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title: "Troubleshooting"
description: "Boot, access, network and performance problems, and hardening."
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# Troubleshooting

Boot, access, network and performance problems, and hardening.

- [Boot](/troubleshooting/boot) — On some serial connected devices the console settings are different, in which case you would not be able to start the installer.
- [Web interface access](/troubleshooting/web-interface) — If for some reason the webgui certificate is broken, you can reconfigure access using the console menu. Select Set interface IP address (option 2)…
- [Password reset](/troubleshooting/password-reset) — Sometimes people lose their passwords, in which case it can be practical to reset the root password without performing a reinstall.
- [Restore Configuration via Console](/troubleshooting/config-reset) — Sometimes you may accidentally introduce a breaking change that interrupts network access, prevents user login or makes SSH and WebGUI inaccessible.…
- [Network](/troubleshooting/network) — Netmap is a technology which enables fast packet processing while minimizing overhead, there are however some pitfalls which may turn your network…
- [Gateways and monitoring](/troubleshooting/gateways) — The address you are trying to monitor should be reachable using the interface the gateway is attached to, either directly or using a static route…
- [OpenVPN](/troubleshooting/openvpn) — While not strictly necessary, it is possible to assign individual interfaces for OpenVPN servers and clients alike. However doing so may yield…
- [Performance](/troubleshooting/performance) — RSS is used to distribute packets over CPU cores using a hashing function – either with support in the hardware which offloads the hashing for you,…
- [System hardening vs performance](/troubleshooting/hardening) — Ixolate tends to choose more strict hardening options by default, so when comparing performance between upstream standard FreeBSD it's good to know…

Source: https://docs.ixolate.com/troubleshooting/index.mdx