev.igc.0.queue_rx_1.rxd_head: 0
dev.igc.0.queue_rx_0.rx_irq: 0
dev.igc.0.queue_rx_0.rxd_tail: 128
dev.igc.0.queue_rx_0.rxd_head: 0
dev.igc.0.queue_tx_3.tx_irq: 0
dev.igc.0.queue_tx_3.txd_tail: 0
dev.igc.0.queue_tx_3.txd_head: 0
dev.igc.0.queue_tx_2.tx_irq: 0
dev.igc.0.queue_tx_2.txd_tail: 0
dev.igc.0.queue_tx_2.txd_head: 0
dev.igc.0.queue_tx_1.tx_irq: 0
dev.igc.0.queue_tx_1.txd_tail: 0
dev.igc.0.queue_tx_1.txd_head: 0
dev.igc.0.queue_tx_0.tx_irq: 0
dev.igc.0.queue_tx_0.txd_tail: 0
dev.igc.0.queue_tx_0.txd_head: 0
dev.igc.0.fc_low_water: 32752
dev.igc.0.fc_high_water: 32768
dev.igc.0.rx_control: 71598086
dev.igc.0.device_control: 1209796161
dev.igc.0.watchdog_timeouts: 0
dev.igc.0.rx_overruns: 0
dev.igc.0.link_irq: 2
dev.igc.0.dropped: 0
dev.igc.0.eee_control: 1
dev.igc.0.itr: 488
dev.igc.0.tx_abs_int_delay: 66
dev.igc.0.rx_abs_int_delay: 66
dev.igc.0.tx_int_delay: 66
dev.igc.0.rx_int_delay: 0
dev.igc.0.rs_dump: 0
dev.igc.0.reg_dump: General Registers
	CTRL	 481c0641
	STATUS	 40780680
	CTRL_EXIT	 10000040

Interrupt Registers
	ICR	 00000000

RX Registers
	RCTL	 04448006
	RDLEN	 00004000
	RDH	 00000000
	RDT	 00000080
	RXDCTL	 02040808
	RDBAL	 061c8000
	RDBAH	 00000000

TX Registers
	TCTL	 a50400fa
	TDBAL	 0618a000
	TDBAH	 00000000
	TDLEN	 00004000
	TDH	 00000000
	TDT	 00000000
	TXDCTL	 0201011f
	TDFH	 00000000
	TDFT	 00000000
	TDFHS	 00000000
	TDFPC	 00000000


dev.igc.0.fc: 3
dev.igc.0.debug: -1
dev.igc.0.nvm: -1
dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq3.rxq_fl0.buf_size: 2048
dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq3.rxq_fl0.credits: 128
dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq3.rxq_fl0.cidx: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq3.rxq_fl0.pidx: 128
dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq3.cpu: 3
dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq2.rxq_fl0.buf_size: 2048
dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq2.rxq_fl0.credits: 128
dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq2.rxq_fl0.cidx: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq2.rxq_fl0.pidx: 128
dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq2.cpu: 2
dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq1.rxq_fl0.buf_size: 2048
dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq1.rxq_fl0.credits: 128
dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq1.rxq_fl0.cidx: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq1.rxq_fl0.pidx: 128
dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq1.cpu: 1
dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq0.rxq_fl0.buf_size: 2048
dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq0.rxq_fl0.credits: 128
dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq0.rxq_fl0.cidx: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq0.rxq_fl0.pidx: 128
dev.igc.0.iflib.rxq0.cpu: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.r_abdications: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.r_restarts: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.r_stalls: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.r_starts: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.r_drops: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.r_enqueues: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.ring_state: pidx_head: 0000 pidx_tail: 0000 cidx: 0000 state: IDLE
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.txq_cleaned: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.txq_processed: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.txq_in_use: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.txq_cidx_processed: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.txq_cidx: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.txq_pidx: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.no_tx_dma_setup: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.txd_encap_efbig: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.tx_map_failed: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.no_desc_avail: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.mbuf_defrag_failed: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.m_pullups: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.mbuf_defrag: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq3.cpu: 3
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.r_abdications: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.r_restarts: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.r_stalls: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.r_starts: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.r_drops: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.r_enqueues: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.ring_state: pidx_head: 0000 pidx_tail: 0000 cidx: 0000 state: IDLE
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.txq_cleaned: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.txq_processed: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.txq_in_use: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.txq_cidx_processed: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.txq_cidx: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.txq_pidx: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.no_tx_dma_setup: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.txd_encap_efbig: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.tx_map_failed: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.no_desc_avail: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.mbuf_defrag_failed: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.m_pullups: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.mbuf_defrag: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq2.cpu: 2
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.r_abdications: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.r_restarts: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.r_stalls: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.r_starts: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.r_drops: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.r_enqueues: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.ring_state: pidx_head: 0000 pidx_tail: 0000 cidx: 0000 state: IDLE
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.txq_cleaned: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.txq_processed: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.txq_in_use: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.txq_cidx_processed: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.txq_cidx: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.txq_pidx: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.no_tx_dma_setup: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.txd_encap_efbig: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.tx_map_failed: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.no_desc_avail: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.mbuf_defrag_failed: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.m_pullups: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.mbuf_defrag: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq1.cpu: 1
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.r_abdications: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.r_restarts: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.r_stalls: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.r_starts: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.r_drops: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.r_enqueues: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.ring_state: pidx_head: 0000 pidx_tail: 0000 cidx: 0000 state: IDLE
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.txq_cleaned: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.txq_processed: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.txq_in_use: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.txq_cidx_processed: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.txq_cidx: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.txq_pidx: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.no_tx_dma_setup: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.txd_encap_efbig: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.tx_map_failed: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.no_desc_avail: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.mbuf_defrag_failed: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.m_pullups: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.mbuf_defrag: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.txq0.cpu: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.override_nrxds: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.override_ntxds: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.use_logical_cores: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.separate_txrx: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.core_offset: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.tx_abdicate: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.rx_budget: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.disable_msix: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.override_qs_enable: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.override_nrxqs: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.override_ntxqs: 0
dev.igc.0.iflib.driver_version: 1
dev.igc.0.%parent: pci4
dev.igc.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x8086 device=0x15f3 subvendor=0x8086 subdevice=0x0000 class=0x020000
dev.igc.0.%location: slot=0 function=0 dbsf=pci0:4:0:0 handle=\_SB_.PCI0.PEX3.PXSX
dev.igc.0.%driver: igc
dev.igc.0.%desc: Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I225-V

                                            dev.igc.0.watchdog_timeouts for example should not be >0.

                                            Steve

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