Factory reset on 2.2.6 DHCP leases do not show on status page.

router_wang

Probably because the DHCP server didn't dealt out any IP's yet …. ;)

See also my previous post.

It handed out several IP addresses already.

Gertjan

I just have your bog standard IPv4 to any rule on the OPT1.

Like the one shown here https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=97025.0 (message number #5) ?
If yes, Apply message number 6 !

router_wang

@Gertjan:

@router_wang:

I just have your bog standard IPv4 to any rule on the OPT1.

Like the one shown here https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=97025.0 (message number #5) ?
If yes, Apply message number 6 !

That is not relevant.

router_wang

About 30 minutes after the DHCP server handed out addresses on the OPT1 interface, the leases finally show up on the DHCP status page. Anyone seen this behavior before?

Gertjan

The file on disk with all the leases is rewritten rather often by the pfSense DHCP -server.
I tend to say: every time it deals out a new lease.
You can see for yourself when it is doing so in the Status: System logs: DHCP page.
I'm pretty sure it's far more often then "after a 30 minutes delay" ….. that doesn't seem normal to me.

You're running pfSense on what kind of device ?

router_wang

@Gertjan:

The file on disk with all the leases is rewritten rather often by the pfSense DHCP -server.
I tend to say: every time it deals out a new lease.
You can see for yourself when it is doing so in the Status: System logs: DHCP page.
I'm pretty sure it's far more often then "after a 30 minutes delay" ….. that doesn't seem normal to me.

You're running pfSense on what kind of device ?

APU platform with msata SSD.

router_wang

UPDATE:

if you use

System> Advanced> Miscellaneous> Use RAM Disks

PFsense will not show your DHCP leases in the GUI until the "Periodic DHCP Leases Backup" initiates at the set time.

divsys

Sounds like you might have a bug there.

Have you been able to tell if the GUI display updates ONLY at the backup interval or definitely at the backup interval and then upon changes afterwards?
If you set the "Periodic" time down to a short interval (I'm guessing that's how you found this one) it should be possible to see/force a lease expiry and track the issue.
Unfortunately I don't have a nano setup to test on.

I'd say it's worth a post to:

https://redmine.pfsense.org/projects/pfsense/issues?set_filter=1

for Ver 2.2.5

Thanks for you efforts tracking this one…...

router_wang

I just did a "factory defaults" in 2.2.6-RELEASE and am seeing the same thing. The leases show up in the DHCP log, but not on the status page. It is not just for OPT1, this is also on the LAN interface.

hieronymousch

Hi,

I can confirm this behaviour after doing a configuration restore on a fresh installed 2.2.6 system.
DHCP works fine, is churning out DHCP leases, logs correctly to the system log but dhcp leases page is not updated accordingly.