I have a Awow AK34 mini PC. It is used as a router for a few years. It has a problem. It may lost respons after a few month, or every month. All the devices no matter wired or wireless connection are all stopped. I am using TP-Link product as the switch and Access Points device. So it is neither the problem with the wireless device, nor the switch. It is the problem from Awow AK34 soft router.
The router OS is OPNsense.
Recently the problem is much more ofter, almost every two days. I have to reset the device. It is kind of annoying.
I google it and saw some post about it.
Here is what I did and it is working OK more than 10 days.
Step 1,
SSH to the router.
Step 2,
Check the network interface card information. sysctl -a | grep -E 'dev.(re)'
root@OPNsense:~ # sysctl -a | grep -E 'dev.(re)' vfs.zfs.vdev.removal_suspend_progress: 0 vfs.zfs.vdev.removal_max_span: 32768 vfs.zfs.vdev.remove_max_segment: 16777216 vfs.zfs.vdev.removal_ignore_errors: 0 vfs.zfs.vdev.rebuild_min_active: 1 vfs.zfs.vdev.rebuild_max_active: 3 vfs.zfs.vdev.removal_min_active: 1 vfs.zfs.vdev.removal_max_active: 2 vfs.zfs.vdev.read_gap_limit: 32768 dev.re.1.wake: 0 dev.re.1.int_rx_mod: 65 dev.re.1.stats: -1 dev.re.1.%parent: pci2 dev.re.1.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x10ec device=0x8168 subvendor=0x10ec subdevice=0x0123 class=0x020000 dev.re.1.%location: slot=0 function=0 dbsf=pci0:2:0:0 handle=\_SB_.PCI0.RP04.PXSX dev.re.1.%driver: re dev.re.1.%desc: RealTek 8168/8111 B/C/CP/D/DP/E/F/G PCIe Gigabit Ethernet dev.re.0.wake: 0 dev.re.0.int_rx_mod: 65 dev.re.0.stats: -1 dev.re.0.%parent: pci1 dev.re.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x10ec device=0x8168 subvendor=0x10ec subdevice=0x0123 class=0x020000 dev.re.0.%location: slot=0 function=0 dbsf=pci0:1:0:0 handle=\_SB_.PCI0.RP03.PXSX dev.re.0.%driver: re dev.re.0.%desc: RealTek 8168/8111 B/C/CP/D/DP/E/F/G PCIe Gigabit Ethernet dev.re.%parent: root@OPNsense:~ #
The hardware description is : RealTek 8168/8111 B/C/CP/D/DP/E/F/G PCIe Gigabit Ethernet
Step 3,
Install the os-realtek-re plugin
During the installation, the output looks like below:
***GOT REQUEST TO INSTALL*** Currently running OPNsense 23.7.5 at Wed Oct 4 18:28:51 PDT 2023 Updating OPNsense repository catalogue... OPNsense repository is up to date. All repositories are up to date. The following 2 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked): New packages to be INSTALLED: os-realtek-re: 1.0 realtek-re-kmod: 198.00_3 Number of packages to be installed: 2 95 KiB to be downloaded. [1/2] Fetching realtek-re-kmod-198.00_3.pkg: .......... done [2/2] Fetching os-realtek-re-1.0.pkg: . done Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting) [1/2] Installing realtek-re-kmod-198.00_3... [1/2] Extracting realtek-re-kmod-198.00_3: .... done [2/2] Installing os-realtek-re-1.0... [2/2] Extracting os-realtek-re-1.0: .. done Reloading firmware configuration Writing firmware setting...done. Writing trust files...done. Configuring login behaviour...done. Configuring system logging...done. ===== Message from realtek-re-kmod-198.00_3: -- Add the following lines to your /boot/loader.conf to override the built-in FreeBSD re(4) driver. if_re_load="YES" if_re_name="/boot/modules/if_re.ko" By default, the size of allocated mbufs is enough to receive the largest Ethernet frame supported by the card. If your memory is highly fragmented, trying to allocate contiguous pages (more than 4096 bytes) may result in driver hangs. For this reason the value is tunable at boot time, e.g. if you don't need Jumbo frames you can lower the memory requirements and avoid this issue with: hw.re.max_rx_mbuf_sz="2048" Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting) Nothing to do. ***DONE***
Step 4,
Reboot the device
Step 5,
Check the NIC information again.
root@OPNsense:~ # sysctl -a | grep -E 'dev.(re)' vfs.zfs.vdev.removal_suspend_progress: 0 vfs.zfs.vdev.removal_max_span: 32768 vfs.zfs.vdev.remove_max_segment: 16777216 vfs.zfs.vdev.removal_ignore_errors: 0 vfs.zfs.vdev.rebuild_min_active: 1 vfs.zfs.vdev.rebuild_max_active: 3 vfs.zfs.vdev.removal_min_active: 1 vfs.zfs.vdev.removal_max_active: 2 vfs.zfs.vdev.read_gap_limit: 32768 dev.re.1.wake: 0 dev.re.1.%parent: pci2 dev.re.1.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x10ec device=0x8168 subvendor=0x10ec subdevice=0x0123 class=0x020000 dev.re.1.%location: slot=0 function=0 dbsf=pci0:2:0:0 handle=\_SB_.PCI0.RP04.PXSX dev.re.1.%driver: re dev.re.1.%desc: Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller dev.re.0.wake: 0 dev.re.0.%parent: pci1 dev.re.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x10ec device=0x8168 subvendor=0x10ec subdevice=0x0123 class=0x020000 dev.re.0.%location: slot=0 function=0 dbsf=pci0:1:0:0 handle=\_SB_.PCI0.RP03.PXSX dev.re.0.%driver: re dev.re.0.%desc: Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller dev.re.%parent:
Now, the driver is Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller.
Thanks to the people who make this plugin/driver.
