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    • K
      kekke
      last edited by

      Had the "cannot check for updates" problemos also after upgrading to 2.3.1
      Checked the dns resolving ok…. Switched off the ram disk
      Pressed save @ the system-->update several times. Also changed the update source to experimental and back to stable.
      Did check prefer ipv4 was ticked. Several reboots etc etc...

      No work, no joy.


      FIX

      SSH--> to pfsense box and choose option 8 (shell) input --> pfSense-upgrade -4

      This also updates/installs "pfSense-base" component.

      Reboot ---> All working like a toilet in a train

      cheers:kekke

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        muhammet
        last edited by

        @cmb:

        @jits:

        Nope! Still "unable to check for updates" error, and no way to update manually…nice!

        If you're still getting that at this point, you likely have connectivity issues. First guess, the system thinks it has IPv6 connectivity and it doesn't, but could be any number of things. SSH in, option 8, run:

        pfSense-upgrade -4
        

        what's that get you?

        Thanks, working.

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          franklinsj
          last edited by

          Same thing just happened to me but got it fixed by going to System > Routing and setting the WAN gateway as default gateway instead of the LAN gateway.

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            gchavy
            last edited by

            I had those issues in August, and then the dashboard changed from "unable to check for updates" to "version 2.3.2 available".

            I am running a 2.3.1-RELEASE version on a specific machine, and had no time to upgrade while I had time. I upgraded other pfsense machines, but not that one (the main server, that has 11 IPSec VPNs running, and could not have an interruption until this time of the year).

            And now, the 2.3.2-p1 is there, and the same problem comes again : "unable to check for updates" in the dashboard. I can't access to the console of the machine (it is a Virtual Machine hosted by a provider that gives me no console to the VMs), so I can't do it manually.

            Is there a way to configure something in the GUI to make a workaround?

            Thank you all (next ime, I'll do the upgrades whenever I see it's possible!)

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              hawk82
              last edited by

              @franklinsj:

              Same thing just happened to me but got it fixed by going to System > Routing and setting the WAN gateway as default gateway instead of the LAN gateway.

              Similar situation for me. I had an old tunnelbroker IPv6 tunnel that I had deleted, but did not delete the default gateway (it was disabled, but listed at the top of the gateways). Once I deleted this disabled gateway, the Updates were shown on the main screen. Thanks for the tip.

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                ginne
                last edited by

                I did manual update because I had "Unable to check for updates" running 2.3.2 with pfSense-upgrade -4
                I'm now on 2.3.3-RELEASE-p1 - fine, but again  "Unable to check for updates"!
                Any solution?

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                  ginne
                  last edited by

                  @ginne:

                  I did manual update because I had "Unable to check for updates" running 2.3.2 with pfSense-upgrade -4
                  I'm now on 2.3.3-RELEASE-p1 - fine, but again  "Unable to check for updates"!
                  Any solution?

                  Nobody?

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                    serge2pf
                    last edited by

                    I think it's related as i am getting: "The system is on a later version than the official release." while on official release.

                    2.3.3-RELEASE (amd64)
                    built on Thu Feb 16 06:59:53 CST 2017
                    FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p16

                    Also, if i go to update settings it's showing wrong version while in settings it's on branch Stable (Default):

                    Current Base System
                    2.3.3
                    Latest Base System
                    0.19

                    ~Sergei

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                    • luckman212L
                      luckman212 LAYER 8
                      last edited by

                      I was getting this too on a fresh 2.3.3 build earlier today.
                      try getting to a console/ssh and issuing:

                      pkg update -f
                      pkg upgrade -f
                      
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                        serge2pf
                        last edited by

                        That's fixed for me. Thanks.

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                          taius
                          last edited by

                          @luckman212:

                          I was getting this too on a fresh 2.3.3 build earlier today.
                          try getting to a console/ssh and issuing:

                          pkg update -f
                          pkg upgrade -f
                          

                          Worked for me too.  Thanks!

