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    metronet fiber, internet goes down roughly every 24 hours

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      bcruze
      last edited by bcruze

      Understood.

      Would you agree that the device Hooked up to the pfsense router is what is going offline though

      Which tab are you suggesting I review logs from

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        The main system log would show the link going up and down if it is in fact doing that.
        If not it should show what it triggering dpinger to restart continually.

        Steve

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          bcruze
          last edited by bcruze

          The device was powered off so it does not show any logs under system - general before 11am the last time I got the previous log I posted
          Checking car/ log

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            bcruze
            last edited by

            Order 101916 has been placed

            I am not going to use the minnowboard as my primary device anymore

            Thank you for great support and products

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Well I can't object. 😉 But it would be good to know why that was happening. You might try swapping the LAN and WAN assignment and see if the error follows the interface or stays on the port.

              Steve

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                bcruze
                last edited by bcruze

                i tried loading ubuntu LTS. 2 version in fact, to test the nics. i don't have a hub to get both a keyboard and mouse working, only one would work at a time. a keyboard with a hub built in... still both would not work. could not find any good documentation

                then i find the minnowboard project has been abandoned pretty much, so i'll scratch that 300 dollar purchase off as a lesson (nothing against Netgate i know it wasn't an official product)

                time to move on to bigger and better you know

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                  akuma1x
                  last edited by

                  That 4220 might still be covered under warranty. I’m pretty sure it was released after the SG-2220.

                  Jeff

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                    bcruze
                    last edited by bcruze

                    I bought it in august of 2018

                    The whole minnowboard project has been abandoned it appears

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                      akuma1x
                      last edited by

                      @bcruze I would still contact them, it's probably under warranty.

                      https://go.netgate.com/support/login

                      Jeff

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                        bcruze @akuma1x
                        last edited by

                        @akuma1x said in is the Netgate sg-2220 capable of release 2.4.5:

                        @bcruze I would still contact them, it's probably under warranty.

                        https://go.netgate.com/support/login

                        Jeff

                        looks like i have my answer in this thread. it is a Pfsense software issue : https://forum.netgate.com/topic/150568/problems-reestablishing-the-connection/2

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                          bcruze
                          last edited by bcruze

                          since my wan continues to drop(supposedly Metronet says its not). and Pfsense will not reconnect:

                          under interfaces > wan > dhcp configuration > presets.

                          correct me if i am wrong. but will that not force the device to reconnect per the presets and fix this issue? Screen Shot 2020-02-19 at 6.54.10 PM.png

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by stephenw10

                            If you are actually hitting https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/9267 then the problem is that if dhclient hits it's timeout values it mishandles the error, crashes out and never retries. Others have worked around that by setting the timeout to something much higher like 900s. https://forum.netgate.com/post/854007

                            That works well for the situation where the modem reboots but takes longer than the timeout to do so.

                            Steve

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                              bcruze
                              last edited by stephenw10

                              its enabled now. it was not before. 24 hours will tell, thanks for the replies Stephen

                              more logs, that show the gateway goes down for whatever reason.

