Re: m0n0wall on Soekris net5501 failing with lan1641 card + vpn1411

I took the vpn card out of this box, put it into an otherwise naked 5501,
with an equivalent firewall ruleset and the same network load - the system
load went from 80%+ to 40%, and the packet lost errors seemed to have
stopped entirely.

A little more info on how the interfaces are used:

vr0 - LAN
vr1 - WAN
vr2 - DMZ1
vr3 - disabled
sis0 - DMZ2
sis1 - disabled
sis2 - disabled
sis3 - disabled

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Michael Sierchio <[email protected]>wrote:

> This is with the most recent version of the firmware....
>
> It seems that packet loss and load increase until the box completely hangs.
> I'm using 3 of the on-board vr interfaces, and one of the sis interfaces on
> the 1641 card.  System load seems quite high, hovering above 50% most
> of the time (compared to the same network load and setup with the net5501
> without the lan1641 card).
>
> I'd be open to any suggestions, but it seems that I must replace this unit
> with one that doesn't have the lan expansion card in order to regain
> stability.
>
> A quick perusal seems to indicate problems with the Rhine drivers that are
> fixed in 7.2++ ?
>
> - Michael
>
> Jun  3 16:52:40 minna kernel: vr0: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 16:53:29 minna last message repeated 3 times
> Jun  3 16:55:35 minna last message repeated 6 times
> Jun  3 16:57:07 minna last message repeated 4 times
> Jun  3 16:57:07 minna kernel: vr1: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 16:58:01 minna kernel: vr0: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 16:58:25 minna kernel: vr1: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 16:58:40 minna kernel: vr0: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:00:20 minna kernel: vr0: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:00:20 minna kernel: vr1: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:00:28 minna kernel: vr0: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:01:41 minna kernel: vr0: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:03:42 minna last message repeated 5 times
> Jun  3 17:03:53 minna kernel: vr0: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:03:53 minna kernel: vr1: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:04:12 minna kernel: vr0: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:04:45 minna kernel: vr0: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:05:48 minna last message repeated 4 times
> Jun  3 17:05:48 minna kernel: vr1: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:06:09 minna kernel: vr0: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:06:26 minna last message repeated 2 times
> Jun  3 17:08:56 minna last message repeated 3 times
> Jun  3 17:09:14 minna kernel: vr1: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:09:41 minna kernel: vr0: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:09:50 minna kernel: vr0: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:11:54 minna last message repeated 3 times
> Jun  3 17:14:29 minna kernel: vr1: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:14:30 minna kernel: vr0: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:14:33 minna kernel: vr1: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:15:29 minna kernel: vr0: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:15:29 minna kernel: vr1: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:15:39 minna kernel: vr0: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:15:42 minna kernel: vr3: link state changed to UP
> Jun  3 17:15:42 minna kernel: sis1: link state changed to DOWN
> Jun  3 17:15:42 minna kernel: sis2: link state changed to DOWN
> Jun  3 17:15:42 minna kernel: sis3: link state changed to DOWN
> Jun  3 17:15:47 minna kernel: vr0: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:16:48 minna kernel: vr0: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:17:53 minna last message repeated 2 times
> Jun  3 17:17:53 minna kernel: vr1: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:18:00 minna kernel: vr0: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:18:55 minna kernel: vr0: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:20:44 minna last message repeated 6 times
> Jun  3 17:21:32 minna kernel: vr1: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:21:33 minna kernel: vr0: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:21:44 minna kernel: vr0: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:23:37 minna last message repeated 2 times
> Jun  3 17:23:37 minna kernel: vr1: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:23:59 minna kernel: vr1: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:24:02 minna kernel: vr0: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:25:41 minna kernel: vr0: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:25:41 minna kernel: vr2: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:26:31 minna kernel: vr1: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:26:45 minna kernel: vr0: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:27:20 minna kernel: vr0: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:27:35 minna kernel: vr0: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:27:43 minna kernel: vr1: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:27:44 minna kernel: vr0: rx packet lost
> Jun  3 17:28:33 minna last message repeated 2 times
> Jun  3 17:28:33 minna kernel: vr1: rx packet lost
>
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