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      abeowitz
      last edited by

      I've been having this problem since January.  I found that if I pull out the ethernet cable and replug it back in, it'll start working again for a while.

      It's been getting worse recently.  Thought it was my DSL or Clearwire, but bypassing the FW proved they were fine.

      I thought it might be my USB ethernet adapters.  (Since my box only has one ethernet port, I have to use USB for WAN and OPT1.)  But other brands of USB ethernet also failed.

      After reading this thread, I went back to 2.0.2, but forgot that my ethernet card isn't supported in FreeBSD 8.1, so I tried the 2.1 beta disc I made back on Nov 29th, and things seem very stable at the moment.  – I started fresh with minimal configuration/tweaking and have not upgraded.

      I did have an AMD proc and powernow settings enabled.  In retrospect, I should've tested that, or some of the other advanced ethernet settings...

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        TravisD
        last edited by

        Update: Stable overnite running on 2.0.1. Will continue to monitor.

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          tworush
          last edited by

          woutervb
          I have the same problem my work around is creating a script which pings google and if packet lost my network card restarts

          copy and save this file in the root home directory called wan_check.sh

          #!/usr/bin/env bash
#/usr/local/bin/network_check

# Script to monitor and restart network card

maxPloss=10 #Maximum percent packet loss before a restart

restart_networking() {
        # Add any commands need to get network back up and running
        sh /root/wan.sh

}

# First make sure we can resolve google, otherwise 'ping -w' would hang
if ! $(host -W5 www.google.com > /dev/null 2>&1); then
        #Make a note in syslog
        logger "network_check: Network connection is down, restarting network ..."
        restart_networking
        exit
fi

# Initialize to a value that would force a restart
# (just in case ping gives an error and ploss doesn't get set)
ploss=101
# now ping google for 10 seconds and count packet loss
ploss=$(ping -q -w10 www.google.com | grep -o "[0-9]*%" | tr -d %) > /dev/null 2>&1

if [ "$ploss" -gt "$maxPloss" ]; then
        logger "Packet loss ($ploss%) exceeded $maxPloss, restarting network ..."
        restart_networking
fi

          This code will restart Wan if ping loses packets.  change de1 to your wan interface
          name this file wan.sh

          ifconfig de1 down
sleep 5
ifconfig de1 up
dhclient de1

          change the attriputes (Chmod) to 777 on both files
          and setup cron job to check the wan interface every 30 min
          30  0  *  *  *  root  /root/wan_check.sh

          Note I had to make the folowing change because running under Hyper-v.  Change Speed and duplex to "100 base tx full duplex" this located under interface–> WAN

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            abeowitz
            last edited by

            What do you all have powerd set to?

            Mine seems to fail when powerd is checked.  But that could be just coincidence…  (Looking for patterns.)

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              Zorac
              last edited by

              mine is unchecked (off)

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                abeowitz
                last edited by

                So, I updated from 2012-11-29 to today and the problem returned.

                However, reconfiguring from scratch, I made the WAN & OPT IP's static, and it seems stable.  (Though static means I have to NAT again through the modems.)

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                  TravisD
                  last edited by

                  Do you guys have OpenVPN configured (but perhaps not used) by any chance? I'm starting to think that this may have started for me about the time I started messing with OpenVPN (I got interested when the IOS OpenVPN App came out). I came across a post here somewhere that seemed to correlate one of the various error messages with OpenVPN.

                  I just whacked the OpenVPN config on my system to see if it stabilizes at all. We'll see what happens.

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                    Zorac
                    last edited by

                    I do have openvpn configured.  I use it for my tablet when I'm away from home.

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                      TravisD
                      last edited by

                      I just did a 100% clean install of 2.1.  Didn't bring in any old config, just configured a handfull of NATs that I need. No VPN, etc. We'll see how this one goes…

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                        TravisD
                        last edited by

                        At least I seem to be moving the ball around…  (Oh, my apologies for spreading this around to multiple areas of the support forum. Since I'm now on 2.1, I'll try and put things here and redirect the others to here. Bad forum behavior, I know - sorry!)

