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    2.3.1.5 Unable to check for updates

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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      Tubal
      last edited by

      I believe their servers are under heavy load and the issues are on their end.  Not yours.

      I've been having the problem on and off since last night.

      I also haven't been able to install any packages to any of our installations this morning.  It partially downloads and then times out.  Since this is happening at multiple installations in multiple states, I suspect this is an issue on their end.

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        Jamerson
        last edited by

        @Tubal:

        I believe their servers are under heavy load and the issues are on their end.  Not yours.

        I've been having the problem on and off since last night.

        I also haven't been able to install any packages to any of our installations this morning.  It partially downloads and then times out.  Since this is happening at multiple installations in multiple states, I suspect this is an issue on their end.

        I think so too, today my hardware firewall crashed during the update.

        2.3.1-RELEASE-p5 (i386)
        built on Thu Jun 16 12:53:31 CDT 2016
        FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p3

        Unable to check for updates

        So I don't wanna open a new post,
        Ill have to wait for later probably their servers are under load because everyone is trying to receive the updates.

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          pastro50
          last edited by

          Had a similar problem. Everything was fine and installed the openvpn export client package.  After that, no packages could be retrieved and the check for update didn't work.
          Not sure if this is the right thing to do but I ssh'ed to it and did a
          pkg update -f
          pkg upgrade -f

          When it was done, I had the latest version and the packages and update showed I was on the current version.
          It took an hour or so to do the upgrade since it had 135 packages to reinstall or upgrade.
          YMMV - I was at the point where I was going to reinstall and decided to try this and it appeared to work.

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            D0X
            last edited by

            I am reverting back to 2.2.6 a.s.a.p. This thing is driving me nuts, never had issues with pfsense or m0n0wall before it.
            Nothing but problems with it now, reading far too much about it here on the forums too.  >:(

            edit:

            http://mirror.myip.be/pub/pfsense/downloads/old/

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              Jamerson
              last edited by

              @D0X:

              I am reverting back to 2.2.6 a.s.a.p. This thing is driving me nuts, never had issues with pfsense or m0n0wall before it.
              Nothing but problems with it now, reading far too much about it here on the forums too.  >:(

              edit:

              http://mirror.myip.be/pub/pfsense/downloads/old/

              How are you gonna revert back ?

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                D0X
                last edited by

                @Jamerson:

                @D0X:

                I am reverting back to 2.2.6 a.s.a.p. This thing is driving me nuts, never had issues with pfsense or m0n0wall before it.
                Nothing but problems with it now, reading far too much about it here on the forums too.  >:(

                edit:

                http://mirror.myip.be/pub/pfsense/downloads/old/

                How are you gonna revert back ?

                Just a clean install.

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                  Waqar.UK
                  last edited by

                  @Jamerson:

                  @Tubal:

                  I believe their servers are under heavy load and the issues are on their end.  Not yours.

                  I've been having the problem on and off since last night.

                  I also haven't been able to install any packages to any of our installations this morning.  It partially downloads and then times out.  Since this is happening at multiple installations in multiple states, I suspect this is an issue on their end.

                  I think so too, today my hardware firewall crashed during the update.

                  2.3.1-RELEASE-p5 (i386)
                  built on Thu Jun 16 12:53:31 CDT 2016
                  FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p3

                  Unable to check for updates

                  So I don't wanna open a new post,
                  Ill have to wait for later probably their servers are under load because everyone is trying to receive the updates.

                  I am based in the UK. I am getting the same problem. I cannot update from web interface & from console option 13 which downloads all the update "says fine" then says "welcome to pfsense 2.3.1-releasep5 (amd64 full install) on pfsense ***"
                  I have downloaded the update pfSense-CE-Full-Update-2.3.2-RELEASE-amd64.tgz - so how do I do the update using "pfSense-CE-Full-Update-2.3.2-RELEASE-amd64.tgz"?

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                    Tubal
                    last edited by

                    I'm guessing the servers are just overloaded right now.

                    Once it dies down everything should be working again.  Give it a day or two.

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                      Waqar.UK
                      last edited by

                      Will try again. But from pfSense-CE-Full-Update-2.3.2-RELEASE-amd64.tgz - how do I update from this?

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                        RPX_D
                        last edited by

                        Im sure this was already mentioned, but I ran into the same issue today (can't check for updates, can't check for packages). The resolution required me to SSH into the console, option 8 (Shell), then run "pfSense-upgrade -d". It brought me to 2.3.2 and all is working fine now. Hope this helps anyone else in the same boat.

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                        • jimpJ
                          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                          last edited by

                          There was a problem with the update server earlier, it's fixed now. It's been solid for almost an hour now and running faster than ever. Anyone who had a problem should try again, and use the ssh/console/shell update method if the GUI fails.

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                            Heimire
                            last edited by

                            This time the update worked from 2.2.6 but it installed 2.3.1.
                            When I ran the update again from the console it crashed the unit.

                            Not onsite to see error but its not coming backup even after reboot.

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                              Waqar.UK
                              last edited by

                              Just upgraded via console (option 13) - since I use a SSD it updated very quickly  8)

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