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1.2.1-BETA success stories

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved 1.2.1-RC Snapshot Feedback and Problems-RETIRED
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    sullrich
    last edited by Jul 7, 2008, 10:30 PM

    Please post if you are able to boot, etc.  Curious if its working for anyone.

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      celtic
      last edited by Jul 7, 2008, 10:33 PM

      am booting… ;) just no dhcpd ...
      did a fresh install... my embedded upgrade crashed... :-S

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        sullrich
        last edited by Jul 7, 2008, 10:38 PM

        Already responded to that thread.  I am looking for other success stories.

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          gigli
          last edited by Jul 8, 2008, 1:02 AM

          I've upgraded to 1.2.1 via ssh and most of it works, firewall logs in dashboard and iperf does not work. Extra packages i'm using is dns server, squid, phpsysinfo and dashboard. I'm using pfsense mainly as a firewall and dhcp and proxy server, no pptp or vpn.

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            sullrich
            last edited by Jul 8, 2008, 1:18 AM

            Try the reinstall all packages option under Diagnostics -> Backup/Restore.

            If any of that fails look in /tmp/ and you will see a pkg log file for the item in question.  Please start another thread with this info, thanks.

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              cmb
              last edited by Jul 8, 2008, 6:14 AM

              I just successfully upgraded my perimeter multi-WAN firewall to 1.2.1. In the process we found an issue with fping that has been fixed, load balancing was not working prior to that. Small fallout from the build system changes, the snapshots have been restarted and the fixed versions will be available in about 2 hours from the time of this post.

              After that fix, I'm in good shape! Upgrade went very well aside from that minor build issue we got knocked out.

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                Hawara
                last edited by Jul 8, 2008, 12:37 PM

                Just upgraded 1.2 to 1.2.1-TESTING-SNAPSHOT built on Tue Jul 8 07:24:59 EDT 2008.

                Everything seems to work fine. On 1.2 the CPU load was 40%, now it`s 0% O_o

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                  mascaos
                  last edited by Jul 8, 2008, 5:17 PM

                  Upgraded from 1.2 to 1.2.1-TESTING-SNAPSHOT built on Tue Jul 8 07:24:59 EDT 2008

                  All Ok. DHCP not work.

                  My HW:
                  Embedded VIA C3 Nehemiah+RNG+AES + C3 1GHz + 2 Lan Via + 4 Lan DLink

                  PGK_ADD Work fine !

                  GOOD !

                  Ciaoz.-

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                    sullrich
                    last edited by Jul 8, 2008, 11:39 PM

                    DHCP Fixed.  please test next snap.

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                      adrianhensler
                      last edited by Jul 10, 2008, 10:46 AM

                      Success story - from 1.2 to 1.2.1 Full upgrade - all was good instantly as far as I can tell.  Fairly generic home setup here though; the only weirdness I have is a asterisk box behind the router.

                      The html for the auto-upgrade page was wonky at first but after that everything was fine.  I somehow even missed the brief dhcp breakage.

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                        knirkm
                        last edited by Jul 10, 2008, 11:48 AM

                        Spectacular results on  my 1.2.1 1.2.1-TESTING-SNAPSHOT  built on Wed Jul 9 00:54:47 EDT 2008

                        Pretty basic home setup full Install using intel gig and 10/100 adapters, and a new Ralink Technology RT2661 wireless card (ral0).  All interfaces operating appropriately and no wireless issues.

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                          marsboer
                          last edited by Jul 10, 2008, 12:16 PM

                          Working beautifully here too, exept for the broken dependency in the iperf package. Just using it as a home firewall with an AMD A64 3200+, 1gb RAM and a Intel Pro/1000 PT dual-port PCIe adapter.
                          Not sure about the performance though, as iperf is broken. I could set up a test scenario going through my firewall, but I don't want to mess with the setup.

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                            Unlogic
                            last edited by Jul 15, 2008, 12:38 AM

                            I installed the pfSense-20080713-2312.iso snapshot on a Jetway J7F4K1G2E based ITX machine tonight and everything is working very nicely so far.