                              Feb 19 18:13:27	rc.gateway_alarm	2403	>>> Gateway alarm: WAN_DHCP (Addr:100.92.192.1 Alarm:1 RTT:1.135ms RTTsd:1.512ms Loss:21%)
Feb 19 18:13:27	check_reload_status		updating dyndns WAN_DHCP
Feb 19 18:13:27	check_reload_status		Restarting ipsec tunnels
Feb 19 18:13:27	check_reload_status		Restarting OpenVPN tunnels/interfaces
Feb 19 18:13:27	check_reload_status		Reloading filter
Feb 19 18:13:28	php-fpm	66863	/rc.openvpn: OpenVPN: One or more OpenVPN tunnel endpoints may have changed its IP. Reloading endpoints that may use WAN_DHCP.
Feb 19 18:16:59	php-fpm	53040	/index.php: Successful login for user 'admin' from: 192.168.1.205 (Local Database)
Feb 19 18:21:59	php-fpm	53040	/status_interfaces.php: The command '/usr/local/sbin/dhclient {$ipv} -d -r -lf '/var/db/dhclient.leases.igb0' -cf '/var/etc/dhclient_wan.conf' -sf '/usr/local/sbin/pfSense-dhclient-script'' returned exit code '1', the output was 'Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.3.6-P1 Copyright 2004-2018 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/ Listening on BPF/igb0/00:08:a2:09:e9:be Sending on BPF/igb0/00:08:a2:09:e9:be Can't attach interface {} to bpf device /dev/bpf0: Device not configured If you think you have received this message due to a bug rather than a configuration issue please read the section on submitting bugs on either our web page at www.isc.org or in the README file before submitting a bug. These pages explain the proper process and the information we find helpful for debugging. exiting.'
Feb 19 18:22:07	check_reload_status		rc.newwanip starting igb0
Feb 19 18:22:08	php-fpm	66863	/rc.newwanip: rc.newwanip: Info: starting on igb0.
Feb 19 18:22:08	php-fpm	66863	/rc.newwanip: rc.newwanip: on (IP address: 100.92.220.245) (interface: WAN[wan]) (real interface: igb0).
Feb 19 18:22:08	php-fpm	66863	/rc.newwanip: The command '/sbin/route delete -host ' returned exit code '64', the output was 'route: destination parameter required route: usage: route [-46dnqtv] command [[modifiers] args]'
Feb 19 18:22:08	php-fpm	66863	/rc.newwanip: The command '/sbin/route delete -host ' returned exit code '64', the output was 'route: destination parameter required route: usage: route [-46dnqtv] command [[modifiers] args]'
Feb 19 18:22:13	php-fpm	66863	/rc.newwanip: Resyncing OpenVPN instances for interface WAN.
Feb 19 18:22:13	php-fpm	66863	OpenVPN terminate old pid: 98658
Feb 19 18:22:14	kernel		sonewconn: pcb 0xfffff8000a55db40: Listen queue overflow: 2 already in queue awaiting acceptance (1 occurrences)
Feb 19 18:22:16	php-fpm	66863	/rc.newwanip: OpenVPN ID client3 PID 98658 still running, killing.
Feb 19 18:22:17	kernel		ovpnc3: link state changed to DOWN
Feb 19 18:22:17	php-fpm	66863	OpenVPN PID written: 84973
Feb 19 18:22:17	check_reload_status		Reloading filter
Feb 19 18:22:17	php-fpm	66863	/rc.newwanip: Creating rrd update script
Feb 19 18:22:19	kernel		ovpnc3: link state changed to UP
Feb 19 18:22:19	check_reload_status		rc.newwanip starting ovpnc3
Feb 19 18:22:19	php-fpm	66863	/rc.newwanip: pfSense package system has detected an IP change or dynamic WAN reconnection - 100.92.220.245 -> 100.92.220.245 - Restarting packages.
Feb 19 18:22:19	check_reload_status		Starting packages
Feb 19 18:22:20	php-fpm	339	/rc.newwanip: rc.newwanip: Info: starting on ovpnc3.
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                                bcruze
                                last edited by

                                Still went down, I called they reset the ont and it came back instantly

                                I’ll have a static ip Monday

                                And a new modem Monday...

                                I setup the new 3100 today and it runs great!

                                Anything specific to setup a static address on pfsense?

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                  last edited by

                                  Not really, if it's actually a static IP set the WAN to static and configure the IP, subnet and gateway.

                                  If it's supplied to you a static dhcp lease then you don't have to do anything.

                                  Steve

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                                    bcruze
                                    last edited by

                                    Every 24 hours this is beyond frustrating

                                    3 pfsense routers all the same issue now

                                    So according to the redmine fix isn’t released until version 2.5?

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                                    • stephenw10S
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                      last edited by

                                      It's not at all clear that's what you're hitting. When it goes down what do you do to re-stablish it?

                                      If that's your only WAN connection you can just disable the 'gateway monitoring action' on the gateway. That will keep the monitoring stats to prevent it reloading everything whenever the gateway stops responding.
                                      You should probably also set the monitoring IP to something other than the gateway. The gateway may well drops pings under load.

                                      Steve

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                                        bcruze
                                        last edited by bcruze

                                        i turned off gateway monitoring entirely yesterday and it still went down early this morning

                                        i go to interface tab. release, renew and the connection instantly comes back online

                                        here are my findings the Nokia ONT is changing the local address of the device every 24 hours. when it changes Pfsense says the wan goes down, and everything stops working. i have no way to communicate to the ONT by webqui or ftp etc. since they willl not release that to me.

