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    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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    • O Offline
      origdman
      last edited by

      Not that easy.  I have multiple firewalls.  Would like to go to this version.

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      • O Offline
        origdman
        last edited by

        Though I agree it would be easier!  Any help is appreciated.

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          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
          last edited by

          Well download 2.2.6 version do a clean install, and then restore your config.

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          • O Offline
            origdman
            last edited by

            I am remote.  Will this change the ip access to it?

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              origdman
              last edited by

              Also where can I download the older version?

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              • johnpozJ Online
                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                last edited by

                just go to one of the mirrors and the old folder

                example
                https://atxfiles.pfsense.org/mirror/downloads/old/

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                If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
                Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
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                  origdman
                  last edited by

                  Great can I do this remotely?  Or will I not be able to get into the firewall after wiping it?

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                    origdman
                    last edited by

                    Also how do I know which release I have. ?  I know 2.2.6  and I am 64 bit but thats it.

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                    • johnpozJ Online
                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                      last edited by

                      there is only 1 2.2.6 release.. not sure how you thought they were on different releases..  And yeah clean install is going to be clean, so yeah your most likely going to loose access to it..  You would need to make sure you have out of band access if your going to do it remotely.

                      An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
                      If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
                      Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
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                      • O Offline
                        origdman
                        last edited by

                        Ok so I can just do the install.  Actually going back to 2.2.4.  Where do I flash it from from the GUI or install it?

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                          origdman
                          last edited by

                          Which one do I install?

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                          • O Offline
                            origdman
                            last edited by

                            How do I do the install?

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                            • jimpJ Offline
                              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                              last edited by

                              You cannot downgrade in place. You have to completely reinstall + restore a backup from before the upgrade.

                              That won't be possible remotely unless you have OOB access like DRAC or other IPMI type console that allows you to mount media and use the console remotely.

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                                CIURI
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                                After one week of usage of version 2.3 , im not only disappointed but also irritated .

                                The new BUI has an hell of bugs(rules not showing up correctly , must scroll to se it , ) from floating rules that change order and everything gets ruined , QOS without layer 7 that is totally useless (oh yes probably not if you have time to waste on p2p rules and filter IP's…) . I'm using l7 from quite some time and did not have the issues reported ....

                                Packages like bind9 that are not existing in 2.3 and so on .

                                Next week shutdown and get back to 2.2.x ...

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                                  adam65535
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                                  If you do decide to downgrade that member make sure you use a backup from the previous version and not 2.3.  I am pretty sure you can't use a 2.3 config on previous 2.2 and 2.1 versions.

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                                    CIURI
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                                    @adam65535:

                                    If you do decide to downgrade that member make sure you use a backup from the previous version and not 2.3.  I am pretty sure you can't use a 2.3 config on previous 2.2 and 2.1 versions.

                                    I have a full backup and an config backup from the previous version . I allways make backups before any update . The ideea behind 2.3 is ok but my opinion is that it was a to early relase and it's unstable and has a big lack of features and packages that existed before 2.3.

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