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      Misterb @bmeeks
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      @bmeeks said in Upgrade to 23.01 WAN speed halved:

      I don't think it was the quotes. If you look, they are exactly the same...

      No they aren't, if you look closely at the quotes around the "1", in the first pane they are sloping quotes and in the second the normal double quote character.

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        SteveITS Rebel Alliance @bmeeks
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        @bmeeks he means the quote marks: “

        In the first image the “ on the first line ane angled. I’ve been there once or twice in my computing time (not pfSense related), it’s not fun to discover.

        Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
        When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
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          bigtimmyc @bmeeks
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          @bmeeks sorry for the confusion, I just reposted my snip from the comment before yours, hence why the lines were still commented

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            bmeeks @Misterb
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            @Misterb said in Upgrade to 23.01 WAN speed halved:

            @bmeeks said in Upgrade to 23.01 WAN speed halved:

            I don't think it was the quotes. If you look, they are exactly the same...

            No they aren't, if you look closely at the quotes around the "1", in the first pane they are sloping quotes and in the second the normal double quote character.

            Okay, I do see a difference now, but the removal of the "#" character is also necessary unless that is supposed to be part of the console shell prompt. I thought you were posting the dump of a local file.

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              SteveITS Rebel Alliance @bigtimmyc
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              @bigtimmyc Did the page get fixed already? It looks OK if I copy/paste to Word. If not there's a "Give Feedback" link the upper right of every doc page.

              Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
              When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
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                tman222
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                Following this thread, I see that the solution is to add (adjust) the following tunable:

                hw.cxgbe.niccaps_allowed="1"

                Is this adjustment recommended for anyone using Chelsio cards regardless of the make and model of the card? I am using a Chelsio T540-SO-CR and have not had any issues with speed. However, I see that that hw.cxgbe.niccaps_allowed tunable is set to 97 - is it recommended that I switch the 97 to 1, or only if impacted by this issue?

                Thanks in advance.

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                  debo4479 @tman222
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                  @tman222 said in Upgrade to 23.01 WAN speed halved:

                  Following this thread, I see that the solution is to add (adjust) the following tunable:

                  hw.cxgbe.niccaps_allowed="1"

                  Is this adjustment recommended for anyone using Chelsio cards regardless of the make and model of the card? I am using a Chelsio T540-SO-CR and have not had any issues with speed. However, I see that that hw.cxgbe.niccaps_allowed tunable is set to 97 - is it recommended that I switch the 97 to 1, or only if impacted by this issue?

                  Thanks in advance.

                  The SO variant didn't appear to be impacted, so no need to add/create loader conf file. It should be set to 1. It was showing 97 as qoute was incorrect in conf file.

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                    tman222 @debo4479
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                    @debo4479 said in Upgrade to 23.01 WAN speed halved:

                    @tman222 said in Upgrade to 23.01 WAN speed halved:

                    Following this thread, I see that the solution is to add (adjust) the following tunable:

                    hw.cxgbe.niccaps_allowed="1"

                    Is this adjustment recommended for anyone using Chelsio cards regardless of the make and model of the card? I am using a Chelsio T540-SO-CR and have not had any issues with speed. However, I see that that hw.cxgbe.niccaps_allowed tunable is set to 97 - is it recommended that I switch the 97 to 1, or only if impacted by this issue?

                    Thanks in advance.

                    The SO variant didn't appear to be impacted, so no need to add/create loader conf file. It should be set to 1. It was showing 97 as qoute was incorrect in conf file.

                    For my T540-SO-CR card, hw.cxgbe.niccaps_allowed="97" as well upon checking its value earlier. I have not made any changes to that tunable setting, this is the default value. Should this be changed to "1" regardless of Chelsio make and model or only on the non SO variants? What does this tunable represent in terms of capabilities on the card? Does setting it to "1" just disable rate limiting? Thanks again.

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                      SteveITS Rebel Alliance @tman222
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                      @tman222 The doc page has it listed under "Chelsio cxgbe(4) Cards."
                      "To disable this rate limiting capability, add the following as a Loader Tunable." If you're not affected I guess it doesn't matter for you...?

                      Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
                      When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
                      Upvote 👍 helpful posts!

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                        tman222 @SteveITS
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                        @SteveITS said in Upgrade to 23.01 WAN speed halved:

                        @tman222 The doc page has it listed under "Chelsio cxgbe(4) Cards."
                        "To disable this rate limiting capability, add the following as a Loader Tunable." If you're not affected I guess it doesn't matter for you...?

                        Right - I was curious though whether this change to the tunable should be applied regardless of Chelsio card make and model or just if a regular (non SO) card is being used. The documentation wasn't clear on that.

                        Thanks again.

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                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                          Yup AFAIK it only affected that one card.

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