On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 9:07 PM, Paul Gear <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm testing pfSense for a client, looking to put it into an existing > production network some time in the next month or two. (Some background > at [1], if anyone cares...) In terms of features and interface it is a > win, but we're having massive problems with stability that seem to be > related to the NIC driver for Broadcom bce cards. > > pfSense version: 2.0.1 amd64, one additional package installed: OpenOSPFd > > Server hardware: IBM x3550, Xeon E5405 2 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 2 x 300 GB 10K > RPM SAS HD in hardware RAID 1, 2 x Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 > 1000Base-T (B2) > > The basic symptom of the problem is that the box stops responding to > ping and SNMP, and sometimes HTTP/S, after about 4 hours. Some graphs > from our NMS showing this can be found at [2] and [3]. > > When this happens, the console is still fully operational, and i can log > in and do normal shell stuff, including looking at the logs. There's > corruption at the end of each syslog file (see [4], [5], and [6]).
Not corruption, see: http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Why_can't_I_view_view_log_files_with_cat/grep/etc%3F_(clog) In short, it sounds like you're on the right path with the NIC-related changes you've made, that's generally where issues may arise with the Broadcom cards. _______________________________________________ List mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
