Speed and Duplex negotiation on WAN interface does not work

rvtk

Hardware: Netgate 2100
pfSense+ Version: 23.01.b.20230106.0600
Bios Version: 2018.03-devel-1.2.0ROGUE2-01.00.00.02+

Hi,
after upgrade to version 23.01-BETA, speed and duplex auto-negotiation on WAN interface does not work on 100mbit links. (negotiation on 1gbit links works fine)
I have tried manually set speed and duplex, but only 100base-TX HALF-DUPLEX works.

On version 22.05 auto-negotiation works fine - same devices negotiate 100base-TX FULL-DUPLEX.

stephenw10

It just fails to link?

What are you linking it to?

Steve

rvtk

Hi Steve,
yes, with "autoselect" mode it fails to link. No connection, LEDs are still off.
The problem is only with WAN port. (Ports LAN1-4 work alright.)
On gigabit links connection works fine, so as workaround I have put gigabit switch between netgate and ISP's router.

Devices:
Does not work with: MikroTik RB941-2nD, MikroTik RB-740r2, Linksys SR224 (100Mbit devices)
Works with: Cisco SG100-16, TP-Link T1500G-8T, TP-Link TL-SG2218 (1Gbit devices)

rvtk

Hi,
upgraded to version 23.01.r.20230202.0019.
The problem still persists.

stephenw10

Ok I've replicated that. Digging....

stephenw10

We have an internal bug report open for this. Developers are looking into it.

bigsy

@rvtk Thanks for the heads up on this.

Same problem on a Netgate 2100 running 23.01-RC with PPPoE WAN to a VDSL modem at 100 Mbps. Connects OK if I put a gigabit switch between them.

stephenw10

That's a 100M device set to auto negotiate rather than something at 100M fixed?

bigsy

@stephenw10 I've never adjusted the settings and cannot see any options for this, it's a ZyXEL VMG1312-B10A. I'm using an MTU of 1508 on this link if that makes a difference.

stephenw10

Ok, thanks. I'll update our bug report.

bigsy

@stephenw10 Has there been some work done on this? I've just updated the Netgate 2100 to the latest 23.01-RC (Wed Feb 08 14:19:16 UTC 2023) and direct links to the 100Mbit modem seems to be working now.

jimp

Yes, we put in a fix yesterday evening, today's build is the first with the fix included.

rvtk

Hi,
I can confirm, auto-negotiation seems to work correctly on version 23.01.r.20230208.1414.

@jimp @stephenw10 Thank you.