Unable to communicate with pfsense (packages)
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When I try to get a list of packages for pfsense I get the error:
"Unable to communicate with www.pfsense.com. Please verify DNS and interface configuration, and that pfSense has functional Internet connectivity."
As suggested in other similar posts I tried:
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fetch -o - http://www.pfsense.org/packages/pkg_config.8.xmlfrom the command line and while it took a few seconds, it returned an XML file. Does pfsense have a timeout for retrieving the packages and it's just taking too long to get the XML file? -
Hi there;
Do you have the web access to pfsense ?
Looks like you have a problem with your DNS. Make sure that the connectivity is ok to the router.
then with your pfsense console setup go to the option 8 (Shell). first type this command "cat /etc/resolve.conf ". Check whether your DNS IPs are there. If not use the vi editor to edit that file. "vi /etc/resolve.conf".
ping your DNS and www.google.com to check whether the DNS works. -
If you are able to download the xml file manually you probably don't have a DNS issue. Check that you have a valid update URL selected
Go to System: Firmware: Updater Settings:
Choose the appropriate URL (32 or 64 bit) from the drop down and save it.Steve
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If you are able to download the xml file manually you probably don't have a DNS issue. Check that you have a valid update URL selected
Go to System: Firmware: Updater Settings:
Choose the appropriate URL (32 or 64 bit) from the drop down and save it.Steve
Selected the "amd64 stable updates" and saved the settings but still getting the same issue.
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Figured out the issue in the end. Checked the logs straight after trying to download the list of available package and noticed the following errors:
php: /pkg_mgr.php: XML_RPC_Client: Connection to RPC server www.pfsense.com:80 failed. Operation timed out 103 php: /pkg_mgr.php: XMLRPC communication error: Operation timed outGoogling these errors landed me at the following wiki page:
https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Controlling_IPv6_or_IPv4_Preference
By preferring IP V4 with the following command:
env ip6addrctl_enable="yes" ip6addrctl_policy="prefer_ipv4" /etc/rc.d/ip6addrctl starti was able to download and install packages!
