What happened to the CE downloads?

mikey_s · May 4, 2024, 5:53 PM

@SteveITS said in What happened to the CE downloads?:

@stephenw10 i had a minute, so https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/15464

Agree and particularly if you moved a plus license and want to rebuild the previous unit for testing. As license has been moved I should only qualify for CE.

Fortunately I have previous 2.7.2 already downloaded.

periko · May 6, 2024, 3:29 AM

@GeorgePatches I would not going to think 1 cases that could happen...technology doesn't have honor.

U have a system down and need to resinstall pfsense CE and....the netgate download portal for any reason won't answer, is down, etc, etc... I cannot claim...my system is down...

I see the future...

fireodo · May 13, 2024, 10:20 AM

@stephenw10 said in What happened to the CE downloads?:

But, yes, the Net Installer can install multiple different versions of pfSense including both CE and Plus.

Just a few questions: What if the pfsense IS the access to internet? And the access is made via PPPOE?
I guess there is still some work to do ...

Just my 2 cents,

Sherminator · May 13, 2024, 12:02 PM

I didn't get it yet, sorry for this.
Is there no official way to download CE images without registration from now on?

stephenw10 · May 13, 2024, 3:05 PM

@fireodo said in What happened to the CE downloads?:

And the access is made via PPPOE

PPPoE support is coming in the next build of the installer.

fireodo · May 13, 2024, 3:05 PM

@stephenw10 said in What happened to the CE downloads?:

PPPoE support is coming in the next build of the installer.

Thanks - I hope with VLAN Tag Support.

stephenw10 · May 13, 2024, 3:13 PM

Yup should also have that.

slu · May 13, 2024, 6:52 PM

@stephenw10
this is good to know, thanks.

I hope the installer do not try to connect in a endless loop in case I have any typo in my credentials...
https://forum.netgate.com/post/1168647

stephenw10 · May 13, 2024, 6:58 PM

Mmm, what would be much nicer here is if you can put a config on the installer image and the installer uses the WAN config from that to connect out. Then restores the config once installed.
That's one of the options we are looking at.

slu · May 13, 2024, 7:03 PM

@stephenw10 said in What happened to the CE downloads?:

Mmm, what would be much nicer here is if you can put a config on the installer image and the installer uses the WAN config from that to connect out.

That sounds much better to me.

stephenw10 · May 13, 2024, 7:33 PM

Yup. Also, using the interface assignment configured in the installer as the default in the resulting install would be nice. Assuming no config is restored.

GeorgePatches · May 13, 2024, 10:12 PM

@stephenw10 I did have that issue. I setup my interface IP range in the net installer and it just ignored it. Next version maybe.

mcury · May 13, 2024, 10:15 PM

I didn't try this net installer yet, does it have an option to select to which drive I want pfsense to be installed ? As a SG-4100 owner, I think I prefer the option to download the image instead.

GeorgePatches · May 13, 2024, 10:23 PM

@mcury Yes, that part seemed to work much like the standard installer.

mcury · May 13, 2024, 10:24 PM

@GeorgePatches said in What happened to the CE downloads?:

@mcury Yes, that part seemed to work much like the standard installer.

Thanks GeorgePatches