                                        the last setting i just changed under wan is : Block private networks and loopback addresses UNCHECKED

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                                        • stephenw10S
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                          last edited by

                                          Ok, what does the system log show when that happens? Or the DHCP log?

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                                            bcruze
                                            last edited by bcruze

                                            the 10.92 device is the ONT modem. which as you can see the address is changing

                                            Feb 23 14:26:39	kernel		sonewconn: pcb 0xc6ba38f0: Listen queue overflow: 2 already in queue awaiting acceptance (1 occurrences)
Feb 23 14:29:32	kernel		arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo for 100.92.192.1 on mvneta2
Feb 23 14:29:32	kernel		arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo for 100.92.192.1 on mvneta2
Feb 23 14:29:32	php-fpm	363	/status_interfaces.php: Shutting down Router Advertisment daemon cleanly
Feb 23 14:29:33	kernel		arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo for 100.92.192.1 on mvneta2
Feb 23 14:29:33	kernel		arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo for 100.92.192.1 on mvneta2
Feb 23 14:29:39	check_reload_status		rc.newwanip starting mvneta2
Feb 23 14:29:39	php-fpm	24613	/status_interfaces.php: calling interface_dhcpv6_configure.
Feb 23 14:29:39	php-fpm	24613	/status_interfaces.php: Accept router advertisements on interface mvneta2
Feb 23 14:29:39	php-fpm	24613	/status_interfaces.php: Starting rtsold process
Feb 23 14:29:40	php-fpm	9259	/rc.newwanip: rc.newwanip: Info: starting on mvneta2.
Feb 23 14:29:40	php-fpm	9259	/rc.newwanip: rc.newwanip: on (IP address: 100.92.204.194) (interface: WAN[wan]) (real interface: mvneta2).
Feb 23 09:29:41	rtsold	51876	<sendpacket> sendmsg on mvneta2: Permission denied
Feb 23 14:29:42	kernel		ovpnc1: link state changed to DOWN
Feb 23 14:29:42	check_reload_status		Reloading filter
Feb 23 14:29:43	kernel		ovpnc1: link state changed to UP
Feb 23 14:29:43	check_reload_status		rc.newwanip starting ovpnc1
Feb 23 14:29:44	php-fpm	362	/rc.newwanip: rc.newwanip: Info: starting on ovpnc1.
Feb 23 14:29:44	php-fpm	362	/rc.newwanip: rc.newwanip: on (IP address: 10.32.118.189) (interface: AIRVPN[opt3]) (real interface: ovpnc1).
Feb 23 14:29:44	php-fpm	362	/rc.newwanip: IP Address has changed, killing states on former IP Address 10.27.202.21.
Feb 23 09:29:45	rtsold	51876	<sendpacket> sendmsg on mvneta2: Permission denied
Feb 23 14:29:45	php-fpm	9259	/rc.newwanip: Resyncing OpenVPN instances for interface WAN.
Feb 23 14:29:46	php-fpm	9259	OpenVPN terminate old pid: 84804
Feb 23 14:29:46	kernel		ovpnc1: link state changed to DOWN
Feb 23 14:29:46	check_reload_status		Reloading filter
Feb 23 14:29:46	php-fpm	9259	OpenVPN PID written: 49485
Feb 23 14:29:46	check_reload_status		Reloading filter
Feb 23 14:29:46	php-fpm	9259	/rc.newwanip: Creating rrd update script
Feb 23 14:29:48	php-fpm	9259	/rc.newwanip: pfSense package system has detected an IP change or dynamic WAN reconnection - 100.92.204.194 -> 100.92.204.194 - Restarting packages.
Feb 23 14:29:48	check_reload_status		Starting packages
Feb 23 09:29:49	rc.gateway_alarm	26316	>>> Gateway alarm: AIRVPN_VPNV4 (Addr:10.32.118.189 Alarm:1 RTT:.898ms RTTsd:1.084ms Loss:25%)
Feb 23 14:29:49	check_reload_status		updating dyndns AIRVPN_VPNV4
Feb 23 14:29:49	check_reload_status		Restarting ipsec tunnels
Feb 23 14:29:49	check_reload_status		Restarting OpenVPN tunnels/interfaces
Feb 23 14:29:49	check_reload_status		Reloading filter
Feb 23 09:29:49	rtsold	51876	<sendpacket> sendmsg on mvneta2: Permission denied
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