                        Fresh, clean, no-legacy install of 2.1 -- still fails, but failed differently this time.

                        
Feb 28 23:26:00 gw check_reload_status: Linkup starting ue0
Feb 28 23:26:00 gw kernel: ue0: link state changed to DOWN
Feb 28 23:26:00 gw kernel: ue0: link state changed to UP
Feb 28 23:26:01 gw check_reload_status: Linkup starting ue0
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw php: : DEVD Ethernet detached event for wan
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient[52833]: connection closed
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient[52833]: exiting.
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw php: : DEVD Ethernet attached event for wan
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw php: : HOTPLUG: Configuring interface wan
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: PREINIT
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw kernel: arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo for 68.48.154.1
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw kernel: arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo for 68.48.154.1
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: Starting delete_old_states()
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: Comparing IPs: Old: New: 
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: Comparing Routers: Old: New: 
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient[68325]: DHCPREQUEST on ue0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient[68325]: DHCPACK from 73.129.106.1
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: REBOOT
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: Starting delete_old_states()
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: Comparing IPs: Old: New: 68.48.155.52
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: Comparing Routers: Old: New: 68.48.154.1
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: Removing states through old gateway '' (new gateway '68.48.154.1')
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: Starting add_new_address()
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: ifconfig ue0 inet 68.48.155.52 netmask 255.255.254.0 broadcast 255.255.255.255 
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: New IP Address (ue0): 68.48.155.52
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: New Subnet Mask (ue0): 255.255.254.0
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: New Broadcast Address (ue0): 255.255.255.255
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: New Routers (ue0): 68.48.154.1
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: Adding new routes to interface: ue0
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: /sbin/route add default 68.48.154.1
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: Creating resolv.conf
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw check_reload_status: rc.newwanip starting ue0
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient[68325]: bound to 68.48.155.52 -- renewal in 163608 seconds.
Feb 28 23:26:04 gw php: : Clearing states to old gateway 68.48.154.1.
Feb 28 23:26:06 gw php: : rc.newwanip: Informational is starting ue0.
Feb 28 23:26:06 gw php: : rc.newwanip: on (IP address: ) (interface: wan) (real interface: ue0).
Feb 28 23:26:06 gw php: : rc.newwanip: Failed to update wan IP, restarting…
Feb 28 23:26:06 gw check_reload_status: Configuring interface wan
Feb 28 23:26:08 gw dhclient[78874]: dhclient already running, pid: 76098.
Feb 28 23:26:08 gw dhclient[78874]: exiting.
Feb 28 23:26:08 gw php: : The command '/sbin/dhclient -c /var/etc/dhclient_wan.conf ue0 > /tmp/ue0_output 2> /tmp/ue0_error_output' returned exit code '1', the output was '' 
Feb 28 23:26:22 gw check_reload_status: Updating all dyndns
Feb 28 23:26:22 gw check_reload_status: Restarting ipsec tunnels
Feb 28 23:26:22 gw check_reload_status: Restarting OpenVPN tunnels/interfaces
Feb 28 23:26:22 gw check_reload_status: Reloading filter
Feb 28 23:26:25 gw php: : DynDns: updatedns() starting
Feb 28 23:26:25 gw php: : DynDNS (travisd.dyndns.org): running get_failover_interface for wan. found ue0
Feb 28 23:26:25 gw php: : DynDNS (travisd.dyndns.org) There was an error trying to determine the public IP for interface - wan(ue0). Probably interface is not a WAN interface.
Feb 28 23:26:25 gw php: : Could not find IPv4 gateway for interface (wan).
Feb 28 23:26:25 gw php: : Could not find IPv4 gateway for interface (wan).
Feb 28 23:26:25 gw php: : Could not find IPv4 gateway for interface (wan).
Feb 28 23:26:25 gw php: : Could not find IPv4 gateway for interface (wan).
Feb 28 23:26:25 gw php: : Could not find IPv4 gateway for interface (wan).
Feb 28 23:26:26 gw php: : DynDns: updatedns() starting
Feb 28 23:26:26 gw php: : DynDNS (travisd.dyndns.org): running get_failover_interface for wan. found ue0
Feb 28 23:26:26 gw php: : DynDNS (travisd.dyndns.org) There was an error trying to determine the public IP for interface - wan(ue0). Probably interface is not a WAN interface.

