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    Port Forwarding stopped working after upgrading to 2.8.0

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      comet424 @stephenw10
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      @stephenw10 ok i unchecked dnssec support under dns resolver..

      i still get frustrated too if internet stop workin but openvpn still shows things connected and i reboot.. it wont reconnect.. pfsense cant ping websites.. resetting states or reboot doesnt help sometimes disabling the interface vpn and then re enabling fixes it.. or i end up restoring that xml i made that avoids adding dns resolver.. and internet and vpns show connection back in openvpn..

      like that is so messed up why that does it...

      but i testing nowing with the dnssec unchecked

      so does the dnssec mean if it doesnt support dns sec it basiclly crashes pfsense ? or locks it in an infinite loop ?

      but ok testing it now and see how it goes

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        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        If you have dnssec enabled then any responses from servers that don't support it will be ignored. When you are forwarding queries to external servers there is no point using DNSSec because you are already trusting the configured servers. But the worse case is if one of those doesn't support DNSSec then you may just see DNS fail if that's the server used.

        See: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/services/dns/resolver-config.html#dns-resolver-options

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          comet424 @stephenw10
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          @stephenw10 so disabling didnt help

          so its almost like a flag if my internet fails for so long pfsense flags and disables

          so what happens

          this is with pppoe or dhcp 192.168.2.x on the WAN

          it will work for a long time or so.. then internet doesnt work VPN goe offline.. VPN and WAN internet no longer work.. Pfsense cant ping google.ca but it can ping 1.1.1.1

          if i reboot wan comes online but it doesnt work pfsense cant ping google only like 1.1.1.1 and its not using monitor ip of 1.1.1.1 just the default DSL modem provides from bell

          so i tried disabling the interfaces WAN and vpns did a reboot then re enabled.. still cant get vpn or WAN to goto any websites.. pfsense cant Ping google.ca but can ping 1.1.1.1

          resetting states does nothing..

          but if i restore my config file.. when reboots vpn up and working, WAn is working, pfsense can ping google.ca and things working... its like the pfsense gets a flag to no longer work even reboots dont fix this flag.. except a restore of the config file..

          is there something in the logs i need to capture when this happens next.. is there a glitch in pfsense maybe that does this... is there a file i need to delete that let me fix it like how you delete the dhcpd leases from shell when the gui doesnt work... is it a glitch cuz my poor internet is causing this.. i havent resolved the homedepot issue.. but for now i dealing with this locking up.. and i not sure if i just let pfsense alone an hour to see if it correct itself..

          and i figured out why host names or description names dont work i had it set to the kea dhcp it doesnt seem to work so i set it back to isc and names show up.. dunno why its broken on the kea side..

          but ya so i dunno what to look for or a logger to say dns resolver is down that u cant ping by web names only ips

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            Gertjan @comet424
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            @comet424 said in Port Forwarding stopped working after upgrading to 2.8.0:

            it will work for a long time or so.. then internet doesnt work VPN goe offline.. VPN and WAN internet no longer work.. Pfsense cant ping google.ca but it can ping 1.1.1.1

            Please rephrase.
            You can't reach 1.1.1.1 - and get replies back - when your internet is down.

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

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              comet424 @Gertjan
              last edited by comet424

              @Gertjan sorry i guess i should added a comma after it cant ping google.ca, but it can ping 1.1.1.1

              so what i ment my stupid dyslexia,,

              i cant ping "google.ca"
              i can ping "1.1.1.1" or "8.8.8.8"

              so names i cant ping ip address i can ping

              sorry

              and the only way to fix it is i gotta restore my configuration file.. as a reboot disabling interfaces vpn or wan and re enabling doesnt fix it.. but i restore the config file and pinging names is back up and working

              i havent tried yet where this fails... like stop any comps on the network of using internet or just unplug lan from pfsese let it sit for an hour and see if it corrects itself..

              but reboots dont fix it but restoring the config file fixes it

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                comet424 @comet424
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                i think cuz my internet so slow and if it gets bogged down where pages dont load etc that it triggers something in pfsense like a flag and doesnt let internet to work properly again

                as my internet is only 3mbps and 500k upload and thats if i lucky just bad internet now a days for rural areas.. but i am getting fiber sometime this year they doing projects.... so i figure my slow internet triggers something in pfsense to disable things and restore fixes it

                now im probably wrong.. but that is what i thinking is going on. from what i experiencing

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                  comet424 @comet424
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                  @stephenw10 so i did more testing
                  cuz pfsense keeps locking me out of internet on the 2.8.0 i dont remember it happening so much on 2.7.2

                  but when the internet stops working on WAN or vpn.. it can connect to some sites on the WAN
                  if i unplug the lan and let the pfsense rest for an hour i still can not ping websites by there name so google.ca ebay.com amazon.com from pfsense but i can ping 1.1.1.1 8.8.8.8

                  i tried reboot and the wan says online, but vpn doesnt work... my site to site to my sisters pfsense is down pfsense can not not ping dns names.. i can just ping ip address's

                  i change the wan from pppoe to dhcp so it gets 192.168.2.x ip and i can just ping ip address not dns names i do a reboot and i still cant connect site to site.. dns names dont work just ips..

