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    Random panic on wan interface.

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      theglu
      last edited by

      Hello,

      I have random panic on the process who manage the wan interface. I tried to change it, the process changed to new wan interface.

      It's random. Nothing can happen during hours, then it's begin to crash and reboot for every 10 minutes, or 2 minutes, or even when pfsense is rebooting. And then after a while it's ok…

      I'm using openvpn and NAT. And specific routes. Pfsense 1.2.3, alix alix2d3.

      I didn't had the problem before (using pfSense without Openvpn, nat and custom routes, just firewalling)

      Infos are always the same :

      http://www.upload-it.fr/files/1079440900/pagefautl1.png

      And sometime I see this in logs, when rebooting:

      http://www.upload-it.fr/files/1779571886/reset.png

      Any help ?  ???

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        Random panics and reboots that start out of the blue are almost always hardware or power related.

        Plug into a different outlet or UPS. If that doesn't help, try a different power supply. If that doesn't help, it may be the unit itself. You might try another CF, but that is less likely to help.

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          theglu
          last edited by

          Well, it's start when I started using OpenVpn, and happen only on the wan interface, so it's not so random ;)

          I will turn off OpenVpn for a while and check what's happen.

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          • jimpJ
            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
            last edited by

            OpenVPN implies encryption, encryption drives a system harder (especially a little embedded unit like an ALIX), which means more power draw, more intense memory/cpu usage, etc.

            Turning off OpenVPN wouldn't been a good indicator really. It would just go easier on the system, which doesn't tell you much if the problem happens only under general system stress.

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              theglu
              last edited by

              It's was a WPA2 access point before (I removed the card just in case), I think it's ~ equivalent no ?

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              • jimpJ
                jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                last edited by

                I haven't seen an access point drive an ALIX so hard that it falls over from intense CPU usage and interrupts. I have seen OpenVPN do this several times. (And IPsec, or just lots of throughput)

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                  theglu
                  last edited by

                  Ok. I will investigate about hardware's problems :)

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                    theglu
                    last edited by

                    New alix, new CF, new power supply. Same config, same core dumps :)

                    This is obviously a software problem.

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                      theglu
                      last edited by

                      Using beta 2. Dosen't seem to have the problem…  yet :)

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