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    Fresh install pfblockerNG on pfSense 25.11 RC a lot problems

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    • tinfoilmattT Offline
      tinfoilmatt @Antibiotic
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      @Antibiotic You never followed-up in this thread. Has your pfBlockerNG install been broken since then? Or did you do something at some point to resolve that issue?

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        Antibiotic @Antibiotic
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        Btw the cron schedule missing as well

        Screenshot_20-11-2025_185351_192.168.10.1.jpeg

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          tinfoilmatt @Antibiotic
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          @Antibiotic This feels like package reinstall (without saving settings) at a minimum.

          You could try for the less drastic procedure described under Firewall / pfBlockerNG / General / Keep Settings—but it doesn't seem like that would resolve issue you're now seeing with Unbound.

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            Antibiotic @tinfoilmatt
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            @tinfoilmatt Please read name of post. This is fresh installation of 25.11 RC and fresh installation of pfblockerNG. From scratch

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            CPU: Intel N100
            NIC: Intel i-226v 4 pcs
            RAM : 16 GB DDR5
            Disk: 128 GB NVMe
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              tinfoilmatt @Antibiotic
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              @Antibiotic Not so fresh if you (at least) made ill-advised Unbound configuration changes.

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                Antibiotic @tinfoilmatt
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                @tinfoilmatt I think this soft should work at any way. Doesn't matter what we will change in unbound. But anyway this is RC not stable version, time to correct bugs still to go.

                pfSense plus 25.11 on Topton mini PC
                CPU: Intel N100
                NIC: Intel i-226v 4 pcs
                RAM : 16 GB DDR5
                Disk: 128 GB NVMe
                Brgds, Archi

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                  tinfoilmatt @Antibiotic
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                  @Antibiotic Or it's an issue with your system configuration. I would personally have to troubleshoot your system myself to develop a hunch one way or the other.

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                    Wolf666 @Antibiotic
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                    @Antibiotic you should enable python module on general settings.

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                      Antibiotic @Wolf666
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                      @Wolf666 The pictures were made in unbound mode not a python mode. That why this is option not ticked. When unbound python mode enabled in pfblockerNG this settings going ON by auto.

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                      CPU: Intel N100
                      NIC: Intel i-226v 4 pcs
                      RAM : 16 GB DDR5
                      Disk: 128 GB NVMe
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                        Gertjan @Antibiotic
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                        @Antibiotic said in Fresh install pfblockerNG on pfSense 25.11 RC a lot problems:

                        When unbound python mode enabled in pfblockerNG this settings going ON by auto.

                        I was somewhat surprised to read this, but is is the case.
                        Settings in a package (pfBlockerng) will modify pfSense 'core' (unbound) settings.

                        warning: so-sndbuf 4194304 was not granted. Got 57344

                        I translate :
                        I want 4 million, only got 50k ..... that's some ressource missing, and you need 80 (!!) times more.
                        This can't be a simple RAM, you should have enough of it.
                        Some "buffer size", see pfSense advanced settings ?

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

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                          tinfoilmatt @Gertjan
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                          @Gertjan said in Fresh install pfblockerNG on pfSense 25.11 RC a lot problems:

                          see pfSense advanced settings

                          Services / DNS Resolver / Advanced Settings / Advanced Resolver Options / Message Cache Size

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                            Gertjan @tinfoilmatt
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                            @tinfoilmatt

                            This :

                            127235a2-d185-4b63-aa03-08d6d842e51b-image.png

                            is some internal unbound cache.

                            The errors, imho, talks about something else.
                            I have this "kern.ipc.maxsockbuf(bsd) value" set to :

                            ab11ca5f-7aeb-4ef7-8ca9-3d0b81f2d8e4-image.png

                            a bit more as 4 million ^^
                            Under System > Advanced >System Tunables

                            Btw : I'm just making noise here, as I didn't install the RC yet (as it is less candidate as release to me ^^).

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

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                              tinfoilmatt @Gertjan
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                              @Gertjan said in Fresh install pfblockerNG on pfSense 25.11 RC a lot problems:

                              The errors, imho, talks about something else.

                              The error was generated by PID 55760, user "unbound".

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                                tinfoilmatt @Gertjan
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                                @Gertjan FWIW, the (apparent) default kern.ipc.maxsockbuf is also ~ 4 MB on CE. Presumably OP could've increased this value dramatically—in excess of 10 MB—to match Unbound's configured 'message cache size.' But that's as bad of an idea as arbitrarily increasing the latter in the first place.

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