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      jt
      last edited by

      i followed the procedure and saved the registration key in our pfsense box, however, after ~1h I started to receive the email notifications again. when I checked back the box, the license key was missing. tried to put it again & save, same result. tried to generate a new key, no change.

      does anyone know what might be wrong, please?

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      • provelsP
        provels @jt
        last edited by

        @jt Did you do a Reload/Force?

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        • BBcan177B
          BBcan177 Moderator @jt
          last edited by

          @jt
          When you hit "save" did you get an error message... you probably didn't use the correct License key. Its only alpha-numeric with no spaces etc...

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          • provelsP
            provels @BBcan177
            last edited by

            @BBcan177 And the license key, not the token like the other guy did...

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              jt
              last edited by

              i did do reload
              i didn't get any error message
              i did fill the license key, paste as plain text, the long number, not the short one (token)

              still getting notifications :/

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              • provelsP
                provels @jt
                last edited by provels

                @jt So your Key is a 16 char mixed-case alpha-numeric something like this?
                dkhLGtU8fBz3v1nN
                If so, I'd suggest getting a new Key.

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                  jt
                  last edited by

                  @provels yes, 16char mixed case alpha-numeric.
                  i did exactly that today - got a new key. same result.
                  funnily enough, out of 4 pfsense boxes we run, just a single one started to ask for the license.. :/

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                  • provelsP
                    provels @jt
                    last edited by

                    @jt Maybe do a reinstall of the package. I've got nothing else.

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                      SteveITS Galactic Empire @jt
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                      @jt What you describe sounds a bit like what I posted except my key disappeared overnight, and we got the notification on the update. Do you have the cron update set to run hourly maybe? Ours was daily.
                      I "solved" it by moving to pfBlockerNG-devel. (used the same key)

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                        nafeasonto @SteveITS
                        last edited by

                        I updated pfblockerng but where do put the key??

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                        • provelsP
                          provels @nafeasonto
                          last edited by

                          @nafeasonto Firewall/pfBlockerNG/IP/MaxMind GeoIP configuration/MaxMind License Key

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                          • NollipfSenseN
                            NollipfSense
                            last edited by NollipfSense

                            I don't use MaxMind's list, yet I am getting several messages via WGUI that file did not download...should I disable?
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                            • NollipfSenseN
                              NollipfSense
                              last edited by NollipfSense

                              @BBcan177 Well, I disabled but that's only the monthly...still getting notification and lots of it.
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                              • BBcan177B
                                BBcan177 Moderator @NollipfSense
                                last edited by

                                @NollipfSense Update to the latest devel version.

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                                • NollipfSenseN
                                  NollipfSense @BBcan177
                                  last edited by

                                  @BBcan177 Got v2.2.5_29 on pfSense 2.5-dev.

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                                  • NollipfSenseN
                                    NollipfSense
                                    last edited by

                                    Well, I was tired of all those notifications and decided to get a MaxMind account...all went well; however, when I created the GeoIP.conf file on my Mac, the MacOS added a dot rtf or dot txt that I cannot see despite unchecking the box not the add the extension to the file name. So, when I uploaded the file, it's been placed in the TMP folder instead of /usr/local/etc. Then, when I go to move the file, I get no such file or directory. I had clicked on the file then edited the file name to GeoIP.conf.

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                                    • RonpfSR
                                      RonpfS
                                      last edited by

                                      mv /tmp/GeoIP.conf /usr/local/etc

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                                      • NollipfSenseN
                                        NollipfSense @RonpfS
                                        last edited by NollipfSense

                                        @RonpfS said in pfBlockerNG MaxMind Registration required to continue to use the GeoIP functionality!:

                                        mv /tmp/GeoIP.conf /usr/local/etc

                                        That worked...thank you...wondered why it didn't work when I changed to the tmp directory then issued the move command?

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                                        • RonpfSR
                                          RonpfS
                                          last edited by

                                          @NollipfSense said in pfBlockerNG MaxMind Registration required to continue to use the GeoIP functionality!:

                                          why it did work when I changed to the tmp

                                          Shell Output - pwd

                                          /usr/local/www

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                                          • NollipfSenseN
                                            NollipfSense @RonpfS
                                            last edited by

                                            @RonpfS said in pfBlockerNG MaxMind Registration required to continue to use the GeoIP functionality!:

                                            @NollipfSense said in pfBlockerNG MaxMind Registration required to continue to use the GeoIP functionality!:

                                            why it did work when I changed to the tmp

                                            Shell Output - pwd

                                            /usr/local/www

                                            It was supposed to read: why it didn't work. It didn't require a password on the WebGUI since I am logged in...am I interrupting your response correctly?

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