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    • J
      JDvD
      last edited by

      My pfsense is dumping the same error after upgrade 2.3.2-RELEASE (amd64).
      2WAN - 1LAN - Proxy Transp - Captive Portal

      
      nginx: 2016/11/24 11:58:30 [error] 18508#100108: send() failed (54: Connection reset by peer)
      nginx: 2016/11/24 12:02:38 [alert] 74659#100142: send() failed (40: Message too long)
      
      

      What happened?

      USER ERROR: Replace user and press any key to continue …

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        nutel.pr
        last edited by

        Same problem in my pfsense, 2.3.2-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
        built on Tue Sep 27 12:13:07 CDT 2016
        FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p9

        2016/11/25 15:13:07 [alert] 15518#100112: send() failed (40: Message too long)
        2016/11/25 15:13:38 [alert] 15518#100112: send() failed (40: Message too long)
        2016/11/25 15:13:40 [alert] 15518#100112: send() failed (40: Message too long)
        2016/11/25 15:14:12 [alert] 15518#100112: send() failed (40: Message too long)
        2016/11/25 15:14:27 [alert] 15518#100112: send() failed (40: Message too long)
        2016/11/25 15:14:41 [alert] 15518#100112: send() failed (40: Message too long)
        2016/11/25 15:15:36 [alert] 15518#100112: send() failed (40: Message too long)
        2016/11/25 15:15:49 [alert] 15518#100112: send() failed (40: Message too long)
        2016/11/25 15:21:53 [alert] 15623#100082: send() failed (40: Message too long)
        2016/11/25 15:23:19 [alert] 15623#100082: send() failed (40: Message too long)

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          sisko212
          last edited by

          Same trouble with my pfsense after upgrade to 2.3.2 pi1, coming from pfsense 2.2.x
          I didn't installed any Captive portal.
          This issue looks related to the web interface, even if i can't be 100% sure.
          I tried to remove all widgets from dashboard, switch from http to https, and taking a look from shell with "tail -f /var/log/nginx-error.log", an alert entry appears a couple times per minutes, instead once per second as before.

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            Lampogriz
            last edited by

            Same problem here, 2.3.4-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)

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              stbird
              last edited by

              2.3.4-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)

              captive portal

              Any ideas for this problem?

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                Lampogriz
                last edited by

                Upgraded to 2.4.2 , still spams "send() failed (40: Message too long)" in log

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                  SouthPointHotel
                  last edited by

                  @digital_janitor:

                  I am also getting these since upgrade.  Are there any logs that give more info?

                  Same here. help?

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                  • GertjanG
                    Gertjan
                    last edited by

                    @krashneo:

                    I changed my form from:

                    To:

                    to see the results… I will reply asap

                    Did you try to change your old redirect URL "http%3A%2F%2F172.16.0.1%2F" == "http://172.16.0.1/"
                    to "http://www.google.com" instead of changing the source ?

                    What pfSense version ? - is it patched or modified ?

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

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                      pama
                      last edited by

                      The same here.
                      After re-applying the squid settings it stopped to logs the errors, but after 2 or 3 days (depends on load) it reappears

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                        sujyo1
                        last edited by

                        2.4.2-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                        built on Tue Dec 12 13:45:26 CST 2017
                        FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE-p6

                        Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz
                        Current: 2667 MHz, Max: 2668 MHz
                        4 CPUs: 1 package(s) x 4 core(s)
                        AES-NI CPU Crypto: No

                        Interfaces: 
                        WAN 1000baseT <full-duplex>xx.xx.ccc.ccc
                        LAN         autoselect 192.168.1.1
                        OFFICE 100baseTX <full-duplex>192.168.100.1
                        HOTSPOT 1000baseT <full-duplex>10.10.10.1 (captive portal is ON)

                        nginx: 2018/02/10 19:49:01 [error] 28887#100127: *4888 open() "/usr/local/www/phpmyadmin" failed (2: No such file or directory), client: 1x0.2x9.1xx.x6, server: , request: "GET /phpmyadmin HTTP/1.1", host: "xx.3x.2xx.xxx", referrer: "http://xx.xx.xxx.xxx/phpmyadmin"

                        I getting same a full page…

                        Feb 10 15:05:55 nginx: 2018/02/10 15:05:55 [alert] 43837#100173: send() failed (40: Message too long)</full-duplex></full-duplex></full-duplex>

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                          AMD_infinium05
                          last edited by

                          Hey guys, is there an update to this issue?

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                            hasanfatih
                            last edited by

                            ishtiaqaj did you solve this problem

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                              A Former User @Lampogriz
                              last edited by A Former User

                              @Lampogriz

                              Aug 28 10:22:38	pfsense.localdomain		nginx: 2019/08/28 10:22:38 [alert] 54908#100145: send() failed (40: Message too long)
                              

                              I experienced this also in latest pfsense right now. my captive portal disconnects .I hope there is a fix for this.

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                                wazim4u @A Former User
                                last edited by

                                @dyobetem I also have this issue since 2 months and its related to Captive Portal. i have 2500+ captive portal users and 2 WAN. i changed a lot of settings in nginx but useless. still i am getting these errors. I've pfsense 2.4.4-P3 Lastest version.

                                i have already mentioned this issue in given blow post ( last Issue )

                                https://forum.netgate.com/topic/144868/dell-r430-bge-built-in-port-hangs-captive-portal-stop-working/23

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                                • GertjanG
                                  Gertjan
                                  last edited by

                                  @wazim4u : Do you redirect a new, just logged-in user to an URL ( setting After authentication Redirection URL ) ?

                                  b504e6ad-41e8-4aba-900a-b64db7af5a32-image.png

                                  This is what I think : when a user logged in using the IP (or URL) of the captive portal page, the users browser gets redirected to the same URL (== the captive pprtal's web server).... which will redirect again - to itself -, and again, and again etc - recursif. The URL thrown back to the browser becomes to big, nginx will finally produce the "send() failed (40: Message too long)" error.

                                  For myself, I redirect, no matter what, to "https://www.google.com" but you can take any URL like a your companie's site.

                                  Another explanation : you have quiet a lot of portal users. Not every user uses the latest smart devices /PC's with the latest OS and the best browsers.
                                  Even I see still IE8 (Windows XP) connecting to my portal.
                                  These ancient devices are not portal aware. They won't behave correctly.

                                  Or even : not all the apps are written the same way. At least, Apple reviews (some what) each and every app before it's released - the Android society is a pure zoo. So, a bad app can throw out an URL that's to big. nginx will bail out.

                                  So, mind you, these are all theories.
                                  I do not have the test park to test them.

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

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                                    andresense
                                    last edited by

                                    This issue has been resolved?

                                    I have this same problem

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                                    • GertjanG
                                      Gertjan @andresense
                                      last edited by

                                      @andresense

                                      Sure.
                                      No news after more then one year : that means : no issue.

                                      We are also 2 (at least) version of pfSense further on.

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

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