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

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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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                                        Selective
                                        last edited by

                                        i just noticed a very good thing, it looks like with the new dhclient, the OpenVPN problem with "address in use" issue is fixed ! at least on my pfsense !

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                                          sullrich
                                          last edited by

                                          @Selective:

                                          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>

                                          Yeah, we are aware of this issue.  Should be fixed rather soon.  Just keep running that command every 12 hours or so and you will have the latest code.  But don't run the command unattended (from cron).

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                                            fireseller
                                            last edited by

                                            Just tried to fetch the newest cvs several times but always got stuck with:

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

                                            Setting CVS_IP to cvs.pfsense.com
                                            Syncing with pfSense.com
                                            Checking out RELENG_1
                                            Connected to cvs.pfsense.com
                                            Updating collection pfSenseHEAD/cvs
                                            Rsync CVSROOT/history
                                            Edit pfSense/etc/inc/service-utils.inc,v
                                            Create pfSense/usr/local/bin/php,v

                                            Any advice?

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