Captive Portal takes 1 hr to start

[toyinal]

I’m having a unique situation here any help will be greatly appreciated.

During pfsense boot up captive portal loads ipfw but takes about 1 hr to complete the captive portal startup then show ‘done’ on the firewall console.

I’ve been trying to narrow down the issue with no success, because my other pfsense box does not have this delay

Thanks again

[Gertjan]

@toyinal

Are you the admin of that captive portal ?
And if so, why not posting more info ?

Still, an easy is possible.

Save set up.
Goto console, and reset pfSense to default.
On reboot, assign a WAN and LAN, nothing more.
On entering the GUI, set up one extra OPT1 interface - I saw you've plenty of them.
Activate the portal as per Netgate channel Youtube video : the 'simple' version with the pfSense user Manager as an authentication base.
Doe this work ? Boots faster / normal ?

@toyinal said in Captive Portal takes 1 hr to start:

narrow down the issue with no success, because my other pfsense box does not have this delay

The difference in the settings used explain the 'why'.
Do you use a radius setup ? If so, did you try to use the pfSense FreeRadius package?
Trace radius communication between pfSense ?

[toyinal]

@gertjan thanks for quick response, the pfsense box is version 2.5.2
Pfsense is running on HP Z440 with 32GB RAM 500GB SSD
Freeradius3 is configured with external MySQL server
The only other application is pfBlockerng 3.1
Everything works except the long delay in captive portal/ipfw boot
Unfortunately reinstalling will be the last resort since it’s the production system

Thanks

[toyinal]

@gertjan one more thing the pfsense system with no delay in captive portal/ipfw boot is exact replica of the production system but less number of Ethernet ports

[Gertjan]

@toyinal said in Captive Portal takes 1 hr to start:

Unfortunately reinstalling will be the last resort since it’s the production system

Re installing ?
You're using pfSense - not some "Windows 10" PC ;)
All settings are in one file, the file you backup every day (do you ?).
If the system fails - as hardware does all the time, you can get back online in minutes.
Because : you import one file, and all is back to normal.

This makes settings testing with default settings so easy.
It also validates your backup and urgency plan.

@toyinal said in Captive Portal takes 1 hr to start:

but less number of Ethernet ports

What happens when you disable all non needed ports ?

Without having any details, so I just presume, it's a hardware issue.
I know it can boot normally, as you and I use the same software.
The difference is : hardware drivers for the NIC's involved and settings.