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    Lots of Errors in on lan and errors out on AP

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      Omission0832
      last edited by Omission0832

      Here is a screenshot of my statistics statistics

      For reference I am using a cisco switch and my AP is connected to the switch and then using a VLAN on the ports coming from the AP and into the pfsense. My modem is connected directly to the wan port on the pfsense box and my lan port is connected to the cisco switch. I've only been using pfsense for a few months but daily I have what seem to be high errors (to me at least). Not sure if its normal or not. I am using adguardhome for my dns which is on a separate server from pfsense. If you need any logs, firewall rules etc etc please let me know. I'm not getting any internet disconnects or devices not getting internet or anything like that. Just curious at to what is causing the errors in and out. Thanks

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        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        So two physical NICs in pfSense? What sort?

        LAN and WIFI are sharing the same link to switch?

        The first thing I'd try is using a different port on the switch. Then a different cable to connect them.

        Is the switch showing errors too?

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          Omission0832 @stephenw10
          last edited by Omission0832

          @stephenw10 no. its 1 nic but it has 2 ports. the card is a intel 82576 chip. the lan and wan are connected to that card while the AP is using the built in lan port on the motherboard. the lan and "wifi" port is connected to the switch and then one cable runs from the switch on another port to the AP. those two ports are on a vlan. This was so that the devices connected to the AP got a 10.0.10.x IP while the devices on the actual lan got a 10.0.0.x IP. I have also tried multiple different cables and different ports, all with the same issue of "errors." The switch shows no errors at all. Here is a crude draw.io diagram of a simplified version of what i mean. Its not really a complicated setup at all. The only vlan im running is between the AP to the switch to the pfsense box.

          https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e141dJ0VMTLYsKDDhwdu2DEQUZgwZGBi/view?usp=sharing

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          • stephenw10S Offline
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            Is everything there using 1G ports?

            Seeing some errors on any connection with WiFi is not that unusual. You're not actually seeing any connection issues?

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              Omission0832 @stephenw10
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              @stephenw10 yea everything is running at 1G full duplex and no I'm not seeing any dropouts or anything like that. It's not just the AP port seeing errors though. It's also lan. It's errors in on lan and errors out on AP.

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              • stephenw10S Offline
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                What NIC is the WiFi port?

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                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @stephenw10
                  last edited by johnpoz

                  so your 32500 errors amounts to 0.000027 of the almost 1.2 billion packets in and your concerned?

                  Your out is 0.0002 - I wouldn't be concerned with such numbers.

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