                  i delete all in the dns reslover and set ALL ALL for incoming and outgoing.. i do reboot pfsense and still cant ping dns names from pfsense just ip address's

                  i do a restore of the config file boom i can ping dns names again once it reboots.. so something seems to get flag and reboots cant correct it..

                  is it my poor internet thats causing this like seems like a flag issue.. its like a circuit breaker.. it trips and you cant use internet anymore till you reset the breaker or restore pfsense...

                  i cant downgrade to 2.7.2 cuz its not an option in the update.. could this be a panic kernel issue where i had to set that set hint.iwm.disable="1"

                  could the os be panicing and bricking my dns till i restore and then its solved till it breaks like a circuit breaker..

                  is there more tests i can test?

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                    Gertjan @comet424
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                    @comet424 said in Port Forwarding stopped working after upgrading to 2.8.0:

                    i cant ping "google.ca"
                    i can ping "1.1.1.1" or "8.8.8.8"

                    so names i cant ping ip address i can ping

                    if "google.ca" doesn't work, but 1.1.1.1 or 8.8.8.8 works, this means the classic failure applies :
                    DNS is broken.
                    Remember : DNS 'translates' for you a host name like "google.ca" or cnn.com" to an IP address.

                    @comet424 said in Port Forwarding stopped working after upgrading to 2.8.0:

                    but reboots dont fix it but restoring the config file fixes it

                    A reboot : loads the config file, and set up all the parameters.
                    A 'restoring the config file' is very close to 'loads the config file = does the same thing.

                    My advise : remove all VPN stuff.
                    Go back to a working condition as pfSense out of the box works.
                    From then on, make small changes, and use a several days wait and test cycle.

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

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                      comet424 @Gertjan
                      last edited by comet424

                      @Gertjan ok ill retry that ill try to re do it all or ill delete the vpn stuff and go back to plain

                      as ya a reboot doesnt fix anything and site to site that works on WAN not vpn cant even reconnect all you can do is goto ip address;s so its like i thought a breaker is tripped it trips the dns breaker and bricks it till i restore the file as a reboot does nothing..

                      i had to restore the file 3 times yesterday and once this morning to reply to your response..
                      but ok ill give it a try and see what happens remove

                      as it is frustrating for sure as i didnt see this in 2.7.2 or 2.7.0

                      but ill get back to you guys as it craps outs trying to update my unraid Server apps and then i loose internet

                      so i restored file
                      i disabled the 2 vpns interfaces
                      i disabled the LAN rules for vpn and * for all the lan to go out the wan
                      in the dns resolver i set incoming and outgoing to ALL and i disabled the dnssec as i using the lancache for windows updates etc.. so i left it in for now

                      so ill test this setup

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                      • stephenw10S Offline
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                        Yup there is no 'stop working' flag or similar.

                        It's unrelated the driver firmware panic at boot in 2.8.

                        The one thing we can be fairly certain of here is that DNS stops working for some reason. So the first thing I would do is try to resolve something in Diag > DNS Lookup.
                        That will show you what DNS servers are configured and which if any is responding.

                        The other thing that seems consistent is that the VPN(s) fail to connect.
                        That could be a symptom or a cause. If your VPNs are connecting to servers defined by FQDN that would fail if DNS fails. So check that.
                        If the servers are defined by IP they should connect (but don't). That might imply that the DNS is failing because it only works over the VPN.

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                          comet424 @stephenw10
                          last edited by comet424

                          @stephenw10
                          ah ok,.. i figured maybe there was another type style panic where its panicing and bricking the dns as when you reboot it doesnt cure the issue..

                          so im currently running that setup above i disabled the vpn interfaces. and it takes a long time took like 5 min for it for it to take affect when i disabled the 2 interfaces..
                          and i disabled rules vpn so only works through wan.. and pfsense currently can ping

                          so i currently updating my apps in unraid as i wasnt able to it would drop out and then pfsense cant ping till i restore

                          as sitting for 1 hour didnt not fix the dns issues either (with the lan port disconnected..)

                          this here is the dns lookup of google.. its slow due to unraid is updating and maxing out my internet... but it is also this current setup

                          so i restored file
i disabled the 2 vpns interfaces
i disabled the LAN rules for vpn and * for all the lan to go out the wan
in the dns resolver i set incoming and outgoing to ALL and i disabled the dnssec as i using the lancache for windows updates etc.. so i left it in for now

                          so i currently testing that ill do that again when it fails.. or when i re do the vpn
                          but this is currently what i starting from... ill get back to u when if anything fails
                          dns lookup1.png

                          and i not sure how to check vpns for the FQDN ill have to look up what FQDN is ive see that name before

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                            comet424 @comet424
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                            so i looked up what that FQDN so thats like the domain names

                            so for my
                            WAN site to site to my sisters Pfsense i use a domain name
                            VPNS to connect to the PIA is also domain names

                            none use ip address's in the vpn settings

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