                        Files as they looked before release/renew:

                        
[2.1-BETA1][root@gw.tubas.net]/root(7): cat /tmp/ue0*
fe80::201:5cff:fe22:1281
dhclient already running, pid: 76098.
exiting.

[2.1-BETA1][root@gw.tubas.net]/var/etc(13): cat dhclient_wan.conf 
interface "ue0" {
timeout 60;
retry 15;
select-timeout 0;
initial-interval 1;

 script "/sbin/dhclient-script";
}

                        No significant DHCP traffic on tcpdump at this time on the WAN interface (filtering on port 67). Removing the filter, I saw normal looking arp traffic.

                        tcpdump while doing release/renew (at least that works again to restore service!) produced minimal output, but it looks reasonable to me:

                        
23:32:43.335315 IP (tos 0x10, ttl 16, id 0, offset 0, flags [none], proto UDP (17), length 328)
    c-68-48-155-52.hsd1.md.comcast.net.bootpc > 255.255.255.255.bootps: BOOTP/DHCP, Request from 00:50:b6:59:70:f5 (oui Unknown), length 300, xid 0xba01a458, Flags [none] (0x0000)
   Client-Ethernet-Address 00:50:b6:59:70:f5 (oui Unknown) [|bootp]
23:32:43.354619 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 60020, offset 0, flags [none], proto UDP (17), length 338)
    73.129.106.1.bootps > c-68-48-155-52.hsd1.md.comcast.net.bootpc: BOOTP/DHCP, Reply, length 310, hops 1, xid 0xba01a458, Flags [none] (0x0000)
   Your-IP c-68-48-155-52.hsd1.md.comcast.net
   Gateway-IP 73.129.106.1
   Client-Ethernet-Address 00:50:b6:59:70:f5 (oui Unknown) [|bootp]

                        And again the post-renew output from the various dhcp files:

                        
[2.1-BETA1][root@gw.tubas.net]/var/etc(18): cat /tmp/ue0*
fe80::201:5cff:fe22:1281
dhclient: PREINIT
dhclient: Starting delete_old_states()
OLD_IP: not found
dhclient: Comparing IPs: Old: New: 
dhclient: Comparing Routers: Old: New: 
DHCPREQUEST on ue0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK from 73.129.106.1
bound to 68.48.155.52 -- renewal in 163409 seconds.
68.48.154.1
[2.1-BETA1][root@gw.tubas.net]/var/etc(19): cat dhc
dhclient_wan.conf dhcp6c_wan_script.sh* 
[2.1-BETA1][root@gw.tubas.net]/var/etc(19): cat dhclient_wan.conf 
interface "ue0" {
timeout 60;
retry 15;
select-timeout 0;
initial-interval 1;

 script "/sbin/dhclient-script";
}

                        So, something changed by doing a fresh install of the 2.1 snapshot, but things still seme broken.

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                          abeowitz
                          last edited by

                          Even with static IPs on WAN and OPT1, I still get lots of these in my dmesg logs:

                          ue1: link state changed to DOWN
                          ue1: link state changed to UP
                          ue0: link state changed to DOWN
                          ue0: link state changed to UP
                          pfsync0: promiscuous mode disabled
                          ue0: link state changed to DOWN
                          ue0: link state changed to UP
                          ue0: link state changed to DOWN
                          ue0: link state changed to UP
                          pfsync0: promiscuous mode enabled

                          I'm getting small % packet loss, which seems to correlate to the link states.  But there's no interruption in web surfing.

                          I don't have OpenVPN enabled/configured.  I do have the export keys module installed, but haven't done anything with that yet.

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                            TravisD
                            last edited by

                            So I had configured a couple of dynamic DNS updaters, but decided to pull them out for one reason or another.

