Are pfsense package server down?? "Unable to communicate to pfSense.com…

[lz2kc]

I have the same problem:
Unable to communicate to pfSense.com. Please check DNS, default gateway, etc.

From DIagnostic>Ping
i have a ping to www.google.com, www.yahoo.com …
but i have no a ping to www.pfsense.com or www.pfsense.org
Ping output:

PING pfsense.com (69.64.6.21) from 213.240.xxx.xxx(my ip address): 56 data bytes

--- pfsense.com ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss

Note: Multi-wan is not supported from this utility currently.

More information:
STATUS > SYSTEM LOGS:
php[400]: /pkg_mgr.php: XMLRPC request failed with error 2: Invalid return payload: enable debugging to examine incoming payload

any ideas?

[idelta]

No ideas. I have exactly same problem. Yesterday all was ok.

[Zanotti]

@idelta:

No ideas. I have exactly same problem. Yesterday all was ok.

Me too.

[Perry]

Fixed

[idelta]

Yes ! Thanks. Works.
But :
On snapshot server also strangeness.
From 14.11 "Last modified" for updates and livecd_install folders changes, but no new snapshot-s.

[lz2kc]

It works!
Thanks!

[Loewenpapa]

Is the package-server down again???

[bunbury]

i have the same problem, how did you fix it?
my pfsense was working right but 3 weeks ago fails  and i can't do it work again

[hansol]

same problem

traceroute to pfSense.com

9  po1.ar4.FRA3.gblx.net (67.16.137.138)  31.539 ms  31.270 ms  31.196 ms
10  ge-6-11.car2.Frankfurt1.Level3.net (195.122.136.245)  31.592 ms  31.654 ms  31.452 ms
11  vlan99.csw4.Frankfurt1.Level3.net (4.68.23.254)  41.974 ms  35.432 ms  35.842 ms
12  ae-92-92.ebr2.Frankfurt1.Level3.net (4.69.140.29)  31.560 ms  31.946 ms  31.982 ms
13  ae-42-42.ebr2.Washington1.Level3.net (4.69.137.54)  120.232 ms  120.268 ms  119.913 ms
14  ae-82-82.csw3.Washington1.Level3.net (4.69.134.154)  119.874 ms
    vlan90.csw4.Washington1.Level3.net (4.69.149.254)  120.963 ms  121.956 ms
15  ae-91-91.ebr1.Washington1.Level3.net (4.69.134.141)  121.891 ms  120.432 ms  120.195 ms
16  ae-2-2.ebr3.Atlanta2.Level3.net (4.69.132.85)  133.780 ms  134.042 ms  134.874 ms
17  ae-73-73.csw2.Atlanta2.Level3.net (4.69.148.254)  134.600 ms  134.776 ms  134.621 ms
18  ae-72-72.ebr2.Atlanta2.Level3.net (4.69.148.249)  133.407 ms  142.983 ms  143.782 ms
19  ae-8-8.car1.Nashville1.Level3.net (4.69.140.229)  146.040 ms  146.072 ms  145.997 ms
20  ae-11-11.car2.Nashville1.Level3.net (4.69.140.225)  147.292 ms  147.515 ms  147.122 ms
21  ae-2-2.car2.Louisville1.Level3.net (4.69.140.221)  147.103 ms  146.108 ms  146.197 ms
22  ae-11-11.car1.Louisville1.Level3.net (4.69.140.217)  147.254 ms  147.031 ms  147.475 ms
23  BLUEGRASSNE.car1.Louisville1.Level3.net (4.59.184.6)  146.184 ms  147.547 ms  146.077 ms
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[Cry Havok]

I can reach pfsense.org just fine and pfsense.com. Can your web browser connect?

[hansol]

yes, borwser connect fsense.org and fsense.com

in System: Package Manager >> 1.2.3-RELEASE packages  and  Installed packages is blank .

I did restore and reinstall package and

Loading package configuration …
Starting package deletion for ...
done.
Removing dns-server components...
Configuration... done.
Saving updated package information... overwrite!
The dns-server package is not installed.

Installation aborted.Writing configuration... done.
Starting service.

All packages reinstalled.

My dns is 8.8.8.8