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    WAN DCHP issue (2.1)

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      shaqan
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      having exactly the same issue. And it is annoying since I have no problems when putting the same WAN cable directly behind PC:(

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        rilles
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        I've noticed the same thing with 2.1 with a dual WAN. The default interface seems to lose its ability to renew its IP and goes offline or sometimes goes weird (non-responsive but appears good in the gui).
        Same type of log messages as above. Did not have these issues in 2.0.3

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          phil.davis
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          I have only noticed this on a test system that had its WAN connected to a switch, and the switch power-cycled quickly (actually we had low/marginal voltage and the switch would go off and come back quickly). It was sometimes reproducible by quickly power-cycling the switch. So I presume that there was some issue processing the interface-up event when the interface-down had not finished processing?
          Release/renew in Status:Interfaces would usually bring it back.
          Do you have potentially flakey devices on the other end of the WAN cable?

          As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle."
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            atamido
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            @phil.davis:

            Do you have potentially flakey devices on the other end of the WAN cable?

            I would say yes, it's an AT&T U-verse modem.  The device itself isn't going to win any awards for stability, and AT&T can push an update and reboot the thing whenever.  So it's very possible that the port could go down and back up quickly.

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              phil.davis
              last edited by

              I would say yes, it's an AT&T U-verse modem.  The device itself isn't going to win any awards for stability, and AT&T can push an update and reboot the thing whenever.  So it's very possible that the port could go down and back up quickly.

              For a test, you can put a switch in the middle between the U-verse and pfSense WAN. Then if the U-verse does something odd on its Ethernet interface signals, it doesn't get propagated to pfSense WAN.

              As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle."
              If I helped you, then help someone else - buy someone a gift from the INF catalog http://secure.inf.org/gifts/usd/

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                shaqan
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                @phil.davis:

                Do you have potentially flakey devices on the other end of the WAN cable?

                No way to check as the other "end" of my WAN cable is in ISP's sealed metal box. No clue about what's in there, besides the connection being "100/20 fiber" in apartment building and cable length to "mystery box" being roughly 80m. Asked directly what's in there and Tech support was vague. Maybe they had no clue themselves?

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                  firbc
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                  Me to, having the same issue. Anyone found solution?

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                    rjkruit
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                    Same here UPC Netherlands. Once or twice a week I wake up and there's no internet. I'm not sure if it has to do with UPC updating the firmware and/or rebooting the modem remotely but it always seem to happen over night. I think I'll just place an old switch in between so the interface on the pfsense box doesn't go down and see what happens.

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                      cslinuxboy
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                      Same problem here.  The only thing that's changed is my upgrade to pfSense 2.1.  Now my WAN connection drops all the time and is sporadic.  Can't wait for a fix.  May have to resort back to 2.0.

                      Mike

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                        cslinuxboy
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                        So to make sure it's nothing to do with my Arris cable modem, I put a unmanaged switch between my modem and wan pfSense port.  Same problem.  Less than 24 hours my WAN interface drops its IP and fails to renew.  Like previously stated, no issues until I upgraded to 2.1

                        Mike

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