                            Upon deleting them, this appears in the system.log:

                            
Mar  1 01:05:29 gw php: /services_dyndns.php: The command '/bin/rm /conf/dyndns_*.cache' returned exit code '1', the output was 'rm: /conf/dyndns_wandyndns'travisd.dyndns.org'0.cache: Read-only file system rm: /conf/dyndns_wanopendns'travisd.dyndns.org'1.cache: Read-only file system'

                            …and the WAN link dies again (loses it's IP address)

                            Manually trying to remove these replicates the issue:

                            
[2.1-BETA1][root@gw.tubas.net]/conf(12): rm -f dyndns_*
rm: dyndns_wandyndns'travisd.dyndns.org'0.cache: Read-only file system
rm: dyndns_wanopendns'travisd.dyndns.org'1.cache: Read-only file system

                            Edit: More logs, this is what spits out now when it dies (and before manual recovery via release/renew)

                            
Mar  1 01:34:58 gw check_reload_status: Linkup starting ue0
Mar  1 01:34:58 gw kernel: ue0: link state changed to DOWN
Mar  1 01:34:58 gw kernel: ue0: link state changed to UP
Mar  1 01:34:58 gw check_reload_status: Linkup starting ue0
Mar  1 01:34:58 gw kernel: ue0: link state changed to DOWN
Mar  1 01:34:58 gw kernel: ue0: link state changed to UP
Mar  1 01:34:58 gw check_reload_status: Linkup starting ue0
Mar  1 01:34:58 gw check_reload_status: Linkup starting ue0
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw php: : DEVD Ethernet detached event for wan
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw php: : DEVD Ethernet attached event for wan
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw dhclient[23035]: connection closed
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw dhclient[23035]: exiting.
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw php: : DEVD Ethernet detached event for wan
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw php: : HOTPLUG: Configuring interface wan
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw php: : DEVD Ethernet attached event for wan
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw php: : HOTPLUG: Configuring interface wan
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw dhclient: PREINIT
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw dhclient[44035]: dhclient already running, pid: 43420.
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw dhclient[44035]: exiting.
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw php: : The command '/sbin/dhclient -c /var/etc/dhclient_wan.conf ue0 > /tmp/ue0_output 2> /tmp/ue0_error_output' returned exit code '1', the output was '' 
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw dhclient: Starting delete_old_states()
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw dhclient: Comparing IPs: Old:  New: 
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw dhclient: Comparing Routers: Old:  New: 
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw dhclient[43420]: DHCPREQUEST on ue0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw dhclient[43420]: DHCPACK from 73.129.106.1
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw dhclient: REBOOT
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw dhclient: Starting delete_old_states()
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw dhclient: Comparing IPs: Old:  New: 68.48.155.52
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw dhclient: Comparing Routers: Old:  New: 68.48.154.1
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw dhclient: Removing states through old gateway '' (new gateway '68.48.154.1')
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw dhclient: Starting add_new_address()
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw dhclient: ifconfig ue0 inet 68.48.155.52 netmask 255.255.254.0 broadcast 255.255.255.255 
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw dhclient: New IP Address (ue0): 68.48.155.52
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw dhclient: New Subnet Mask (ue0): 255.255.254.0
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw dhclient: New Broadcast Address (ue0): 255.255.255.255
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw dhclient: New Routers (ue0): 68.48.154.1
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw dhclient: Adding new routes to interface: ue0
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw dhclient: /sbin/route add default 68.48.154.1
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw dhclient: Creating resolv.conf
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw check_reload_status: rc.newwanip starting ue0
Mar  1 01:35:01 gw dhclient[43420]: bound to 68.48.155.52 -- renewal in 159739 seconds.
Mar  1 01:35:02 gw php: : Clearing states to old gateway 68.48.154.1.
Mar  1 01:35:04 gw php: : rc.newwanip: Informational is starting ue0.
Mar  1 01:35:04 gw php: : rc.newwanip: on (IP address: ) (interface: wan) (real interface: ue0).
Mar  1 01:35:04 gw php: : rc.newwanip: Failed to update wan IP, restarting...
Mar  1 01:35:04 gw check_reload_status: Configuring interface wan
Mar  1 01:35:06 gw dhclient[54110]: dhclient already running, pid: 51797.
Mar  1 01:35:06 gw dhclient[54110]: exiting.
Mar  1 01:35:06 gw php: : The command '/sbin/dhclient -c /var/etc/dhclient_wan.conf ue0 > /tmp/ue0_output 2> /tmp/ue0_error_output' returned exit code '1', the output was '' 
Mar  1 01:35:22 gw check_reload_status: Updating all dyndns
Mar  1 01:35:22 gw check_reload_status: Restarting ipsec tunnels
Mar  1 01:35:22 gw check_reload_status: Restarting OpenVPN tunnels/interfaces
Mar  1 01:35:22 gw check_reload_status: Reloading filter
Mar  1 01:35:25 gw php: : Could not find IPv4 gateway for interface (wan).
Mar  1 01:35:25 gw php: : Could not find IPv4 gateway for interface (wan).
Mar  1 01:35:25 gw php: : Could not find IPv4 gateway for interface (wan).
Mar  1 01:35:25 gw php: : Could not find IPv4 gateway for interface (wan).
Mar  1 01:35:25 gw php: : Could not find IPv4 gateway for interface (wan).

