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      Waqar.UK @stephenw10
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      @stephenw10
      Good evening Stephen,

      virgin media cable Internet to get a WAN, the cable modem has to be switched off and left for about 2-3 minutes then rebooted. Only then a WAN is recognised during the setup from option 1 in console.
      VM uses DHCP.

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        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        If you change router device, and hence the MAC, the modem would likely have to be rebooted. But otherwise you should be able to disconnect the WAN cable or reboot pfSense and it will pull an IP again. Is that not the case?

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          Waqar.UK @stephenw10
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          @stephenw10

          I far as I know what I have seen on my search on the Internet, for VM is what I said to obtain a WAN IP the cable modem has to re-booted after leaving it off for about 2 minutes.
          He cannot get to the Web GUI.

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            Like every time they reboot pfSense? That seems ridiculous. Can we see a boot log DHCP log?

            But that didn't happen in 2.6?

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              Waqar.UK @stephenw10
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              @stephenw10 said in Interfaces assignment?:

              Like every time they reboot pfSense? That seems ridiculous. Can we see a boot log DHCP log?

              But that didn't happen in 2.6?

              He has decided to re install 2.7. No it it did not take place with 2.6.
              Nothing has changed apart from a new Asus wireless. But that should not stop Pfsense from getting a WAN or LAN.

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                I agree. If it still does so after after reinstalling 2.7 clean I'd say it's almost certainly because of the timing change at boot.
                If you look through the system logs and see the WAN interface show link UP during boot and ignoring it that's probably the problem.

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                  Waqar.UK @stephenw10
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                  @stephenw10

                  At boot, part of the sequence shows that the WAN is OK.
                  Is that part of what I should look out for?
                  How can I see system logs?

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                    You can see the logs in the gui in Status > System Logs. The main System tab there will show it if it's just booted.

                    If you see log entries showing the WAN link going UP and DOWN during boot and possibly /rc.linkup: Ignoring link event during boot sequence.

                    Then you might be hitting this. Adding a boot delay may prevent it. See for example: https://forum.netgate.com/topic/181890/pfsense-router-does-not-receive-ip-adress-from-isp

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                      Waqar.UK @stephenw10
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                      @stephenw10

                      I will ask him, but he has made up his mind to do a fresh install of version 2.7.

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                        Reinstalling is always a good test. That will show if it;s something in the config or something brought across in an upgrade.

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                          Waqar.UK @stephenw10
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                          @stephenw10

                          I helped him to do a clean new install of ver 2.7.
                          All is working now.

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