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    SFP+ XG-1537 - no carrier

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      Hello,

      I am using a brand new 1537 and the two SFP+ ports are not working.

      I am using two of your cables (1meter) and trying to connect them with a Ubiquiti - EdgeSwitch Lite ES-24-Lite to connect them.

      In the topic XG-1537 SFP+ ports I could read that it is probably due to FreeBSD and that it was fixed there and works again with the n#chsten version.

      That is, if I now switch to the developer branch should the problem be fixed?

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        What does the ifconfig command referenced in that thread show?

        Does that switch have 10GbE ports?

        Commonly it's not possible to set the link speed with DAC cables which means it will only link to other 10G ports.

        Steve

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          hi @stephenw10,

          ifconfig -vm ix1

          ix1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
          	description: server
          	options=e138bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,WOL_UCAST,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
          	capabilities=f53fbb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,LRO,WOL_UCAST,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER,VLAN_HWTSO,NETMAP,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
          	ether 3c:ec:ef:bf:98:bb
          	inet6 fe80::3eec:efff:febf:98bb%ix1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
          	inet 192.168.7.1 netmask 0xfffffff8 broadcast 192.168.7.7
          	media: Ethernet autoselect
          	status: no carrier
          	supported media:
          		media autoselect
          		media 10Gbase-Twinax
          	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
          	plugged: SFP/SFP+/SFP28 Unknown (Copper pigtail)
          	vendor: C1USA PN: XDACBL1M-US SN: USS3000000693728 DATE: 2022-01-11
          

          Yes he has two.
          Inserted module: C1USA XDACBL1M-US

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            Ok, so it will likely only link at 10G. What is it trying to link to exactly?

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              What do you mean @stephenw10?

              I want to connect the Netgate to the switch.
              Or am I misunderstanding you?

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                I mean how is the switch port configured?

                The port in pfSense can only be autoselect or fixed 10G and in connections like this autoselect usually fails to link at 1G. So if the switch port is configured at 1G fixed or can only be 1G it will probably fail to link.

                Steve

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                  Ok @stephenw10, I understand.

                  Then I already have a solution and will have a look at it.

                  Thanks for the tip.

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                    No problem, let us know how it goes.

                    If it's a 1G port and cannot use 10G then using SFP+ fibre modules will usually allow it since those can be set to fixed 1G.

                    Steve

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                        @stephenw10 said in SFP+ XG-1537 - no carrier:

                        If it's a 1G port and cannot use 10G then using SFP+ fibre modules will usually allow it since those can be set to fixed 1G.

                        That sounds interesting, I almost think there is a possibility that it is only 1G.

                        Do you have a tip how I can set this?

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                          When you use a 10/1G SFP+ module you will see 1G is an available setting:

                          [22.09-DEVELOPMENT][admin@6100.stevew.lan]/root: ifconfig -vm ix1
                          ix1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
                          	description: IX1
                          	options=8138b8<VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,WOL_UCAST,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER>
                          	capabilities=f53fbb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,LRO,WOL_UCAST,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER,VLAN_HWTSO,NETMAP,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
                          	ether 00:08:a2:12:17:7f
                          	inet6 fe80::208:a2ff:fe12:177f%ix1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6
                          	inet 192.168.79.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.79.255
                          	media: Ethernet autoselect
                          	status: no carrier
                          	supported media:
                          		media autoselect
                          		media 1000baseSX
                          		media 10Gbase-SR
                          	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
                          	plugged: SFP/SFP+/SFP28 10G Base-SR (LC)
                          	vendor: FINISAR CORP. PN: FTLX8571D3BCV-CK SN: ANL1C1V DATE: 2012-11-21
                          	module temperature: 40.65 C Voltage: 3.33 Volts
                          	RX: 0.01 mW (-17.28 dBm) TX: 0.63 mW (-1.99 dBm)
                          

                          And the speed/duplex field in the gui will reflect that.

                          Steve

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