                            Edit 2: From the next time it died, here's the dhclient output:

                            
[2.1-BETA1][root@gw.tubas.net]/tmp(62): cat ue*
dhclient already running, pid: 69584.
exiting.

                            And yes, it is indeed running:

                            _dhcp  69584  0.0  0.1  3388  1464  ??  SNs   1:52AM   0:00.01 dhclient: ue0 (dhclient)

                            Edit 3: The next time it died, I tried running dhclient manually:

                            
[2.1-BETA1][root@gw.tubas.net]/sbin(74):  /sbin/dhclient -c /var/etc/dhclient_wan.conf ue0
dhclient already running, pid: 54736.
exiting.

[2.1-BETA1][root@gw.tubas.net]/sbin(75): ps auxw | grep dhcl
root   46928  0.0  0.1  3388  1332  ??  INs   1:58AM   0:00.00 dhclient: ue0 [priv] (dhclient)
_dhcp  54736  0.0  0.1  3388  1464  ??  SNs   1:58AM   0:00.06 dhclient: ue0 (dhclient)
root   94481  0.0  0.1  3536  1248   1  S+    2:00AM   0:00.00 grep dhcl

[2.1-BETA1][root@gw.tubas.net]/sbin(76): kill -KILL 54736 46928

[2.1-BETA1][root@gw.tubas.net]/sbin(77): /sbin/dhclient -c /var/etc/dhclient_wan.conf ue0
dhclient: PREINIT
ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists
dhclient: Starting delete_old_states()
OLD_IP: not found
dhclient: Comparing IPs: Old:  New: 
dhclient: Comparing Routers: Old:  New: 
DHCPREQUEST on ue0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK from 73.129.106.1
bound to 68.48.155.52 -- renewal in 158952 seconds.
[2.1-BETA1][root@gw.tubas.net]/sbin(78):

                            …and this brought it back up.

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                              wallabybob
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                              @TravisD:

                              Since I'm now on 2.1,

                              But what particular build of 2.1?

                              @TravisD:

