Quote from: keeka on March 28, 2026, 07:56:00 AMIn the meantime ;-) are you able to modify the grok expression to cater for both formats?
Quote from: franco on March 28, 2026, 07:59:14 AMIf you add a ticket on GitHub that's something to consider for improvement. I agree that it shouldn't differ but we need to isolate the code bits responsible first to make a meaningful plan forward.
Quote from: nero355 on Today at 01:02:05 AMI like to avoid YouTube whenever I can when it comes to this kind of stuff : Reading about it is more my style :)https://docs.mono.si/gateway-development-kit/hardware-description
Quote from: nero355 on Today at 01:02:05 AMSo it's like my old Router with MIPS SoC like I thought.Pretty sure that didn't run OPNsense. :)
Quote from: nero355 on Today at 01:02:05 AMCan you at least mix both things without the need to disable any of the Offloading Features first ?Not sure what you mean by "mix both things". And it's all about the offloading, disabling it wouldn't make sense.
Quote from: nero355 on Today at 01:02:05 AMSo with that kind of setup the issue with the FreeBSD Bootloader needing an upgrade from time to time can be ignored, right ?Correct. That's not the reason why it was implemented this way, but I guess it could be considered a positive side effect.
Quote from: nero355 on Today at 01:02:05 AMAre there any AARCH64 Mainboards out there that can run FreeBSD or simply OPNsense without any big issues ?Yes, this one. :)
Quote from: nero355 on Today at 01:02:05 AMSince you are our AARCH64 Releases guy and all :)I've only used it on VMs until recently. Gateway changed that.
Quote from: nero355 on March 29, 2026, 10:36:59 PMKeep it that way if you are happy with the performance and stability ;)I am, for me its perfect, the stuff it can do is above and beyond.
Quote from: nero355 on March 29, 2026, 10:36:59 PMSo think about this VERY CAREFULLY before you buy anything... ;)
Quote from: Patrick M. Hausen on March 29, 2026, 10:42:49 PMMikrotik is great, IMHO. Cheaper, and very feature rich. And reliable, at least in my environment - using only layer 2, switches and APs. It's still called "Router OS" but I only use the layer 2 features. Plus, if you happen to live in the EU ... they are from Europe, too. Sovereignty, customer protection, GDPR, something something ...
Quote from: Patrick M. Hausen on March 29, 2026, 10:42:49 PMThey lack a central management solution but if you actively seek to get rid of something like that ... SNMP works great and RANCID supports Mikrotik so you can automatically pull and version configurations in e.g. git.
Quote from: Patrick M. Hausen on March 29, 2026, 10:51:26 PMQuote from: nero355 on March 29, 2026, 08:03:51 PMAnd why suddenly use Offloading while it's always recommended to disable all of it for both OPNsense and pfSense ?!
Because it does not work reliably on generic AMD64 hardware and Intel/Broadcom/etc. network interfaces? [...]
Quote from: justjake on March 29, 2026, 10:57:55 PMThere is nothing in any NAT section.Outbound NAT is either Automatic NAT or Hybrid NAT and if not then that's why you don't have any connectivity !!
Quote from: Patrick M. Hausen on March 29, 2026, 10:51:26 PMSo to avoid bugs just like I remember from a very long time ago :)Quote from: nero355 on March 29, 2026, 08:03:51 PMAnd why suddenly use Offloading while it's always recommended to disable all of it for both OPNsense and pfSense ?!Because it does not work reliably on generic AMD64 hardware and Intel/Broadcom/etc. network interfaces?
There is nothing wrong with offloading, only that the features supported by generic server hardware don't buy you much in the first place in terms of forwarding speed and sometimes plain don't work in FreeBSD as soon as pf, NAT and friends come into play.
Quote from: Maurice on March 29, 2026, 11:04:03 PMI really recommend Tomaž's videos for the hardware offloading deep dive. He's the expert on this, I'm not.I like to avoid YouTube whenever I can when it comes to this kind of stuff : Reading about it is more my style :)
QuoteIt has 4 Cortex A72 cores. But most packets never touch these cores.Still old hardware then basically...
QuoteWhat you're probably thinking of is offloading basic packet processing like checksums to the NICs.So it's like my old Router with MIPS SoC like I thought... Not a fan to be honest...
Gateway doesn't have NICs in the traditional sense. The PHYs connect directly to the SoC, which handles routing and other frame and packet processing (VLANs, NAT, PPP, ...) in dedicated hardware. This means routing at wire speed with essentially no CPU load, like on a switch. The CPU cycles are available for other stuff that can't be offloaded.
QuoteThe 64 MB NOR flash is for U-Boot and a small recovery Linux. The main OS (originally OpenWrt, now OPNsense) is installed on the 32 GB eMMC.So with that kind of setup the issue with the FreeBSD Bootloader needing an upgrade from time to time can be ignored, right ?
The OPNsense image we've just made available uses GPT and ZFS, but Gateway currently doesn't use FreeBSD's UEFI kernel loader. Instead, U-Boot loads the kernel directly.
Keep in mind that this is ongoing development and things may and probably will change in the final production version.
Quote from: OPNenthu on March 29, 2026, 11:56:43 PMThe SFP+ cage is there, but how much latency does the RJ45 transceiver add?Essentially none (less than a microsecond?), that's just a PHY.