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    PF Sense WAN "watchdog timeout" and turns down internet

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      AlarmedEwe
      last edited by AlarmedEwe

      Hi, everyone.

      I'm trying to install PFSense in my job for the first time.

      My machine is an HP ProLiant ML 150 G6.

      After some problems, it's working... -ich.

      Recurrently, I got a message "bge0: watchdog timeout - resetting" and when it occurs, my connection goes down. Sometimes I got too "bge0: link state changed to DOWN" and soon after "bge0: link state changed to UP".

      Sometimes, it doesn't even turn on, just break on "bge0: link state changed to DOWN" (or UP).

      "bge0" is the port I'd configured my WAN with a PPPoE protocol, but even if I try to configure LAN in it, the problem keeps.

      I'd tried at first the lastest version, but I'd downgraded it (to the version of the actual server) just to test but the problem still here.

      I'd tried to change the /boot/loader.conf file, as I saw in some forums, but all I got is a crash in the system and needeed to reboot. I'd tried to reboot my CMOS too.

      What can I do? Is this a software problem or hardware problem?

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        From the description of the symptoms it sounds more like a hardware problem

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