@jimp thanks. This was indeed the issue. Switched to prefer IPv4 and everything is now working; updates and upgrades take seconds not minutes, and the GUI now displays updated status too.

Just a quick update on this.
I finally sent those PCs back and ordered slightly different ones where the vendor claimed they would come with TPM module (however, they didn't 😠 )
But the issue doesn't turn up, not with the original BIOS and not with the most recent one. So it might have had a different reason we'll probably never find out. Whatever. Happy it's working now!

@aholmes5 I did that with other versions save your auto backup config serial it changes each reload

@tknospdr FWIW I checked ebay and found Promise SANLink2 E2002t adapters that do Thunderbolt 2 and have two SFP ports for a not so bad price. Might be worth looking at.

As far as Apple stuff goes, I first used one in 1982. An Apple ][ plus with 48k of memory and a single floppy drive. My that was primitive.

@SteveITS
Thanks Steve! That did the trick!

@Klaus2314 said in (SOLVED) No upgrade for SG-1100?:

@bmeeks I've re-installed and restored my config and everything seems to be back to normal with 23.05 running. Thank you again!

Glad you got everything up and going on 23.05 😀

@crgbt That thread helped me fix it. Thanks everyone.

@sgw This is the exact thing I'm seeing. Something isn't right with pfSense-upgrade 1.0.66. As soon as I roll back to 1.0.61, everything works right again with package management.

I too have that issue, so I managed to rollback to 2.6.0 as it was a VM via a snapshot.

I am now, unable to update any packages, see any packages, checking for 2.6.0 updates says I am on the latest version.

When I got to register for pfsense Plus again, it say is already registered, but now when I select the pfSense Plus upgrade option, I get an error:
Retrieving: Unable to check for updates:

SSH says:

/root: pfSense-upgrade -d -c >>> Updating repositories metadata... pkg-static: Warning: Major OS version upgrade detected. Running "pkg bootstrap -f" recommended Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue... Could not load client certificate /etc/ssl/pfSense-repo-custom.cert Could not load client certificate /etc/ssl/pfSense-repo-custom.cert Could not load client certificate /etc/ssl/pfSense-repo-custom.cert Could not load client certificate /etc/ssl/pfSense-repo-custom.cert pkg-static: https://pfsense-plus-pkg01.atx.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-core/meta.txz: Authentication error repository pfSense-core has no meta file, using default settings Could not load client certificate /etc/ssl/pfSense-repo-custom.cert Could not load client certificate /etc/ssl/pfSense-repo-custom.cert pkg-static: https://pfsense-plus-pkg01.atx.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-core/packagesite.pkg: Authentication error Could not load client certificate /etc/ssl/pfSense-repo-custom.cert Could not load client certificate /etc/ssl/pfSense-repo-custom.cert pkg-static: https://pfsense-plus-pkg01.atx.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-core/packagesite.txz: Authentication error Unable to update repository pfSense-core Updating pfSense repository catalogue... Could not load client certificate /etc/ssl/pfSense-repo-custom.cert Could not load client certificate /etc/ssl/pfSense-repo-custom.cert Could not load client certificate /etc/ssl/pfSense-repo-custom.cert Could not load client certificate /etc/ssl/pfSense-repo-custom.cert pkg-static: https://pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-pfSense_plus_v23_01//meta.txz: Authentication error repository pfSense has no meta file, using default settings Could not load client certificate /etc/ssl/pfSense-repo-custom.cert Could not load client certificate /etc/ssl/pfSense-repo-custom.cert pkg-static: https://pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-pfSense_plus_v23_01//packagesite.pkg: Authentication error Could not load client certificate /etc/ssl/pfSense-repo-custom.cert Could not load client certificate /etc/ssl/pfSense-repo-custom.cert pkg-static: https://pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-pfSense_plus_v23_01//packagesite.txz: Authentication error Unable to update repository pfSense Error updating repositories! ERROR: Unable to compare version of pfSense-repo

@jdeloach said in Updates to 2.7.0 CE ??? (Solved):

.....or should hold off till I upgrade to 2.7.0 CE

I would do so in any case! It makes no sense
to install packages for 2.7 on 2.6 because the
PHP code was on change and "something" as
I would be imagine about or from.

I’ve seen that posted before. Is your update branch set to 2.7?

I think this will be the problem here.

@Cabledude PHP errors are more or less expected when changing PHP versions during an upgrade. If it’s working with no errors after, I would not worry about it.

@Ignat No, I"m running VMXNET3 and have no problems.

The reason mine failed was because of the squid package. I have to not only remove the package, but delete the cache folder manually. Once the folder was removed, upgrade went through successfully. I don't know why.

Also: Make sure you KEEP the VMware plug-in installed when doing the upgrade. It should be the only installed package prior to upgrade.

@wavesound said in 23.01 -> 23.05 upgrade = bunch of PHP errors:

As a fellow SG-3100 owner I'm convinced that the SG-3100 with ARM doesn't get the same love and attention as its x86 cousins.

I am pretty sure that they will do all for their own
hardware because it is also their "figurehead".

I always see something like this whenever I go to check the forums before upgrading.

Would be the best as I see it, I was installing
three (3x) times,
pfSense 2.6 > 23.01 > 23.05
pfSense 2.7 Devel

But now all is running fine and well for me.
And if I read (like you) the forum before upgrading I see even again and again that
many owners of the Netgate SG hardware
will be mostly installing, upgrading and be
happy by using a real 23.01 or 23.05 image!

That is the other site of the medal, you see
only your case and not the other once!

@bcdouglas - what did you mean by "cert refresh"? Is this equivalent of receiving a new activation token for pfSense Plus, or does it refer to something else? Thanks in advance.

@jimp

That appears to have worked -- even though it too forever to reboot and come back. Thank You!

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@nightreap3r Cert issues are starting to look like a common theme. I have faced one since trying any build related to 23.05 RC onward.

@quale

I was doing it and I would do it even again .

/* XXX: FIX ME! IPV6 */

somebody missed that one 😆 ...would have been easier to type the "i" ;)