[Solved] XG-7100 Expansion card status incorrect

SophiaMarchildon

Got the 4x 1GbE RJ45 expansion card from Netgate and installed it. I'm now using all 4 ports, igb0 through igb3, and they work correctly. The problem is that the dashboard widget Interfaces shows them as down.

Is there something special I needed to do? Is it only a widget problem or does pfSense 21.05.1 somehow really think they are down (but still working...)?

Thanks for your input

stephenw10

If you re-assigned the WAN or LAN to those from the Eth ports they may have been set to monitor the switch ports for status and are still set to that.
You can test that by plugging something into the switch ports and see if the status changes.
Or backup the config file and look at it directly. You might see something like:

		<wan>
			<enable></enable>
			<if>igb0</if>
			<mtu></mtu>
			<ipaddr>dhcp</ipaddr>
			<ipaddrv6>dhcp6</ipaddrv6>
			<subnet></subnet>
			<gateway></gateway>
			<blockpriv></blockpriv>
			<blockbogons></blockbogons>
			<dhcphostname></dhcphostname>
			<switchif>switch0.port1</switchif>
		</wan>

The <switchif> tags there cause it to reflect that switch port status.

It's easy to get into a chicken and egg scenario there because once you re-assign the interface the webgui will no longer show you that option. It only shows it for switch interfaces.
You can just remove the line from the config though.

Steve

SophiaMarchildon

@stephenw10 Thanks, this is exactly my case. I'll update that come next maintenance period.

<interfaces>
	<wan>
		<enable></enable>
		<if>igb0</if>
		<blockpriv></blockpriv>
		<blockbogons></blockbogons>
		<switchif>switch0.port1</switchif>
                ...