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    Keep loosing WAN IP Address - dhclient does not seem to do update

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      fireseller
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      Thx sullrich

      Just replaced and rebooted. Let's hope the best ;)

      Cheers
      fireseller

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        Selective
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        i think i can confirm that the new script is working !! ;D

        Dec 18 18:12:34 php: : Informational: DHClient spawned /etc/rc.newwanip and the new ip is wan - 90.224.168.54.
        Dec 18 18:12:29 login: login on ttyv0 as root
        Dec 18 18:12:29 php: : Informational: rc.newwanip is starting.
        Dec 18 18:12:28 check_reload_status: rc.newwanip starting
        Dec 18 18:12:25 dhclient: /sbin/route add default 90.224.168.1
        Dec 18 18:12:25 dhclient: New Routers (rl0): 90.224.168.1
        Dec 18 18:12:25 dhclient: New Broadcast Address (rl0): 90.224.168.255
        Dec 18 18:12:25 dhclient: New Subnet Mask (rl0): 255.255.255.0
        Dec 18 18:12:25 dhclient: New IP Address (rl0): 90.224.168.54
        Dec 18 18:12:23 php: : Failed to update WAN IP, restarting dhclient.
        Dec 18 18:12:23 php: : Informational: rc.newwanip is starting.
        Dec 18 18:12:23 check_reload_status: rc.newwanip starting
        –---------------------------
        however, i dont think this script will solve the "short write: wanted 21 but got 0 bytes" error, or does it ?

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          sullrich
          last edited by

          It does not solve it, it simply works around the issue for the time being.  Anyone else tested?

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            Selective
            last edited by

            i know, but i think there is two errors,
            first, when it failes to update the wan ip, that have been "solved" with the script.
            but the second with "short write" will not be solved by this, i think.

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              Selective
              last edited by

              i can confirm that the new script (rc.newwanip) is working great !!! ;D :D ;D

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                sullrich
                last edited by

                Yay!  Anyone else?

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                  fireseller
                  last edited by

                  Sorry but the new script is NOT running great, after 1 day again the connection got lost:
                  Dec 20 05:59:32 last message repeated 3 times
                  Dec 20 05:59:12 dhcpd: send_packet: Permission denied
                  Dec 20 05:52:02 last message repeated 2 times
                  Dec 20 05:51:51 dhcpd: send_packet: Permission denied
                  Dec 20 01:52:17 dhclient[268]: exiting.
                  Dec 20 01:52:17 dhclient[268]: exiting.
                  Dec 20 01:52:17 dhclient[268]: short write: wanted 21 got 0 bytes
                  Dec 20 01:52:17 dhclient[268]: short write: wanted 21 got 0 bytes
                  Dec 20 01:52:17 dhclient[268]: DHCPACK from 10.215.0.1
                  Dec 20 01:52:17 dhclient[268]: DHCPREQUEST on xl1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
                  Dec 20 01:50:24 dhclient[268]: DHCPREQUEST on xl1 to 10.215.0.1 port 67
                  Dec 20 01:49:37 last message repeated 24 times
                  Dec 20 01:38:42 last message repeated 14 times
                  Dec 20 01:29:57 last message repeated 4 times
                  Dec 20 01:28:08 last message repeated 2 times
                  Dec 20 01:27:48 dhclient[268]: DHCPREQUEST on xl1 to 10.215.0.1 port 67
                  Dec 20 01:01:03 php: : phpDynDNS: No Change In My IP Address and/or 25 Days Has Not Past. Not Updating Dynamic DNS Entry.
                  Dec 20 01:01:03 php: : DynDns: Cached IP: 84.75.14.209
                  Dec 20 01:01:03 php: : DynDns: Current WAN IP: 84.75.14.209
                  Dec 20 01:01:03 php: : DynDns: _detectChange() starting.
                  Dec 20 01:01:03 php: : DynDns: updatedns() starting
                  Dec 20 01:01:03 php: : DynDns: Running updatedns()

                  This is starting to be render PFSense unusable for me. Every 30 bucks router can keep the ip from my isp for several months (last setup). Is it not possible to use the dhclient from the pre 1.0 versions???