                              
Feb 28 23:26:00 gw check_reload_status: Linkup starting ue0
Feb 28 23:26:00 gw kernel: ue0: link state changed to DOWN
Feb 28 23:26:00 gw kernel: ue0: link state changed to UP
Feb 28 23:26:01 gw check_reload_status: Linkup starting ue0
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw php: : DEVD Ethernet detached event for wan
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient[52833]: connection closed
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient[52833]: exiting.
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw php: : DEVD Ethernet attached event for wan
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw php: : HOTPLUG: Configuring interface wan
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: PREINIT
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw kernel: arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo for 68.48.154.1
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw kernel: arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo for 68.48.154.1
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: Starting delete_old_states()
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: Comparing IPs: Old: New: 
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: Comparing Routers: Old: New: 
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient[68325]: DHCPREQUEST on ue0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient[68325]: DHCPACK from 73.129.106.1
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: REBOOT
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: Starting delete_old_states()
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: Comparing IPs: Old: New: 68.48.155.52
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: Comparing Routers: Old: New: 68.48.154.1
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: Removing states through old gateway '' (new gateway '68.48.154.1')
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: Starting add_new_address()
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: ifconfig ue0 inet 68.48.155.52 netmask 255.255.254.0 broadcast 255.255.255.255 
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: New IP Address (ue0): 68.48.155.52
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: New Subnet Mask (ue0): 255.255.254.0
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: New Broadcast Address (ue0): 255.255.255.255
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: New Routers (ue0): 68.48.154.1
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: Adding new routes to interface: ue0
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: /sbin/route add default 68.48.154.1
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient: Creating resolv.conf
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw check_reload_status: rc.newwanip starting ue0
Feb 28 23:26:03 gw dhclient[68325]: bound to 68.48.155.52 -- renewal in 163608 seconds.
Feb 28 23:26:04 gw php: : Clearing states to old gateway 68.48.154.1.
[b]Feb 28 23:26:06 gw php: : rc.newwanip: Informational is starting ue0.[/b]
Feb 28 23:26:06 gw php: : rc.newwanip: on (IP address: ) (interface: wan) (real interface: ue0).
Feb 28 23:26:06 gw php: : rc.newwanip: Failed to update wan IP, restarting…

                              The log extract you posted shows multiple dhclient copies running. This seems like a bad idea - they could easily interfere with each other in unpredictable ways. I think I have seen recent posts addressing this issue. The multiple reports: Feb 28 23:26:06 gw php: : rc.newwanip: Informational is starting ue0. in the original log you posted seem strange in that ue0 shouldn't need to be started (not sure exactly what that started means) immediately after the interface IP address has been set and routes added etc. PERHAPS there is a synchronisation issue between multiple processes and it generally works OK in some systems (slower systems like mine) but doesn't generally work OK on faster systems.

                              @abeowitz:

                              Even with static IPs on WAN and OPT1, I still get lots of these in my dmesg logs:

                              ue1: link state changed to DOWN
                              ue1: link state changed to UP
                              ue0: link state changed to DOWN
                              ue0: link state changed to UP
                              pfsync0: promiscuous mode disabled
                              ue0: link state changed to DOWN
                              ue0: link state changed to UP
                              ue0: link state changed to DOWN
                              ue0: link state changed to UP
                              pfsync0: promiscuous mode enabled

                              Its likely that for a time the NICs didn't detect carrier from the devices they are connected to.

                              @TravisD:

                              Manually trying to remove these replicates the issue:

                              
[2.1-BETA1][root@gw.tubas.net]/conf(12): rm -f dyndns_*
rm: dyndns_wandyndns'travisd.dyndns.org'0.cache: Read-only file system
rm: dyndns_wanopendns'travisd.dyndns.org'1.cache: Read-only file system

                              Are you running nanoBSD based variant of pfSense? Please post the version string from the home page of your pfSense box.

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                                TravisD
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                                Yes, I'm running a nanoBSD variant. Currently:

                                2.1-BETA1 (i386)
                                built on Thu Feb 28 04:26:51 EST 2013

                                (but over the last several days I've been trying 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3-SNAPSHOT, and a few 2.1 snapshots.

                                This is running on:  Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 330 @ 1.60GHz

                                It definitely appears to be a dhclient thing at this point. If I manually kill the running dhclient process and re-start it, things come right back up.

