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    IPv6 issues: multiple dhcp6c processes on an interface, random interface ID

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      quantumx
      last edited by

      Apologies.  No offence intended  ;)  This just seemed like a likely spot to start.

      dhcp6c is running (ps -auwwx | grep dhcp6c):

      /usr/local/sbin/dhcp6c -d -c /var/etc/dhcp6c_wan.conf -p /var/run/dhcp6c_em1_vlan30.pid em1_vlan30

      Digging…..

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        Inq
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        David, after 2 weeks with the patch applied on a 2.2.6 system everything is ok here, no problems whatsoever.

        The problem with making something idiot proof is that the world keeps making better idiots.

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          A Former User
          last edited by

          Hi David,

          I had both IPv6 issues and after running the patch on 2.3 for over a week everything is still working as it should. Before the patch I would have had to go in and manually kill the multiple processes almost every 12 hours and would take me 15-20 min to get a usable IPv6 address on PPPoE.

          I have not had any issues after multiple reboots, it immediately gives me a usable IPv6 connection and there are no extra processes running.

          Thanks,

          Robbert

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            maverick_slo
            last edited by

            Please merge it :)

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              cmb
              last edited by

              Since David hasn't been around for a bit, I went ahead and merged his patch.
              https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/5621

              Those who were using his patch, please remove that patch and upgrade tomorrow (or later) and report back.

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                maverick_slo
                last edited by

                Hi Chris!
                Woulg gitsync also do it?

                Br,Greg

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                  cmb
                  last edited by

                  @maverick_slo:

                  Woulg gitsync also do it?

                  Yes, but if you haven't done an upgrade in the past ~24 hours, you'll break the system if you only gitsync as some changes yesterday require a PHP upgrade.

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                    maverick_slo
                    last edited by

                    OK so I can do upgrade+gitsync and I can test now :) ?

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                      cmb
                      last edited by

                      @maverick_slo:

                      OK so I can do upgrade+gitsync and I can test now :) ?

                      Yes.

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                        iamzam
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                        I'm not sure if I have the latest fix or not but I am still having lots of issues with many dhcpd -6 and dhcpleases6 processes.

                        My pfSense version is:

                        2.3-BETA (amd64)
                        built on Fri Jan 29 10:31:24 CST 2016
                        FreeBSD 10.3-PRERELEASE

                        right now I see:

                        
[2.3-BETA][admin@pfs.dv.loc]/root: ps Ax | grep dhcp
24158  -  Is     0:00.09 /usr/local/sbin/dhcp6c -d -c /var/etc/dhcp6c_wan.conf -p /var/run/dhcp6c_em1.pid em1
61348  -  Ss     0:00.01 /usr/local/sbin/dhcpd -6 -user dhcpd -group _dhcp -chroot /var/dhcpd -cf /etc/dhcpdv6.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpdv6.pid em0 
61720  -  Is     0:00.00 /usr/local/sbin/dhcpleases6 -c /usr/local/bin/php-cgi -f /usr/local/sbin/prefixes.php|/bin/sh -l /var/dhcpd/var/db/dhcpd6.leases
70366  -  Is     0:00.00 /usr/local/sbin/dhcpleases -l /var/dhcpd/var/db/dhcpd.leases -d dv.loc -p /var/run/unbound.pid -u /var/unbound/dhcpleases_entries.conf -h /var/etc/hosts
89153  -  Ss     0:06.13 /usr/sbin/syslogd -s -c -c -l /var/dhcpd/var/run/log -P /var/run/syslog.pid -f /var/etc/syslog.conf -b 172.22.22.254
90907  -  Ss     0:00.02 /usr/local/sbin/dhcpd -user dhcpd -group _dhcp -chroot /var/dhcpd -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid em0 ue0
91854  -  Ss     0:00.02 /usr/local/sbin/dhcpd -6 -user dhcpd -group _dhcp -chroot /var/dhcpd -cf /etc/dhcpdv6.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpdv6.pid em0 ue0
92199  -  Is     0:00.00 /usr/local/sbin/dhcpleases6 -c /usr/local/bin/php-cgi -f /usr/local/sbin/prefixes.php|/bin/sh -l /var/dhcpd/var/db/dhcpd6.leases
97815  -  Ss     0:00.01 /usr/local/sbin/dhcpd -6 -user dhcpd -group _dhcp -chroot /var/dhcpd -cf /etc/dhcpdv6.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpdv6.pid em0 ue0
98191  -  Is     0:00.00 /usr/local/sbin/dhcpleases6 -c /usr/local/bin/php-cgi -f /usr/local/sbin/prefixes.php|/bin/sh -l /var/dhcpd/var/db/dhcpd6.leases
59438  0  S+     0:00.00 grep dhcp

                        My problem may be different because it seems to have something to do with my OPT1 (ue0) interface going away and coming back many times an hour:

                        
[2.3-BETA][admin@pfs.dv.loc]/root: clog /var/log/system.log | grep linkup | tail -n 10
Jan 29 18:38:34 pfs php-fpm[30595]: /rc.linkup: HOTPLUG: Configuring interface opt1
Jan 29 18:38:36 pfs php-fpm[30595]: /rc.linkup: The command '/usr/local/sbin/dhcpd -user dhcpd -group _dhcp -chroot /var/dhcpd -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid em0 ue0' returned exit code '1', the output was 'Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server 4.2.8 Copyright 2004-2015 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/ Wrote 0 deleted host decls to leases file. Wrote 0 new dynamic host decls to leases file. Wrote 0 leases to leases file. Listening on BPF/ue0/a0:ce:c8:01:c6:ca/172.22.23.0/24 Sending on   BPF/ue0/a0:ce:c8:01:c6:ca/172.22.23.0/24 Listening on BPF/em0/00:90:fb:38:84:96/172.22.22.0/24 Sending on   BPF/em0/00:90:fb:38:84:96/172.22.22.0/24 Can't bind to dhcp address: Address already in use Please make sure there is no other dhcp server running and that there's no entry for dhcp or bootp in /etc/inetd.conf.   Also make sure you are not running HP JetAdmin software, which includes a bootp server.  If you did not get this software
Jan 29 18:39:51 pfs php-fpm[47071]: /rc.linkup: DEVD Ethernet detached event for opt1
Jan 29 18:39:51 pfs php-fpm[47071]: /rc.linkup: DEVD Ethernet attached event for opt1
Jan 29 18:39:51 pfs php-fpm[47071]: /rc.linkup: HOTPLUG: Configuring interface opt1
Jan 29 18:39:54 pfs php-fpm[47071]: /rc.linkup: The command '/usr/local/sbin/dhcpd -user dhcpd -group _dhcp -chroot /var/dhcpd -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid em0 ue0' returned exit code '1', the output was 'Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server 4.2.8 Copyright 2004-2015 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/ Wrote 0 deleted host decls to leases file. Wrote 0 new dynamic host decls to leases file. Wrote 0 leases to leases file. Listening on BPF/ue0/a0:ce:c8:01:c6:ca/172.22.23.0/24 Sending on   BPF/ue0/a0:ce:c8:01:c6:ca/172.22.23.0/24 Listening on BPF/em0/00:90:fb:38:84:96/172.22.22.0/24 Sending on   BPF/em0/00:90:fb:38:84:96/172.22.22.0/24 Can't bind to dhcp address: Address already in use Please make sure there is no other dhcp server running and that there's no entry for dhcp or bootp in /etc/inetd.conf.   Also make sure you are not running HP JetAdmin software, which includes a bootp server.  If you did not get this software
Jan 29 18:39:55 pfs php-fpm[65925]: /rc.linkup: DEVD Ethernet detached event for opt1
Jan 29 18:39:55 pfs php-fpm[67730]: /rc.linkup: DEVD Ethernet attached event for opt1
Jan 29 18:39:55 pfs php-fpm[67730]: /rc.linkup: HOTPLUG: Configuring interface opt1
Jan 29 18:39:58 pfs php-fpm[67730]: /rc.linkup: The command '/usr/local/sbin/dhcpd -user dhcpd -group _dhcp -chroot /var/dhcpd -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid em0 ue0' returned exit code '1', the output was 'Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server 4.2.8 Copyright 2004-2015 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/ Wrote 0 deleted host decls to leases file. Wrote 0 new dynamic host decls to leases file. Wrote 0 leases to leases file. Listening on BPF/ue0/a0:ce:c8:01:c6:ca/172.22.23.0/24 Sending on   BPF/ue0/a0:ce:c8:01:c6:ca/172.22.23.0/24 Listening on BPF/em0/00:90:fb:38:84:96/172.22.22.0/24 Sending on   BPF/em0/00:90:fb:38:84:96/172.22.22.0/24 Can't bind to dhcp address: Address already in use Please make sure there is no other dhcp server running and that there's no entry for dhcp or bootp in /etc/inetd.conf.   Also make sure you are not running HP JetAdmin software, which includes a bootp server.  If you did not get this software

                        Does this seem familiar or do I have another problem?  Maybe it's because of the USB network interface?

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                          hda
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                          @iamzam:

                          …
                          Does this seem familiar or do I have another problem?  Maybe it's because of the USB network interface?

                          Different. Plug issues within your own site. This topic is about dhcp6c WAN connections to global, an ISP…

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                            David_W
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                            @iamzam:

                            My problem may be different because it seems to have something to do with my OPT1 (ue0) interface going away and coming back many times an hour:

                            As hda says, you have a different issue - but one that is somewhat related to that discussed in this thread.

                            Your issue happens because your USB network interface keeps going down and coming back up. It really would be in your interests to get away from the problem by fixing or changing the interface if possible as an interface really should not be behaving this way.

                            The root cause is that nothing is terminating the dhcpd / dhcpleases6 / dhcpleases processes when the interface goes down. It may well be that interface_bring_down() (/etc/inc/interfaces.inc from around line 1219) should do this, though it would be important to check for possible side effects before making this change because this function is used in /etc/rc.linkup when a hotpluggable interface goes down (as in your scenario) but also in many other places.

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