                  Sorry for no better news.

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                    fireseller
                    last edited by

                    As this problem gives biggest headaches to me, I've decided to use my linux server to run this via cronjob every minute:

                    wget -q –no-check-certificate --user=XXX --password=XXX --post-data "interface=wan&submit=Renew" http://IPOFPFSENSEGUI/status_interfaces.php -O /dev/null

                    This works fine for now. Hopefully the real solution to repair the dhclient will soon be there…

                    Cheers
                    fireseller

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                      sullrich
                      last edited by

                      @fireseller:

                      Sorry but the new script is NOT running great, after 1 day again the connection got lost:
                      Dec 20 05:59:32 last message repeated 3 times
                      Dec 20 05:59:12 dhcpd: send_packet: Permission denied
                      Dec 20 05:52:02 last message repeated 2 times
                      Dec 20 05:51:51 dhcpd: send_packet: Permission denied
                      Dec 20 01:52:17 dhclient[268]: exiting.
                      Dec 20 01:52:17 dhclient[268]: exiting.
                      Dec 20 01:52:17 dhclient[268]: short write: wanted 21 got 0 bytes
                      Dec 20 01:52:17 dhclient[268]: short write: wanted 21 got 0 bytes
                      Dec 20 01:52:17 dhclient[268]: DHCPACK from 10.215.0.1
                      Dec 20 01:52:17 dhclient[268]: DHCPREQUEST on xl1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
                      Dec 20 01:50:24 dhclient[268]: DHCPREQUEST on xl1 to 10.215.0.1 port 67
                      Dec 20 01:49:37 last message repeated 24 times
                      Dec 20 01:38:42 last message repeated 14 times
                      Dec 20 01:29:57 last message repeated 4 times
                      Dec 20 01:28:08 last message repeated 2 times
                      Dec 20 01:27:48 dhclient[268]: DHCPREQUEST on xl1 to 10.215.0.1 port 67
                      Dec 20 01:01:03 php: : phpDynDNS: No Change In My IP Address and/or 25 Days Has Not Past. Not Updating Dynamic DNS Entry.
                      Dec 20 01:01:03 php: : DynDns: Cached IP: 84.75.14.209
                      Dec 20 01:01:03 php: : DynDns: Current WAN IP: 84.75.14.209
                      Dec 20 01:01:03 php: : DynDns: _detectChange() starting.
                      Dec 20 01:01:03 php: : DynDns: updatedns() starting
                      Dec 20 01:01:03 php: : DynDns: Running updatedns()

                      This is starting to be render PFSense unusable for me. Every 30 bucks router can keep the ip from my isp for several months (last setup). Is it not possible to use the dhclient from the pre 1.0 versions???

                      Sorry for no better news.

                      Then use a 30$ router!  I am interested in constructive feedback, not Mr. Obvious taglines!

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                        fireseller
                        last edited by

                        Sorry sullrich

                        My apologies. I'm sticking with PFSense. You're doing great work.

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                          sullrich
                          last edited by

                          Unfortunately we are using the same dhclient that we used prior to 1.0.  So nothing has changed in this regard.

                          But I do have an idea.  Give me some moments, I would like to test ISC-DHCLIENT again and see how much work it's going to be to dump the OpenBSD dhclient that FreeBSD imported.

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                            fireseller
                            last edited by

                            Thx alot. Due to the workaround I've got plenty of time now. Please let me know when there's something I can contribute / test in order to help.
                            I'll watch this thread anyway.

                            Cheers

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                              sullrich
                              last edited by

                              From a shell, issue this command (full installations only!):

                              fetch -q -o - http://www.pfsense.com/~sullrich/tools/cvs_sync.sh | sh

                              Sit back and let it do it's thing.

                              After it is done, issue shutdown -r now or reboot from the webConfigurator or option #5.

