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    Upgrade to pfSense Plus – Post Upgrade - Update Status Slow / System Update Menu Unresponsive

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      SteveITS Galactic Empire @sam422
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      @sam422 if you have a 4200 you already had Plus so seems like a different issue. You can revert using https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/backup/zfsbe/index.html.

      Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
      When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
      Upvote 👍 helpful posts!

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        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @sam422
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        @sam422 said in Upgrade to pfSense Plus – Post Upgrade - Update Status Slow / System Update Menu Unresponsive:

        I cannot access serial port console; earlier, it was working.

        Nothing in a software update would affect that. Perhaps you have some change in the terminal setup. Or some hardware issue.

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          Gertjan @sam422
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          @sam422 said in Upgrade to pfSense Plus – Post Upgrade - Update Status Slow / System Update Menu Unresponsive:

          Pfsense IP address is 192.168.1.1, when I connect to wifi router which is configured as Access Point, cannot access pfsense management console, if I connect the ethernet, I do not see LAN icon. However I can access the management console when connecting laptop to Pfsense on LAN port.

          That access point, what is its IP(v4) ? if it's also 192.168.1.1, then that would explain a lot.

          No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
          Edit : and where are the logs ??

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            sam422 @Gertjan
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            @Gertjan Isn't 192.168.1.1 the management console IP?

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              Gertjan @sam422
              last edited by Gertjan

              @sam422

              pfSense uses as a default LAN the 192.168.1.1/24 network.
              If your AP does the same thing (as many do) it also winds up using 192.168.1.1/24.
              Then, when you hook up the AP to the pfSense LAN port, you have a fail.

              Solution : assign an IP like 192.168.1.2 to the AP (DNS and gateway should still be 192.168.1.1 = pfSense)

              No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
              Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                sam422 @stephenw10
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                @stephenw10 Thanks, may be a cable issue. I'll check that

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                  hulleyrob @sam422
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                  @sam422 been trying to solve a similar problem for about 2 weeks. finally turned off ipv6 on the WAN and was able to get pkg -d update update to work.

                  Was set to DHCPV6 and was working fine for ages but then everything stopped checking for update and couldnt update or remove packages.

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                    sam422 @hulleyrob
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                    @hulleyrob I'll try this, sure the upgrade screwed the router

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                      hulleyrob @sam422
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                      @sam422 just rebooted and everything is now working normally again managed to update the system packages which being unable was how i knew there was a problem.

                      pkg -d update gave loads of similar warnings to this:

                      • Couldn't find host pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com in the .netrc file; using defaults
                      • Hostname pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com was found in DNS cache
                      • Trying 208.123.73.207:443...
                      • Connected to pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com (208.123.73.207) port 443
                      • ALPN: curl offers http/1.1
                      • CAfile: none
                      • CApath: /etc/ssl/certs/
                      • SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate
                      • Closing connection

                      which is problem why the upgrade checker wasnt working and couldnt even remove a package.

                      disabling ipv6 on the wan seemed to fix it for some reason.

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                      • GertjanG
                        Gertjan @hulleyrob
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                        @hulleyrob said in Upgrade to pfSense Plus – Post Upgrade - Update Status Slow / System Update Menu Unresponsive:

                        disabling ipv6 on the wan seemed to fix it for some reason.

                        But IPv4 was used :

                        @hulleyrob said in Upgrade to pfSense Plus – Post Upgrade - Update Status Slow / System Update Menu Unresponsive:

                        Trying 208.123.73.207:443...

                        The issue is/was this : "SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate" .....

                        Not sure, but it won't hurt, if this helps :

                        certctl rehash
                        

                        No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                        Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                          hulleyrob @Gertjan
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                          @Gertjan it didnt but I did try it earlier on.

                          It was weird the only thing I have changed in months was adding DHCPv6 which is why I set it back to none. I guess it could have just been unrelated and fixed when it rebooted but I thought i should mention it as thats what I did.

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