Unable to check for updates or Packages
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This is something more than just network problem. If if was a problem with DNS or upstream filtering you would see a more sane error message such as "unable to check for updates".
Have you installed or uninstalled any packages?Steve
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I first noticed the problem after I was setting up and testing a couple ipsec tunnels. Sometime during the process of setting that up I noticed this problem. I'm 99.9% positive it was working before this point.
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Are you routing your network through the IPSEC tunnels?
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Nope. I also have about 20 workstations behind pfsense that have no issues reaching the internet. Also at the moment ipsec is configured but I don't have the tunnels established, intentionally.
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Try getting rid of 127.0.0.1 DNS…..just for testing.
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I removed both 127.0.0.1 and 192.168.0.254 from the dns. No change
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Have you rebooted the firewall?
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yup I rebooted as well after removing them.
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Are you still seeing the php errors you referenced in your first post? Or the more expected error you quoted in your second post?
Steve
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This is the error I was getting in my first topic http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,51619.0.html
php: /index.php: XMLRPC communication error: Operation timed out
At some point before starting this thread I stopped seeing this error.Since then these are the only two errors I'm seeing.
php: /pkg_mgr_installed.php: XMLRPC communication error: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: hostname nor servname provided, or not known
php: /index.php: XMLRPC communication error: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: hostname nor servname provided, or not known -
These PHP errors are an indication that something is more seriously awry. You shouldn't be seeing those at all.
Steve
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I'm getting a 404 on http://updates.pfsense.org/_updaters
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404 is the correct response from that URL.
If you want to see something try http://updates.pfsense.org/_updaters/version which returns a small file with the current version number.
Steve
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Thanks. Didn't intend to hijack… I thought it was related.
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Just to add here, i also have this problem.. for weeks now mine has been saying it cant get update info. Changed nothing.. if i go in and change the update servers still the same. I didnt care too much as i didnt really want to upgrade as mine is running smoothly
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Is there any files or logs we can look at to help track this down?
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Seeing those PHP errors often means some file is missing or corrupted. Have you installed/uninstalled any packages?
If there is nothing helpful in the system log then it would a matter of digging in the code to see what is being passed to the php code that it can't handle and why.You may have found a legitimate bug of course.
At this point, unless you really have a need to know why this happened, I would probably reinstall and see if it is repeatable.
Steve
Edit: You could look in /tmp/PHP_errors.log
