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    • R
      rodney
      last edited by

      Hi all!

      I hope I am in the right place for my question? Since a couple of weeks I am facing the problem that my pfSense is offline for a couple of minutes not responding on pings and can't open the administration interface.

      I am pinging on the …

      • pfSense IP (192.168.1.254) and no response
      • 8.8.8.8 and no response
      • other local machine 192.168.1.2 and I receive a response

      My configuration is ...

      Version:
      2.0.1-RELEASE (i386)
      built on Mon Dec 12 19:00:03 EST 2011
      FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p6

      Platform:
      nanobsd (512mb)

      NanoBSD Boot Slice:
      pfsense0 / ad0s1

      CPU Type
      Geode(TM) Integrated Processor by AMD PCS

      Additionally I am using two separate networks (one private and one public with captive portal).

      For me it looks like that the pfSense it rebooting automatically because of the shown uptime, just 4 minutes? But I haven't rebooted it?

      I am really lost, I have no idea what the problem is or what it is causing?

      Thank you,
      Rodney

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        firewalluser
        last edited by

        What does your system logs show?
        Running any packages and have you considering upgrading to remove any bugs from the underlying OS found since 2012?
        Maybe its faulty hardware?

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        • R
          rodney
          last edited by

          Hi firewalluser!

          Thank you for your response.

          The system logs are showing always the same things …

          Nov 26 10:23:00 getty[34247]: getty: unknown gettytab entry 'default'
          Nov 26 10:23:00 getty[34247]: getty: unknown gettytab entry 'default'
          Nov 26 10:23:00 getty[34247]: getty: unknown gettytab entry 'Pc'
          Nov 26 10:23:00 getty[34247]: getty: unknown gettytab entry 'Pc'
          Nov 26 10:23:00 getty[34247]: getty: unknown gettytab entry 'Pc'
          Nov 26 10:23:00 getty[34247]: getty: unknown gettytab entry 'Pc'
          Nov 26 10:23:00 getty[34247]: tcsetattr /dev/console: Operation not supported
          Nov 26 10:23:00 getty[34247]: tcsetattr /dev/console: Operation not supported

          Installed packages are "freeradius2" and "OpenVPN Client Export Utility" but I am not really using freeradius2.

          I was guessing that the hardware could be faulty because it was running properly for the last years. How can I figure out that it is the hardwares problem?

          Thank you,
          Rodney

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          • R
            rodney
            last edited by

            Hi!

