• Unable to install pfSense CE 2.7.2 to mSATA drive

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    Good day, @stephenw10

    Thought I would put the period on this post.

    I used the "pfSense-CE-memstick-2.7.2-RELEASE-amd64.img.gz".

    I was able to connect via the serial cable during POST, catch the BIOS and enable USB booting. From there, everything has gone very smoothly. I'm very happy with the hardware and software. I have several Noctua fans, 16 GB of DDR4 ECC RAM and a i7-7700T CPU heading my way after reading this epic forum ballad.

    This seems like a really great forum and I am grateful that such a altruistic resource is available, and well moderated, for professionals and home-labbers alike. Thank you all!

  • pfblockerng-dev upgrade blowup

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    @jc1976

    You saw all the other recent (last 24 hours) 'pfBlockerng' and 'pfblockerng-devel' forum posts ?

  • Issue booting after upgrade to 23.09.1

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    @stephenw10

    Many thanks for the post. Reinstall and restore worked a treat. Life saver😃👍

  • Can't reinstall on SG-3100

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    stephenw10S

    That will only be valid for a week but you can always open a ticket to request the current image.

  • 2.7.2 Fresh install fails: "Failed to run the post installation script"

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    @doncarajo and @stephenw10
    I would like to thank you both for your assistance. My pfSense router is now up and running.

  • 2.7.2 Unable to check for update

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    stephenw10S

    Indeed it should look like:

    [2.7.2-RELEASE][admin@t70.stevew.lan]/root: pfSense-upgrade -d Messages: Your TAC Subscription expired on 2023-07-08 05:00:00. Please renew your TAC Subscription or purchase a pfSense+ subscription by visiting the <a href="https://shop.netgate.com/products/pfsense-software-subscription" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Netgate store</a>. >>> Updating repositories metadata... Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue... Fetching meta.conf: . done Fetching packagesite.pkg: . done Processing entries: . done pfSense-core repository update completed. 4 packages processed. Updating pfSense repository catalogue... Fetching meta.conf: . done Fetching packagesite.pkg: ......... done Processing entries: .......... done pfSense repository update completed. 550 packages processed. All repositories are up to date. Your packages are up to date

    You may or may not have a message in there. That test instance previously had a TAC subscription.

  • Cannot do a fresh install of pfsense plus on Protectli VP2420

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    stephenw10S

    You alsomost certainly want a 2.7.2 memstick image. If that device has a serial console use the memstick serial image otherwise use the regular memstick image for a video console.

  • Upgrade pfSense

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    @stephenw10
    Many thanks, I deleted old Boot Environments and upgrade to last version is O.K.

  • Stuck in Previous Stable Version branch

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    I encountered an issue with my DNS settings, but surprisingly, my internet connection was still functioning. After resolving the DNS problem, I noticed that version 24.03 was available as an upgrade. While I'm aware that the 3100 model has reached its End of Life (EoL) status, I'm not particularly concerned since I don't use any of the packages that are no longer supported.

    Thanks for the assistance.

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    @veptune said in PfSense : i get "cannot connect to installer daemon" when the install begin:

    cannot calculate the system NDI
    failed to load the system settings

    Ah, OK. It has no NICs it can even read the MAC address from. So, yes, you would need to add some NIC to allow that.

    What is the NIC in that?

  • SG2440 upgrade failure with 23.05.1

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    @stephenw10

    Thanks for getting back to me so fast, for some reason on options in the menu worked and all external connectivity was lost.

    In the end, I downloaded the pfsense installer from Netgate and did a clean install, which seems to have solved everything and kept my config intact.

    Thankfully, all was not lost, bar some pride and some relationship points with the 'misses'.

    Problem solved, and all in all a simple enough fix!

    Thanks

  • Updated from 23.09.1 to 24.03 - Random Crashes

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    stephenw10S

    When it's ready. 😉
    There are a lot of big changes in it and getting them working smoothly is taking time.

  • Unavoidable freeze after first reboot

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  • check_upgrade error after a Proxmox update

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    stephenw10S

    Send me your NDI in chat and I'll check it.

    It would almost certainly have been the NIC change that caused it.

    Steve

  • Why is getting the installer file so complicated?

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    stephenw10S

    Yes that's the correct installer file.

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    "pfSense Plus Public Cloud Firewall/VPN/Router"

  • Problems downgrading to CE

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    stephenw10S

    Yup I can remove it if you send me your NDI in chat.

    But you should be able to enable the CE branches and install that in the installer. Or use the legacy CE installer.

    Steve

  • Netgate SG-5100 upgrade from 21.x to 23.x in one step?

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    stephenw10S

    You can go straight to 23.01 but I would backup the config and reinstall clean from a version that old. It will ultimately be quicker and cleaner.

    https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/solutions/sg-5100/reinstall-pfsense.html

    Steve

  • Kea DHCP continously restarting on 24.03

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    stephenw10S

    Hmm, the logs seem to show that it's the dhcpleases process. However that does not (yet) work with Kea. And it should not shutdown the DHCP server, it restarts the DNS server.

    However I would try disabling resolving dhcp leases in Unbound if it's still enabled. It should be disabled automatically when Kea is enabled.

  • 6100 failing after trying to upgrade from 23.09.01-RELEASE to 24.xx

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    @stephenw10

    well yes that. Plus ultimately the upgrade from 23.09 to 24.xx killed the OS which bricked the device.

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