@stephenw10 I may have found the culprit...
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I shut down NTOPNG and the last time I noticed to check at the top of the hour, I didn't see any sluggishness. I'll watch with it disabled and see if that was the issue.
Is NTOPNG known to do things like this, or is this a bug? I can't be certain, but I started noticing these periods of things not loading around the same timeframe I did the switch from CE to Plus. This was never an issue for years like this... And I'm not sure if this would be an issue with NTOPNG or PFSENSE. But if I can confirm this was the cause of the loss in connectivity, I'm happy to submit whatever you guys need to determine why this would happen. It could be affecting others.
On the other hand, my system is an older machine. Maybe I'm just asking too much of it? This a home environment, and the information in NTOPNG is fun to look at, but I don't really need it running... My hardware should be more than capable for a modest firewall with limited workload though.
I'll report back if this was the issue...