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    Dsl connection stays down

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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      XIII
      last edited by

      sorry didnt see that, no but i will and will let you know.
      how would that affect it? isnt dial on demand supposed to be enabled if you want the Internet "always on"?

      -Chris Stutzman
      Sys0:2.0.1: AMD Sempron 140 @2.7 1024M RAM 100GHD
      Sys1:2.0.1: Intel P4 @2.66 1024M RAM 40GHD
      freedns.afraid.org - Free DNS dynamic DNS subdomain and domain hosting.
      Check out the pfSense Wiki

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        danswartz
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        no, you have it backwards.  "on demand" means "only bring it up if there is traffic".

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          XIII
          last edited by

          so essentially the vpn does not create the traffic that would keep the connection up?
          I will make sure its disabled and get back to you when i have made the change, wont be able to do it for a day or two though.

          -Chris Stutzman
          Sys0:2.0.1: AMD Sempron 140 @2.7 1024M RAM 100GHD
          Sys1:2.0.1: Intel P4 @2.66 1024M RAM 40GHD
          freedns.afraid.org - Free DNS dynamic DNS subdomain and domain hosting.
          Check out the pfSense Wiki

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            danswartz
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            well, maybe.  do you have the vpn setup to send keepalive packets?  if not, try that.  then again, you could just disable the option :)

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              XIII
              last edited by

              vpn is set up to do the keep alive.
              I will try to disable it and see what happens.

              -Chris Stutzman
              Sys0:2.0.1: AMD Sempron 140 @2.7 1024M RAM 100GHD
              Sys1:2.0.1: Intel P4 @2.66 1024M RAM 40GHD
              freedns.afraid.org - Free DNS dynamic DNS subdomain and domain hosting.
              Check out the pfSense Wiki

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                XIII
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                I disabled it and still have a problem, turns out snort is whats causing the problem, it is blocking the wan ip of the local box, so that nothing can go out the wan connection unless i unblock it from snort… will try using an fqdn (since my ips are dynamic) to see if it fixes the problem

                -Chris Stutzman
                Sys0:2.0.1: AMD Sempron 140 @2.7 1024M RAM 100GHD
                Sys1:2.0.1: Intel P4 @2.66 1024M RAM 40GHD
                freedns.afraid.org - Free DNS dynamic DNS subdomain and domain hosting.
                Check out the pfSense Wiki

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                  danswartz
                  last edited by

                  glad you figured that out.  i'm not surprised, i gave up on snort a couple of years ago after similar false positive fiascos :(

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                    XIII
                    last edited by

                    it is too bad, do you know if the whitelist works with fqdns?
                    I have left the dial on demand disabled in case it was part of the problem.

                    -Chris Stutzman
                    Sys0:2.0.1: AMD Sempron 140 @2.7 1024M RAM 100GHD
                    Sys1:2.0.1: Intel P4 @2.66 1024M RAM 40GHD
                    freedns.afraid.org - Free DNS dynamic DNS subdomain and domain hosting.
                    Check out the pfSense Wiki

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                      danswartz
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                      Not sure if you are talking to me.  If so, I have no idea, since I have been burned twice with snort.

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                        XIII
                        last edited by

                        i was since you were the only one helping me. Its burned you twice huh, doesnt sound too good.
                        I still think this is related to my upgrade as it didnt do this on 1.2.2, I will ask it on the snort board.

                        Thanks for your help at least the connectivity issue is solved, if i cant use snort im not going to worry as it isnt critial to me.

                        -Chris Stutzman
                        Sys0:2.0.1: AMD Sempron 140 @2.7 1024M RAM 100GHD
                        Sys1:2.0.1: Intel P4 @2.66 1024M RAM 40GHD
                        freedns.afraid.org - Free DNS dynamic DNS subdomain and domain hosting.
                        Check out the pfSense Wiki

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