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    PfSense 2.2 crashes (hard) when accessing Web Configurator from remote IPsec VPN

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    • V Offline
      volandg
      last edited by

      https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/4537

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      • G Offline
        georgeman
        last edited by

        Could you all test by setting net.inet.ipsec.directdispatch to 0 as ermal outlined in this post? I believe this is all the same issue

        If it ain't broke, you haven't tampered enough with it

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          lxa
          last edited by

          I think I ran into the same problem (2.2.1-RELEASE on AMD G-T40E) and submitted a few crash dumps.

          I set net.inet.ipsec.directdispatch to 0 and have not had another crash since then.

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            nambi
            last edited by

            I have the exact same issue, my remote pfsense instantly crashes when I access it via remote ip. if I remote desktop to the server on the local network, I can access the box, but using ipsec and accessing the box from a different subnet the box crashes. I removed all squid and squid guard rebooted and It still crashes.

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              KOM
              last edited by

              Nambi, did you try the fix that georgeman suggested??

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                nambi
                last edited by

                I'm not too sure how to enter in that command.

                do i add this into this the "Execute Shell command"
                net.inet.ipsec.directdispatch=0

                I entered this in there, but when I remote connected it still crashed I probably didn't put it in properly.

                Thanks for the assistance.

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                  KOM
                  last edited by

                  I'm not too sure how to enter in that command.

                  System - Advanced - System Tunables

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                  • N Offline
                    nambi
                    last edited by

                    Thank you, there was no entry so i added "net.inet.ipsec.directdispatch" and set it to 0 and this fixed the issue.

                    Thanks for your patience.

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                      georgeman
                      last edited by

                      Go to System, Advanced and enter it as a tunable. Reboot just in case and test again

                      Are you on 32-bit??

                      If it ain't broke, you haven't tampered enough with it

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                        nambi
                        last edited by

                        yes we are running 32 bit, ,my system is capable for 64 bit, but I installed pfsesne a while back when 32 bit was the norm.

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                          georgeman
                          last edited by

                          Alright, it is confirmed to be the same issue then, thanks

                          If it ain't broke, you haven't tampered enough with it

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                            wazadex
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                            @georgeman:

                            Alright, it is confirmed to be the same issue then, thanks

                            thanks it works ! :)

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