Package Manager - Operation timed out 103

chsu83

If i go to: Package Manager - Available Packages
I receive the error "Unable to communicate with www.pfsense.com. Please verify DNS and interface configuration, and that pfSense has functional Internet connectivity.".

In System Log:
Feb 21 08:21:58 php: /pkg_mgr.php: XMLRPC communication error: Operation timed out
Feb 21 08:21:58 php: /pkg_mgr.php: XML_RPC_Client: Connection to RPC server www.pfsense.com:80 failed. Operation timed out 103

So i couldn't install any packages. Does anyone have that problem too?

Version
2.1-BETA1 (i386)
built on Tue Feb 19 20:09:59 EST 2013

Reiner030

@chsu83:

Feb 21 08:21:58 php: /pkg_mgr.php: XML_RPC_Client: Connection to RPC server www.pfsense.com:80 failed. Operation timed out 103
So i couldn't install any packages. Does anyone have that problem too?

I guess you have the same problem I had…

www.pfsense.org has address 69.64.6.21
www.pfsense.org has IPv6 address 2605:8000:d:1::167

You have IPv6 configured but IPv6 routes are not working ? => shutdown IPv6 on your WAN interface or fix route ;)

Package download itself is non-problematic:
files.pfsense.org has address 66.111.2.167

(only IPv4 actually because of a problem I got as answer)

Bests

Reiner

jimp

Hey, Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat…

[2.1-BETA1][root@pfsense-amd64.localdomain]/root(20): telnet www.pfsense.org 80
Trying 2605:8000:d:1::167...
Connected to www.pfsense.org.
Escape character is '^]'.
^]
telnet> close
Connection closed.
[2.1-BETA1][root@pfsense-amd64.localdomain]/root(21): env ip6addrctl_enable="yes" ip6addrctl_policy="prefer_ipv4" /etc/rc.d/ip6addrctl start
[2.1-BETA1][root@pfsense-amd64.localdomain]/root(22): telnet www.pfsense.org 80
Trying 69.64.6.21...
Connected to www.pfsense.org.
Escape character is '^]'.
^]
telnet> close
Connection closed.

;D

Reiner030

@jimp:

Hey, Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat…

[2.1-BETA1][root@pfsense-amd64.localdomain]/root(21): env ip6addrctl_enable="yes" ip6addrctl_policy="prefer_ipv4" /etc/rc.d/ip6addrctl start

;D

nice… that is what i was searching last weeks for without success.

=> Request for FAQ :D

Bests

Reiner

jimp

http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Controlling_IPv6_or_IPv4_Preference
:-)

chsu83

yes.. that makes sense, it worked like a charm.. Thx a lot!

phil.davis

@jimp:

http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Controlling_IPv6_or_IPv4_Preference
:-)

The example on that doc page says:

To prefer IPv4:
env ip6addrctl_enable="yes" ip6addrctl_policy="prefer_ipv6" /etc/rc.d/ip6addrctl start

Just a 1-char typo, "prefer_ipv6" should be "prefer_ipv4".

jimp

Yeah I noticed that later and went back and fixed it. Thanks!