                            As some of you may already know the J7F4K1G2E motherboard has two Realtek rtl8110sc gigabit NIC's onboard which are known to be very problematic in FreeBSD. Infact pfSense 1.2 wouldn't even install on this motherboard but the 1.2.1 snapshot worked like a charm and the NIC's are working very well so far.

                            The only issue I came across was that I had to delete and recreate some of my NAT rules after I enabled NAT reflection in order for the NAT reflection to work for these rules. But this could also be a user error from side since this is the first time I try pfSense.

                            /Unlogic

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                              chpalmer
                              last edited by Jul 19, 2008, 3:44 AM Jul 18, 2008, 4:38 PM

                              Running a Dell Dimension L55r with Netgear FA311 (sis)(wan) and a GA311 (re)(lan) NIC's.

                              Six pc's, two voip phone systems, and a webserver behind this box.

                              And OpenVPN for when Im away…   ;D

                              Better latency through this box than my old Zonet router by roughly 50% under load by the way...

                              edit- And now because of what Ive read Here…  Im using Siproxd successfully on this server…      ;D ;D

                              Triggering snowflakes one by one..
                              Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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                                kev009
                                last edited by Jul 20, 2008, 8:04 AM

                                Works fine here, Compaq Deskpro EN with 3 em interfaces and onboard Intel 100M.  I sure miss squid however, it was cutting down about 15% of local http traffic!

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                                  nickshore
                                  last edited by Jul 21, 2008, 3:39 PM

                                  Seems to be working well on the FX5621 platform.

                                  We supplied one to Scott so he could get the gigabit eth working.

                                  See our webiste for details of the box:
                                  http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=11714

                                  Nick.

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                                    familyguy
                                    last edited by Jul 22, 2008, 2:04 AM

                                    Supermicro motherboard (PIIIDME)
                                    Dual P3-850 processors
                                    1gig ECC SDRAM
                                    80gig barracuda IDE drive
                                    integrated 10/100 Intel 82559 Ethernet controller (currently not used)
                                    Linksys EG1032 PCI 10/100/1000 ethernet NIC for LAN
                                    2 x Netgear 10/100 cards (FA310…the old DEC tulip chips) for 2 WAN Links

                                    I was having issues with 1.2-RELEASE and traffic shaping.  With the latest 1.2.1 build (as of 7/20/08 am) everything works great!

                                    It is now the main firewall for an office of about 60 folks.  I'll leave it as just a plain Jane firewall for a few days and then try to use it to loadbalance multiple links from diverse ISP WAN links.

                                    Kudos to the development team.  If any of you guys wind up in NYC, I'll gladly provide food/drinks/entertainment.  :)

                                    Best,

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                                      sullrich
                                      last edited by Jul 22, 2008, 8:22 PM

                                      Hey great to hear all these success stories.  We're going to work on getting package issues resolved and try to get a RC out this weekend!  Yay!

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                                        cybrsrfr
                                        last edited by Jul 25, 2008, 7:53 AM Jul 25, 2008, 7:44 AM

                                        I installed pfSense 1.2.1-TESTING-SNAPSHOT
                                        built on Thu Jul 24 23:13:20 EDT 2008 on my home firewall today.

                                        It is working great. I have tested the following:
                                        NAT  (AON)
                                        Rules
                                        DHCP
                                        OpenVPN point to point
                                        PPTP
                                        DNS Forwarder
                                        Wireless (Linksys wusb54g) ural0

                                        My wireless is setup as an Access Point with WPA2 PSK.

                                        I'm not going back to pfSense 1.2 from here on out its 1.2.1 or higher. I'm convinced pfSense 1.2.1 is ready for its first Release Candidate.

                                        pfSense running on FreeBSD7 is so exciting. I plan to do a lot of testing on the wireless.

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                                          chazers18
                                          last edited by Aug 22, 2008, 11:53 AM

                                          Fresh install
                                          AMD 900 declocked to 810
                                          640mb ram
                                          3 3com cards
                                          hd install

                                          just installed like normal and uploaded the backup from 1.2.

                                          30 or so pc sitting behind the firewall and 10 vpn mobile users so far so good.
                                          will edit and report after a good burn in

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