<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Need help: mbuf usage]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">i have installed pfsense 64bit with intel LAN card ( i350 T2). but broblem with MBUF usage<br />
      6 interface = 96%<br />
      4 interface = 51% ( had removed 1 card with 2 interface).</p>
<p dir="auto">i see this : https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Tuning_and_Troubleshooting_Network_Cards<br />
i did it, but didn't work.<br />
can anyone here, help me?</p>
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<p dir="auto">P/s: may my machine with 32 bit ( 3G ram) can set kern.ipc.nmbclusters="1000000" ?</p>
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<p dir="auto">Try it but step by step to see how the free RAM is going down and think about you will need some<br />
for the rest entire pfSense.</p>
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<p dir="auto">i swear, i dont know kern.cam.boot_delay=131072 whre from.</p>
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<p dir="auto">And I was not recognizing the time delay time interval!</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.netgate.com/post/579925</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.netgate.com/post/579925</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[[[global:guest]]]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2015 15:56:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Need help: mbuf usage on Wed, 28 Oct 2015 08:17:05 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/cmb">@<bdi>cmb</bdi></a>:</p>
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<p dir="auto">@BlueKobold:</p>
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<p dir="auto">Is normally to give the pfSense a delay time or pain more time to recognize mostly some USB devices<br />
better to make them then working smooth inside of the pfSense if you have such a device likes a USB<br />
modem or whatever and now it is not really shown once more in your configuration you can easily put<br />
this line of code back in the /boot/loader.conf.local</p>
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<p dir="auto">Yes, but with something <em><strong>much</strong></em> smaller than 131072. That would be a 36.4 hour delay at boot time. :D</p>
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<p dir="auto">Hey, that's just barely enough time for a short nap!</p>
<p dir="auto"><a href="http://s147.photobucket.com/user/marioemily101/media/ryjh.jpg.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc"><img src="http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r319/marioemily101/ryjh.jpg" alt="" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /></a></p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.netgate.com/post/579808</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.netgate.com/post/579808</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[doktornotor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2015 08:17:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Need help: mbuf usage on Wed, 28 Oct 2015 09:34:02 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Thank your help BlueKobold , CMB ;D</p>
<p dir="auto">It's work  ;D :D</p>
<p dir="auto">i swear, i dont know kern.cam.boot_delay=131072 whre from. i copied line  kern.ipc.nmbclusters="131072"  load or save button ( i dont sure), then reboot.<br />
but now, it work.</p>
<p dir="auto">thank all  :D</p>
<p dir="auto">P/s: may my machine with 32 bit ( 3G ram) can set kern.ipc.nmbclusters="1000000" ?</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.netgate.com/post/579791</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.netgate.com/post/579791</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[lmthuong]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2015 09:34:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Need help: mbuf usage on Wed, 28 Oct 2015 05:11:25 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">@BlueKobold:</p>
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<p dir="auto">Is normally to give the pfSense a delay time or pain more time to recognize mostly some USB devices<br />
better to make them then working smooth inside of the pfSense if you have such a device likes a USB<br />
modem or whatever and now it is not really shown once more in your configuration you can easily put<br />
this line of code back in the /boot/loader.conf.local</p>
</blockquote>
<p dir="auto">Yes, but with something <em><strong>much</strong></em> smaller than 131072. That would be a 36.4 hour delay at boot time. :D</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.netgate.com/post/579784</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.netgate.com/post/579784</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[cmb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2015 05:11:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Need help: mbuf usage on Wed, 28 Oct 2015 03:24:33 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Go to "Diagnostics &gt; Edit File" likes shown in the second (smaller) picture<br />
and then delete the first line there it is shown now and then insert the following line shown in the next line<br />
and then "click" save please!</p>
<pre><code>kern.ipc.nmbclusters="1000000"
</code></pre>
<p dir="auto">And before you will doing this you should tell us first please how many RAM is installed inside your<br />
pfSense firewall. 2 GB or 4 GB or 8 GB or how many RAM are inside?</p>
<p dir="auto">Then you need to reboot this pfSense machine.</p>
<pre><code>kern.cam.boot_delay=131072
</code></pre>
<p dir="auto">Is normally to give the pfSense a delay time or pain more time to recognize mostly some USB devices<br />
better to make them then working smooth inside of the pfSense if you have such a device likes a USB<br />
modem or whatever and now it is not really shown once more in your configuration you can easily put<br />
this line of code back in the /boot/loader.conf.local</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.netgate.com/post/579769</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.netgate.com/post/579769</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[[[global:guest]]]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2015 03:24:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Need help: mbuf usage on Wed, 28 Oct 2015 02:09:08 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">It doesn't say boot_delay anywhere there. Remove that line entirely and add the line it shows on the page you linked. kern.ipc.nmbclusters.</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.netgate.com/post/579759</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.netgate.com/post/579759</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[cmb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2015 02:09:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Need help: mbuf usage on Wed, 28 Oct 2015 02:03:37 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">thank your help BlueKobold.<br />
but it didn't work.<br />
may i wrong something? h<br />
here my pics</p>
<p dir="auto"><img src="/public/_imported_attachments_/1/mbuf.JPG" alt="mbuf.JPG" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /><br />
<img src="/public/_imported_attachments_/1/mbuf.JPG_thumb" alt="mbuf.JPG_thumb" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /><br />
![config mbuf.JPG](/public/<em>imported_attachments</em>/1/config mbuf.JPG)<br />
![config mbuf.JPG_thumb](/public/<em>imported_attachments</em>/1/config mbuf.JPG_thumb)</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.netgate.com/post/579756</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.netgate.com/post/579756</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[lmthuong]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2015 02:03:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Need help: mbuf usage on Tue, 27 Oct 2015 13:30:34 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<blockquote>
<p dir="auto">i did it, but didn't work.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Really? Why it does not work on your side?<br />
The forum is full of threads and posts that this will be working in many times and situations<br />
for many peoples so I am pretty sure it must work and hepl you also.</p>
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<p dir="auto">can anyone here, help me?</p>
</blockquote>
<p dir="auto">Is this 64Bit hardware?<br />
Is this really a 64Bit pfSense image?<br />
Is this a NanoBSD or full install on a SSD/mSATA?</p>
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<p dir="auto">6 interface = 96%</p>
</blockquote>
<p dir="auto">Let us imagine that you have 8 GB RAM installed and 6,5 GB of RAM are free<br />
and then set up the mbuf size to 1.000.000 you should see that then only<br />
perhaps 4 GB of RAM are free but the mbuf usage is only at 4% or something around this.</p>
<p dir="auto">So if you have enough RAM to insert, do it! It will not be wasting anymore because it<br />
can be used for high up the mbuf sizes.</p>
<p dir="auto">pfSense is based on FreeBSD and there fore it might be a problem that comes inside<br />
from FreeBSD and that is the Kernel-buffer, that buffer has a really reserved size and can´t<br />
be moved or enlarged by users. But with tuning the entire mbuf size you are able to swap some<br />
buffer of this Kernel-Buffer and free him a little bit. So this is not only a cosmetic tuning more then<br />
a work around for a really old and known problem, that comes traditionally with very old systems<br />
likes BSD based Operating Systems are.</p>
<p dir="auto">Please not, for each Core and each LAN interface a queue would be created in pfSense!<br />
So let us imagine you has an Intel Atom C2758 with 8 CPU Cores and 6 LAN interfaces:<br />
8 Core x 6 Interfaces = 48 queues and often then it would be wise to set up another<br />
mbuf size!</p>
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