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                            ginne
                            last edited by

                            pkg update -f
                                pkg upgrade -f

                            did not help. I still have:

                            2.3.3-RELEASE-p1 (i386)
                            built on Thu Mar 09 07:17:43 CST 2017
                            FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p16

                            Unable to check for updates

                            Anybody an idea? Please.

                            Guenther

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                              woo
                              last edited by

                              Got this same issue.. Dashboard claims 'unable to check for updates'.
                              I can see successful traffic to files00.netgate.com in tcpdump, and pkg update -f told me that all repositories are up to date.

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                                oldunixguy
                                last edited by

                                It is happening again. I'm running 2.4.0-RC (arm)
                                built on Wed Aug 23 01:13:55 CDT 2017
                                FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE-p11

                                It started at least late yesterday (31 Aug 2017) and is the same now.

                                oldunixguy

                                {Update]
                                I can do a packet capture but I'm not sure what to look for. Can you give me a hint at what the "Check for Update" transaction is like such as destination host, etc?

                                oldunixguy

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                                  shastacourts
                                  last edited by

                                  Just curious,  is there a solution for this issue?  We have the same issue running 2.3-RELEASE.

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                                    shaker242
                                    last edited by

                                    pkg-static update –f
                                    pkg-static upgrade –f

                                    I'm a late upgrader, found this issue and running pkg -f  was presented with missing libssl.so.8, switched to pkg-static and the update, upgrade worked… although, I did have to reboot the pfsense server afterwards to get things up and running.

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                                      mrpush
                                      last edited by

                                      Ok folks, this never addressed the issue I though it was addressing!

                                      I need to connect a new PF box to the internet to get it updated.  I have its WAN interface disabled and its hooked up to my local LAN.  How do it get it to "see" the internet so i can update it???

                                      My LAN is 1.x/22 (and has another PF box active as 1.1) and the new PF box is 3.1/22.

                                      How in the world do i get a PF box to access the internet from just its LAN interface?????  You can't tell it to use a GATEWAY in the LAN setup and adding the existing gateway of my Lan 1.1 PF box does not work, it says "gateway IP already exists"????

                                      HELP!

                                      Thanks,

                                      MP

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                                      • GertjanG
                                        Gertjan
                                        last edited by

                                        @mrpush:

                                        I need to connect a new PF box to the internet to get it updated.  I have its WAN interface disabled and its hooked up to my local LAN.  How do it get it to "see" the internet so i can update it??? 
                                        My LAN is 1.x/22 (and has another PF box active as 1.1) and the new PF box is 3.1/22.
                                        How in the world do i get a PF box to access the internet from just its LAN interface?????  You can't tell it to use a GATEWAY in the LAN setup and adding the existing gateway of my Lan 1.1 PF box does not work, it says "gateway IP already exists"????

                                        ;D
                                        Hook up your second pfSense as a device on the lan of the first pfSense, which is hooked up to the net.
                                        Activate it's WAN interface, activate DHCP on it, and it will update, upgrade, etc.
                                        Hook yourself up to the LAN of this second pfSense box to pilot it (or use the console access).

                                        Think about it : a router/firewall with only one interface …. that's like a car without wheels ...

                                        @mrpush:

                                        Ok folks, this never addressed the issue I though it was addressing!

                                        It is actually not an issue ^^

                                        No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                                        Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                                          mrpush
                                          last edited by

                                          Ok Thanks,  I think Ii get it now, Lan interface on PFS is really WAN access for clients.  So what you are saying is I must use the WAN interface for a 2nd PFS box hooked to my local LAN to get to the internet.

                                          Thanks!

                                          MP

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                                            RoccoC
                                            last edited by

                                            @shaker242:

                                            pkg-static update –f
                                            pkg-static upgrade –f

                                            I'm a late upgrader, found this issue and running pkg -f  was presented with missing libssl.so.8, switched to pkg-static and the update, upgrade worked… although, I did have to reboot the pfsense server afterwards to get things up and running.

                                            My problem matched yours and this worked perfectly.  Thank you!

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