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    Speed and Duplex negotiation on WAN interface does not work

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    • R Offline
      rvtk
      last edited by

      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.

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      • stephenw10S Offline
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        It just fails to link?

        What are you linking it to?

        Steve

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          rvtk
          last edited by

          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)

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            rvtk
            last edited by

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

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            • stephenw10S Offline
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

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

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              • stephenw10S Offline
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

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

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                • B Offline
                  bigsy @rvtk
                  last edited by 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.

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                  • stephenw10S Offline
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

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

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                      bigsy @stephenw10
                      last edited by 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.

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                      • stephenw10S Offline
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

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

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                          bigsy @stephenw10
                          last edited by

                          @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.

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                            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                            last edited by

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

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                              rvtk
                              last edited by

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

                              @jimp @stephenw10 Thank you.

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