                                
[2.1-BETA1][root@gw.tubas.net]/sbin(86): /sbin/dhclient -c /var/etc/dhclient_wan.conf ue0
dhclient already running, pid: 72467.
exiting.
[2.1-BETA1][root@gw.tubas.net]/sbin(87): kill -KILL 72467
[2.1-BETA1][root@gw.tubas.net]/sbin(88): /sbin/dhclient -c /var/etc/dhclient_wan.conf ue0
dhclient: PREINIT
ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists
dhclient: Starting delete_old_states()
OLD_IP: not found
dhclient: Comparing IPs: Old:  New: 
dhclient: Comparing Routers: Old:  New: 
DHCPREQUEST on ue0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK from 73.129.106.1
bound to 68.48.155.52 -- renewal in 158108 seconds.
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                                  TravisD
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                                  Beginning to believe I have two problems at play.  :-\

                                  #1 is that the USB Ethernet adaptor doesn't seem to be very stable. This is the 2nd adaptor I've tried but same make/model as the first. I swapped the former outside (ue0) and inside (re0) interfaces around so now ue0 is the LAN.  After a little while, I saw it hiccup again, but since it's static it survived:

                                  
Mar  1 04:01:38 gw check_reload_status: Linkup starting ue0
Mar  1 04:01:38 gw kernel: ue0: link state changed to DOWN
Mar  1 04:01:38 gw kernel: ue0: link state changed to UP
Mar  1 04:01:38 gw check_reload_status: Linkup starting ue0
Mar  1 04:01:40 gw php: : Hotplug event detected for LAN(lan) but ignoring since interface is configured with static IP (192.168.100.1 )
Mar  1 04:01:40 gw php: : Hotplug event detected for LAN(lan) but ignoring since interface is configured with static IP (192.168.100.1 )
Mar  1 04:01:41 gw check_reload_status: rc.newwanip starting ue0
Mar  1 04:01:43 gw php: : rc.newwanip: Informational is starting ue0.
Mar  1 04:01:43 gw php: : rc.newwanip: on (IP address: 192.168.100.1) (interface: lan) (real interface: ue0).
Mar  1 04:01:44 gw check_reload_status: Reloading filter
Mar  1 04:01:49 gw php: : Resyncing OpenVPN instances for interface LAN.
Mar  1 04:01:49 gw php: : Creating rrd update script
Mar  1 04:01:51 gw php: : pfSense package system has detected an ip change 0.0.0.0 ->  192.168.100.1 ... Restarting packages.
Mar  1 04:01:51 gw check_reload_status: Starting packages
Mar  1 04:01:54 gw php: : Restarting/Starting all packages.

                                  The second problem seems to be that the quick down/up apparently plays havoc with the dhclient (what we're seeing in the earlier posts).  Related, but different issues from what I see.

                                  I don't consider this fixed - it's just a bandaid solution. What other info can I provide to help here?

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                                    Zorac
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                                    i can confirm disabling openvpn doesnt solve the problem.   :-[

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                                      TravisD
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                                      @Zorac:

                                      i can confirm disabling openvpn doesnt solve the problem.   :-[
                                      [/quote]

                                      Yeah, I left it out of my clean re-install and no change.

                                      Since I moved the USB interface to a static addressed interface, I'm still seeing it flap occasionally, but it doesn't get hung up with dhcp like it did on the WAN side. I think that eliminates my cablemodem from the cause of the flapping problem (it was connected directly to the cablemodem; now ue0 connects to a cisco switch).

                                      ue(4) driver problem? usb issue?

                                      When it flaps, it happens quickly enough where I don't even lose any pings when running a continuous test from another host.

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                                        TravisD
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                                        Sure looks like this would be the bug in question, but seems like the fix may not be working.

                                        http://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/2792

                                        Edit: Multiple restarts at once?

