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    what are ng0 to ng14 interfaces?

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      demux
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      Hi!

      Did not see them before ... strange.

      What are these interfaces, where do they come from, who creates them?

      Thanks!

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        demux
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        Funny, after booting 2 times the interfaces are gone... ???

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        • cmcdonaldC
          cmcdonald Netgate Developer
          last edited by cmcdonald

          Those are netgraph interfaces https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?netgraph(4)

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            demux @cmcdonald
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            @cmcdonald
            Thank you. But why do they seem to come and go, or be visible and invisible?

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              They would not normally be visible. Netgraph interfaces are renamed after they have been created in most situations.

              So possibly you have a script that is failing before it renames the interface and never removes it.

              What interface types do you have? Most commonly it's used for PPPoE.

              Steve

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                demux @stephenw10
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                @stephenw10
                There are 1xPPP, 1xPPPoE, 1xDHCP, some VLAN, some "normal" interfaces, OpenVPN Server & Client (LAN to LAN) and WireGuard interfaces.

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  Then I'd guess it's PPPoE failing to connect/disconnect correctly. Have you noticed that failing at all?

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                    demux @stephenw10
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                    @stephenw10
                    OK. I understand. The pppoe device was disconnected at that time. No cable. But it doesn't always happen.

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      If the link was down but pfSense was repeatedly trying to connect that could explain it. Though it still shouldn't happen.

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                        demux @stephenw10
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                        @stephenw10
                        Strange things can happen. Computers...

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