            This is now my todays system log …

            Nov 27 07:40:44 kernel: orm0: <isa option="" rom="">at iomem 0xe0000-0xea7ff pnpid ORM0000 on isa0
            Nov 27 07:40:44 kernel: atrtc0: <at real="" time="" clock="">at port 0x70 irq 8 on isa0
            Nov 27 07:40:44 kernel: ppc0: parallel port not found.
            Nov 27 07:40:44 kernel: uart0: <16550 or compatible> at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
            Nov 27 07:40:44 kernel: uart0: [FILTER]
            Nov 27 07:40:44 kernel: uart0: console (9600,n,8,1)
            Nov 27 07:40:44 kernel: uart1: <16550 or compatible> at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0
            Nov 27 07:40:44 kernel: uart1: [FILTER]
            Nov 27 07:40:44 kernel: Timecounter "TSC" frequency 498052557 Hz quality 800
            Nov 27 07:40:44 kernel: Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
            Nov 27 07:40:44 kernel: IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
            Nov 27 07:40:44 kernel: usbus0: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
            Nov 27 07:40:44 kernel: usbus1: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
            Nov 27 07:40:44 kernel: ugen0.1: <amd>at usbus0
            Nov 27 07:40:44 kernel: uhub0: <amd 1="" 9="" ohci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus0
            Nov 27 07:40:44 kernel: ugen1.1: <amd>at usbus1
            Nov 27 07:40:44 kernel: uhub1: <amd 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus1
            Nov 27 07:40:44 kernel: ad0: 488MB <sandisk sdcfh-512="" fhca0145="">at ata0-master PIO4
            Nov 27 07:40:44 kernel: uhub0: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
            Nov 27 07:40:44 kernel: Root mount waiting for: usbus1
            Nov 27 07:40:44 kernel: Root mount waiting for: usbus1
            Nov 27 07:40:44 kernel: uhub1: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
            Nov 27 07:40:44 kernel: Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ufs/pfsense0
            Nov 27 07:40:47 apinger: Starting Alarm Pinger, apinger(21583)
            Nov 27 07:40:53 php: : ROUTING: setting default route to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
            Nov 27 07:40:55 dhcpd: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server 4.2.3
            Nov 27 07:40:55 dhcpd: Copyright 2004-2011 Internet Systems Consortium.
            Nov 27 07:40:55 dhcpd: All rights reserved.
            Nov 27 07:40:55 dhcpd: For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/
            Nov 27 07:40:55 check_reload_status: Updating all dyndns
            Nov 27 07:40:55 dnsmasq[36753]: started, version 2.55 cachesize 10000
            Nov 27 07:40:55 dnsmasq[36753]: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt no-DBus I18N DHCP TFTP
            Nov 27 07:40:55 dnsmasq[36753]: reading /etc/resolv.conf
            Nov 27 07:40:55 dnsmasq[36753]: using name server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx#53
            Nov 27 07:40:55 dnsmasq[36753]: using name server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx#53
            Nov 27 07:40:55 dnsmasq[36753]: ignoring nameserver 127.0.0.1 - local interface
            Nov 27 07:40:55 dnsmasq[36753]: ignoring nameserver 127.0.0.1 - local interface
            Nov 27 07:40:55 dnsmasq[36753]: read /etc/hosts - 11 addresses
            Nov 27 07:40:57 php: : OpenNTPD is starting up.
            Nov 27 07:41:00 kernel: ipfw2 (+ipv6) initialized, divert loadable, nat loadable, rule-based forwarding enabled, default to accept, logging disabled
            Nov 27 07:41:01 kernel: load_dn_sched dn_sched FIFO loaded
            Nov 27 07:41:01 kernel: load_dn_sched dn_sched QFQ loaded
            Nov 27 07:41:01 kernel: load_dn_sched dn_sched RR loaded
            Nov 27 07:41:01 kernel: load_dn_sched dn_sched WF2Q+ loaded
            Nov 27 07:41:01 kernel: load_dn_sched dn_sched PRIO loaded
            Nov 27 07:41:05 check_reload_status: Restarting ipsec tunnels
            Nov 27 07:41:10 php: /diag_system_activity.php: Successful webConfigurator login for user 'admin' from 192.168.1.151
            Nov 27 07:41:10 php: /diag_system_activity.php: Successful webConfigurator login for user 'admin' from 192.168.1.151
            Nov 27 07:41:10 sshlockout[61178]: sshlockout/webConfigurator v3.0 starting up
            Nov 27 07:41:17 php: : Creating rrd update script

            Now my pfsense box just restarted now about 5 times within 10 minutes.

            Would an update help to fix that problem. Please give me any advices.

            Thanks for any help!</sandisk></amd></amd></amd></amd></at></isa>

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            • DerelictD
              Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
              last edited by

              I would take a backup, install 2.1.5 clean (don't upgrade) and restore the backup.  If it keeps crashing it's probably time for new hardware.

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                firewalluser
                last edited by

                Like what derelict said, SD cards have a finite life which might be worth swapping over with a newer one, but these link might also be relevant.

                https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=41680.0
                https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=57325.0

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                • R
                  rodney
                  last edited by

                  Hej!

                  So I have replaced now my CF card with a new one and it still has the same behaviour like mentioned in my first post. It reboots every now and then (like minimum every hour once).

                  So I guess it is a problem with the hardware alix-board. What do you recommend as a replacement … my setup is ...

                  • one guest wlan (with captive portal)
                  • one private lan/wlan (where NAS, network printer, ...)

                  ... and additionally I want to setup VPN, radius-server (for VPN authentication, wireless network authentication and NAS authentication) and a proxy

                  Thanks,
                  Rodney

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