                                        
ar  2 20:02:54 gw check_reload_status: Linkup starting ue0
Mar  2 20:02:54 gw kernel: ue0: link state changed to DOWN
Mar  2 20:02:54 gw kernel: ue0: link state changed to UP
Mar  2 20:02:54 gw check_reload_status: Linkup starting ue0
Mar  2 20:02:54 gw kernel: ue0: link state changed to DOWN
Mar  2 20:02:54 gw check_reload_status: Linkup starting ue0
Mar  2 20:02:54 gw kernel: ue0: link state changed to UP
Mar  2 20:02:54 gw kernel: ue0: link state changed to DOWN
Mar  2 20:02:54 gw kernel: ue0: link state changed to UP
Mar  2 20:02:54 gw kernel: ue0: link state changed to DOWN
Mar  2 20:02:54 gw check_reload_status: Linkup starting ue0
Mar  2 20:02:54 gw kernel: ue0: link state changed to UP
Mar  2 20:02:55 gw check_reload_status: Linkup starting ue0
Mar  2 20:02:55 gw check_reload_status: Linkup starting ue0
Mar  2 20:02:55 gw check_reload_status: Linkup starting ue0
Mar  2 20:02:55 gw check_reload_status: Linkup starting ue0
Mar  2 20:02:57 gw php: : Hotplug event detected for LAN(lan) but ignoring since interface is configured with static IP (192.168.100.1 )
Mar  2 20:02:57 gw php: : Hotplug event detected for LAN(lan) but ignoring since interface is configured with static IP (192.168.100.1 )
Mar  2 20:02:57 gw php: : Hotplug event detected for LAN(lan) but ignoring since interface is configured with static IP (192.168.100.1 )
Mar  2 20:02:57 gw check_reload_status: rc.newwanip starting ue0
Mar  2 20:02:58 gw php: : Hotplug event detected for LAN(lan) but ignoring since interface is configured with static IP (192.168.100.1 )
Mar  2 20:02:58 gw php: : Hotplug event detected for LAN(lan) but ignoring since interface is configured with static IP (192.168.100.1 )
Mar  2 20:02:58 gw php: : Hotplug event detected for LAN(lan) but ignoring since interface is configured with static IP (192.168.100.1 )
Mar  2 20:02:58 gw check_reload_status: rc.newwanip starting ue0
Mar  2 20:02:58 gw php: : Hotplug event detected for LAN(lan) but ignoring since interface is configured with static IP (192.168.100.1 )
Mar  2 20:02:58 gw php: : Hotplug event detected for LAN(lan) but ignoring since interface is configured with static IP (192.168.100.1 )
Mar  2 20:02:58 gw check_reload_status: rc.newwanip starting ue0
Mar  2 20:02:58 gw check_reload_status: rc.newwanip starting ue0
Mar  2 20:02:59 gw php: : rc.newwanip: Informational is starting ue0.
Mar  2 20:02:59 gw php: : rc.newwanip: on (IP address: 192.168.100.1) (interface: lan) (real interface: ue0).
Mar  2 20:03:00 gw php: : rc.newwanip: Informational is starting ue0.
Mar  2 20:03:00 gw php: : rc.newwanip: on (IP address: 192.168.100.1) (interface: lan) (real interface: ue0).
Mar  2 20:03:00 gw php: : rc.newwanip: Informational is starting ue0.
Mar  2 20:03:00 gw php: : rc.newwanip: on (IP address: 192.168.100.1) (interface: lan) (real interface: ue0).
Mar  2 20:03:00 gw php: : rc.newwanip: Informational is starting ue0.
Mar  2 20:03:00 gw php: : rc.newwanip: on (IP address: 192.168.100.1) (interface: lan) (real interface: ue0).
Mar  2 20:03:01 gw check_reload_status: Reloading filter
Mar  2 20:03:01 gw dhcpleases: kqueue error: unkown
Mar  2 20:03:06 gw php: : Resyncing OpenVPN instances for interface LAN.
Mar  2 20:03:06 gw php: : Resyncing OpenVPN instances for interface LAN.
Mar  2 20:03:07 gw php: : Resyncing OpenVPN instances for interface LAN.
Mar  2 20:03:07 gw php: : Resyncing OpenVPN instances for interface LAN.
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                                          Zorac
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                                          i gave up and went back to 2.0.1, hopefully ill be problem free

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                                            TravisD
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                                            @Zorac:

                                            i gave up and went back to 2.0.1, hopefully ill be problem free

                                            I tried that, didn't seem to help, but curious what you find.

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