Limiter config disappered

michmoor

@stephenw10
Config file never changed.
I do have MIM enabled.
Diag > Limiter says i have no limiters configured. Which is crazy! Even my firewall rule using the Limiter stated it was there (gear icon denoting the advanced options being used). When i went into the firewall rule, the limiter In/Out configuration was set to None.
Its like it never happened but for sure the limiter was what was causing my connectivity issue.

I think i am hitting that redmine bug about the disappearing configuration but why at 50Mbps..?

stephenw10

Doers it return if you reload the ruleset in Status > Filter Reload?

Does it return if you reboot?

michmoor

@stephenw10

Performing a Filter Reload

Sadly, the Limiters configuration is not present in the GUI.

I don't want to restart the firewall now that its working but i don't think it will help in this case (could be wrong tho)

stephenw10

Do they exist in /tmp/config.cache?

michmoor

@stephenw10 Yes sir

provels

Just spitballing, but could it be a browser/browser cache issue? Try another browser, another machine?

michmoor

@provels nothing is off the table.

I just tried FF and the problem is still there.

Hate to say it again but this looks like that redmine bug i noted above. Limiter just disappears after a reboot. The only difference is that the OP was setting a high limit (~4Gbps) while i am using 50Mbps

stephenw10

I would think that rebooting to make sure the Limiters are loaded from the config as expected should be the next step if you can.

marcosm

Thanks for the report. I've opened a redmine for this here https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/16051 and will post a workaround there later.

michmoor

@marcosm dont think that redmine is relevant here, no?

edit:
You mean this one. https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/16051

So its something to do with MIM enabled. Very interesting. Is there a commitID i can try to test?

marcosm

@michmoor Not yet - I need to work on it further on Monday.

michmoor

@marcosm no problem. Enjoy the weekend.

marcosm

I've updated the redmine with additional info that you can test out if you'd like.

michmoor

@marcosm

Confirmed that once i applied the PHP code the limiters came back (no reboot needed) and can be applied.

Got this notice as well.

If i reboot my firewall again, do i have to re-apply this PHP code?

25.03 i take it has the perm fix.

stephenw10

No, patches survive a reboot. They may not survive an update but, yes, this would be in 25.03 anyway so you shouldn't need to do anything.