Cannot connect to netgate servers during fresh pfsense install

stephenw10

Right. Checking...

stephenw10

Hmm, try running: cat /var/log/messages
You should see at the end of that log the dhcp client succeeding, unbound starting and ntp updating the system time.

Velocio

@stephenw10

Hey thats the same error message I am receiving. I saw in another post someone had to use a legacy installer. I will try that and let you all know how that works

stephenw10

Well we have found one bug that we are looking at that can present like that.
Check the messages log for ntp failing like:

May 13 14:19:14 pfSense-install ntpd[2374]: ntpd exiting on signal 15 (Terminated)

We are working one that.

undrwater

@stephenw10 Getting the same error here (me too!). Is there an alternate install method (full iso?), or lacking that, how long until this bug is squashed?

Will this require a new install media, or is it somehow related to your servers?

stephenw10

Are you seeing the ntp error in the logs?

What are you trying to install?

vdiago

Hello @stephenw10

Thanks in advance for the support!

Sorry for the delay. This is the complete var/log files so you can analyze.

var_log.tar.gz

Any other info i can get to help you ?

stephenw10

Ok so you are seeing the ntp failure:

May 14 13:41:55 pfSense-install ntpd[1611]: ntpd 4.2.8p17@1.4004-o Thu Feb  1 07:12:45 UTC 2024 (1): Starting
May 14 13:41:55 pfSense-install ntpd[1611]: Command line: /usr/local/sbin/ntpd -g -q -c /tmp/tmp.oZj0zqxJBv 216.239.35.0 216.239.35.4 216.239.35.8 216.239.35.12
May 14 13:41:55 pfSense-install ntpd[1611]: ----------------------------------------------------
May 14 13:41:55 pfSense-install ntpd[1611]: ntp-4 is maintained by Network Time Foundation,
May 14 13:41:55 pfSense-install ntpd[1611]: Inc. (NTF), a non-profit 501(c)(3) public-benefit
May 14 13:41:55 pfSense-install ntpd[1611]: corporation.  Support and training for ntp-4 are
May 14 13:41:55 pfSense-install ntpd[1611]: available at https://www.nwtime.org/support
May 14 13:41:55 pfSense-install ntpd[1611]: ----------------------------------------------------
May 14 13:42:35 pfSense-install ntpd[1611]: ntpd exiting on signal 15 (Terminated)

Do you have something blocking ntp? Just your ISP filtering it?

Either way that is the bug we are currently fixing.

vdiago

@stephenw10 Thanks! Glad to know the logs helped!

Btw, NOTHING is blocked on our side. Got full access and I'm actively using ntp for my local servers.

stephenw10

Can you query those servers like?:

[24.03-RELEASE][admin@1100-3.stevew.lan]/root: ntpdate -q 216.239.35.4
server 216.239.35.4, stratum 1, offset -0.000897, delay 0.03636
14 May 15:54:56 ntpdate[93711]: adjust time server 216.239.35.4 offset -0.000897 sec

undrwater

@stephenw10 I'm installing the netgate-installer-amd64.img via USB.

I get the same errors @vdiago is getting.

stephenw10

@undrwater Same NTP errors logged. Also unable to query ntp manually?

undrwater

@stephenw10 That's correct. In my case at least, when exiting the install script, I don't have access to internet. If I manually set the gateway, I can get internet in the shell. Once I restart the install script, it fails as described here. Another point of possible interest is the following message:

unknown dhcp option value 0x7d

I have been given access to an offline installer.

stephenw10

Mmm, so in your case it never actually pulls a dhcp lease correctly?

undrwater

@stephenw10 I can neither confirm nor deny. That is just one of the messages. If i were to drop to a terminal from the install script, there was no gateway, so no internet access. If i defined a gateway, I'd get internet access. However, if I restarted the install script, it seems it would clear the network, and lose internet access again.

I had mine set up with a LAN port connected to the existing router. No WAN connection.

The offline installer has allowed me to install / update the unit, and it is working as expected now.

Thanks! Let me know if there's any other info I might provide.

Velocio

@undrwater

Can you post a link for the offline installer?

stephenw10

@undrwater said in Cannot connect to netgate servers during fresh pfsense install:

I had mine set up with a LAN port connected to the existing router. No WAN connection.

Ah, OK. You should still have been able to add the existing router as a gateway in the installer to make that work. I assume that's where you were adding the gateway in the CLI.

undrwater

@stephenw10 The installer did not give me an option to add a gateway. At least not an obvious one. I attempted to look.

Maybe a check for a gateway could be included in the script.

stephenw10

Hmm, should be there if you configure the interface as static IP.

undrwater

@stephenw10 I tried with both DHCP and static. In neither case was I informed that a gateway could not be established. Rather, the script just failed out. The script could possibly ask the user if they would like to identify a gateway, as one could not be found.

Thanks for listening!