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    Very slow login to dashboard++

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    • NollipfSenseN
      NollipfSense @Deathmelon
      last edited by

      @Deathmelon Well, I learned something new today...never knew one could click on the pfSense logo to get the dashboard...I have always chose Status > Dashboard. It surely sounds normal...many background processing happens on the dashboard that could cause a slight delay...doesn't appear to be something to worry about.

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      • GertjanG
        Gertjan
        last edited by

        Like : If you are using the RSS widget : updating it ?
        Or : checking for an update ?
        Or : ......

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

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          Deathmelon
          last edited by

          One minute delay every time I access the dashboard sounds like a bit more than a slight delay, no? I might be wrong.

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          • NollipfSenseN
            NollipfSense @Gertjan
            last edited by

            @Gertjan I think he means System > Update. I just noticed the RSS widget...that's a shortcut? Never used it.

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            • NollipfSenseN
              NollipfSense @Deathmelon
              last edited by

              @Deathmelon If you never get there then, I would say something is wrong. What version pfSense is you using?

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              • GertjanG
                Gertjan
                last edited by Gertjan

                @NollipfSense : when you login, you wind up on the Dashboard.

                That page can collect info also from 'the outside'.
                If DNS is bad or the the entire Internet connection is 'bad', then things will slow down ... eventually up until time out of the used sub systems like DNS time out ... and the page (Dashboard) gets shown.
                What happened could be seen in the (activate all details is settings of the log) system logs, DNS log and others.

                What I would do : console/SSH, and tail -f | clog .... the system log and DNS at the same time.
                Log into pfSense and inspect the logs real time ...

                The subject is known, btw - as are 'broken DNS setups, bad connections, etc'. Take note that our upstream boxes and routers are not equal, neither are our land lines, the DNS's we are using, etc. Even the Netgate servers are somewhat busy these last several hours.
                All this is probably temporary.
                Btw : the Internet as a whole isn't really as it used to be right know .... strange things are happeing right now, and Netflix shares did not drop last a week. You know why.

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

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                • kiokomanK
                  kiokoman LAYER 8
                  last edited by

                  some seconds maybe but a minute of delay is symptom of routing problem / connectivity issue.
                  there are widget that need internet to work like "System information" that check for updates, "gateway monitoring", "rss" and so on
                  https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/9677
                  i'm pretty sure that there are other redmine about it but i was unable to find it right now..

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                  • NollipfSenseN
                    NollipfSense
                    last edited by

                    I hope the OP is still here reading!

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                    • D
                      Deathmelon
                      last edited by

                      Yes, he is :)

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                      • D
                        Deathmelon
                        last edited by

                        It's still going slow, but today I got an error message instead of login.

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                        • kiokomanK
                          kiokoman LAYER 8
                          last edited by kiokoman

                          nothing to worry about, just clean the cache/cookies of the browser

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                            bla @Deathmelon
                            last edited by

                            @deathmelon Did you ever manage to solve this issue? I've been experiencing exactly the same thing for three days (slow dashboard + slow System/Update pages). I have no clue as to why. Everything is working correctly, no internet issues, DNS working fine. Just slow dashboard and update pages...

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                            • GertjanG
                              Gertjan @bla
                              last edited by

                              @bla said in Very slow login to dashboard++:

                              no internet issues

                              for your LAN devices.

                              @bla said in Very slow login to dashboard++:

                              Just slow dashboard and update pages...

                              for pfSense itself I would be less sure ^^

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

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                              • DerelictD
                                Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate @Gertjan
                                last edited by

                                This is almost always because the firewall itself is having trouble resolving names.

                                Resolve something like www.google.com in Diagnostics > DNS Lookup and post the results. Maybe resolve a couple random names that aren't cached.

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                                  bla @Derelict
                                  last edited by

                                  @derelict Yep, you were right. Ran a DNS Lookup and noticed that one of the DNS servers being used by the firewall had very high latency. Removed it and everything went back to normal. Thanks.

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                                  • GertjanG
                                    Gertjan @bla
                                    last edited by

                                    @bla said in Very slow login to dashboard++:

                                    that one of the DNS servers being used

                                    Keep in mind : you don't have to enter during setup any DNS server.
                                    The resolver already knows where the 13 original main 'root' servers are, as these are build into the code.
                                    No need to pas on your DNS info elsewhere.

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

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