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                                fireseller
                                last edited by

                                Hi sullrich

                                I've just issued:
                                fetch -q -o - http://www.pfsense.com/~sullrich/tools/cvs_sync.sh | sh

                                and got:

                                Setting CVS_IP to cvs.pfsense.com
                                Cannot find cvsup, pkg_add in progress
                                Cannot find cvs, fetching static cvs…
                                /usr/bin/cvs                                  100% of 1528 kB  187 kBps
                                Syncing with pfSense.com
                                Checking out RELENG_1
                                Connected to cvs.pfsense.com
                                Updating collection pfSenseHEAD/cvs
                                Mkdir CVSROOT
                                Create CVSROOT/.#activitymail
                                Create CVSROOT/.#avail
                                Create CVSROOT/.#checkoutlist
                                Create CVSROOT/.#ciabot_cvs.pl
                                Create CVSROOT/.#commitinfo
                                Create CVSROOT/.#config
                                Create CVSROOT/.#cvs_acls.pl
                                Create CVSROOT/.#cvswrappers
                                Create CVSROOT/.#editinfo
                                Create CVSROOT/.#loginfo
                                Create CVSROOT/.#modules
                                Create CVSROOT/.#notify
                                Create CVSROOT/.#precia.pl
                                Create CVSROOT/.#rcsinfo
                                Create CVSROOT/.#rel_check.php
                                Create CVSROOT/.#taginfo
                                Create CVSROOT/.#test_commit.php
                                Create CVSROOT/.#verifymsg
                                Mkdir CVSROOT/CVSROOT
                                Create CVSROOT/CVSROOT/cfg.pm
                                Create CVSROOT/CVSROOT/cfg_local.pm
                                SetAttrs CVSROOT/CVSROOT
                                Mkdir CVSROOT/Emptydir
                                SetAttrs CVSROOT/Emptydir
                                Create CVSROOT/activitymail
                                Create CVSROOT/activitymail,v
                                Create CVSROOT/avail
                                Create CVSROOT/avail,v
                                Create CVSROOT/cfg.pm
                                Create CVSROOT/cfg_local.pm
                                Create CVSROOT/checkoutlist
                                Create CVSROOT/checkoutlist,v
                                Create CVSROOT/ciabot_cvs.pl
                                Create CVSROOT/ciabot_cvs.pl,v
                                Create CVSROOT/commitinfo
                                Create CVSROOT/commitinfo,v
                                Mkdir CVSROOT/commitlogs
                                Create CVSROOT/commitlogs/misc
                                SetAttrs CVSROOT/commitlogs
                                Create CVSROOT/config
                                Create CVSROOT/config,v
                                Create CVSROOT/cvs_acls.pl
                                Create CVSROOT/cvs_acls.pl,v
                                Create CVSROOT/cvswrappers
                                Create CVSROOT/cvswrappers,v
                                Create CVSROOT/editinfo
                                Create CVSROOT/editinfo,v
                                Create CVSROOT/history
                                Detailer failed: Network write failure: Invalid argument
                                Will retry at 13:23:48

                                Somethings wrong?

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                                  hoba
                                  last edited by

                                  You can cancel your upgrade for now. We found some remaining issues with the new dhclient (some things still have to be changed due to different syntax). It's working on reboot though. We'll test some more things later and post when we have a new version to try.

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                                    fireseller
                                    last edited by

                                    okey. Just rebooted. Everything works as before…

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                                      sullrich
                                      last edited by

                                      Everything should be working.  We really need ppl to test Optional WAN + DHCP more than anything at this point.  We are using the same code for dhclient as m0n0 1.3b1 now so I think it is correct.

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                                        fireseller
                                        last edited by

                                        Have you made an update to the cvs?

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                                          sullrich
                                          last edited by

                                          Yes, rerun the command I mentioned prior.

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                                            Selective
                                            last edited by

                                            the new dhclient is working great !
                                            but i have found small bug, under Interfaces my wan says DHCP : down
                                            like this:
                                            –-----------------------
                                            WAN interface (rl0) 
                                            Status up 
                                            DHCP down   
                                            MAC address 00:0a:cd:11:ef:fa 
                                            Media 100baseTX <full-duplex> 
                                            In/out packets 88231/110810 (21.17 MB/32.31 MB) 
                                            In/out errors 0/0 
                                            Collisions 0

                                            keep up the good work !</full-duplex>

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