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Title: Intel igb optimizations (EEE)
Post by: Panja on March 03, 2022, 01:02:10 PM

I'm migrating my install from pfSense to OPNsense and I'm going to run OPNSense on a Qotom Q355G4 machine.
The Qotom has a 4 port Intel igb.

On pfSense it was advisable to add the following to the (System) Tunables:
dev.igb.0.eee_disabled=1
dev.igb.1.eee_disabled=1
dev.igb.2.eee_disabled=1
dev.igb.3.eee_disabled=1

This disabled Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) for the 4 ports.

Is this also needed for OPNsense?
Any Tunables I need to know of before switching completely?

Title: Re: Intel igb optimizations (EEE)
Post by: Panja on March 04, 2022, 07:59:07 AM

Any one that can shed a light on this?

Title: Re: Intel igb optimizations (EEE)
Post by: MCMLIX on March 04, 2022, 06:17:03 PM

Hello I know it's a little late, but this is what I use on a Proxmox VM with intel cards passed through.

dev.igb.0.eee_control    Disable Energy Efficient Ethernet    runtime    0
dev.igb.0.fc      Flow Control      runtime    0
dev.igb.1.eee_control    Disable Energy Efficient Ethernet    runtime    0
dev.igb.1.fc      Flow Control      runtime    0

I have also used this on a bare metal install.

On Proxmox:
igb.0 is WAN
igb.1 is parent for VLAN's
Also have em0 on LAN in Proxmox ,but don't do anything for it.
Hope this helps.

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Archive => 22.1 Legacy Series => Topic started by: Panja on March 03, 2022, 01:02:10 PM