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24.1 Legacy Series / Re: Frequent crashes
« on: June 29, 2024, 08:20:17 pm »
I want to add I been running a N100 CWWK with opnsense baremetal for over a year now without stability issues. I did NOT have any microcode updates installed during that time.
However, before deploying as a firewall, I did stability testing for the CPU. I maxed the PL1/2 settings to allow maximum power draw a then allowed stress-ng to run on all cores for some time.
There is a lot of talk about the varying quality of PSUs on these units. My PSU does not appear to have any issues supplying enough power to the system. It maybe worth installing stress-ng and run an all core test to see if it causes the system to reboot. It is a fast way to determine if you are having stability issues due to the PSU limitations. Just keep in mind, you might want to increase the PL1/2 to 20000 in the bios to allow constant max stress on the PSU while doing this test.
It may also good idea to retest once a year or so to ensure the PSU is still performing well.
However, before deploying as a firewall, I did stability testing for the CPU. I maxed the PL1/2 settings to allow maximum power draw a then allowed stress-ng to run on all cores for some time.
There is a lot of talk about the varying quality of PSUs on these units. My PSU does not appear to have any issues supplying enough power to the system. It maybe worth installing stress-ng and run an all core test to see if it causes the system to reboot. It is a fast way to determine if you are having stability issues due to the PSU limitations. Just keep in mind, you might want to increase the PL1/2 to 20000 in the bios to allow constant max stress on the PSU while doing this test.
It may also good idea to retest once a year or so to ensure the PSU is still performing well.