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    • LuketaL
      Luketa @Amarand
      last edited by

      @amarand I researched other topics and the staff reported problems with the pfblocker, even in the hotfix version, this SG3100 has active pfblocker and snort.

      I think I will wait for more reports.

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      • LuketaL
        Luketa
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        Hey guys, how is the SG3100 on v 21.02_1, is it stable?

        I intend to update this weekend.

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        • AmarandA
          Amarand @Luketa
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          @luketa said in pfSense Plus and SG-3100:

          Hey guys, how is the SG3100 on v 21.02_1, is it stable?

          I intend to update this weekend.

          100% stable after install.

          I recommend you connect the serial console cable to monitor post-install issues. Some of us here in the thread had “triple flashing lights” hang after install but a power cycle brought everything back up.

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            mcury Rebel Alliance @Luketa
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            @luketa said in pfSense Plus and SG-3100:

            Hey guys, how is the SG3100 on v 21.02_1, is it stable?

            I intend to update this weekend.

            It's stable..
            There are problems with packages like pfblockerng, snot/suricata, so I wouldn't recommend you to upgrade in case you use these packages.
            Also, there are some problems with IPsec, and a few patches were released to address these issues.

            Patches that I found so far that can help you with IPsec/Openvpn
            https://forum.netgate.com/post/971136

            dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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            • AmarandA
              Amarand @mcury
              last edited by

              @mcury said in pfSense Plus and SG-3100:

              @luketa said in pfSense Plus and SG-3100:

              Hey guys, how is the SG3100 on v 21.02_1, is it stable?

              I intend to update this weekend.

              It's stable..
              There are problems with packages like pfblockerng, snot/suricata, so I wouldn't recommend you to upgrade in case you use these packages.
              Also, there are some problems with IPsec, and a few patches were released to address these issues.

              Patches that I found so far that can help you with IPsec/Openvpn
              https://forum.netgate.com/post/971136

              Were those issues caused by the major jump to 21.02 or the hotfix itself (21.02_1)?

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                mcury Rebel Alliance @Amarand
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                @amarand said in pfSense Plus and SG-3100:

                @mcury said in pfSense Plus and SG-3100:

                @luketa said in pfSense Plus and SG-3100:

                Hey guys, how is the SG3100 on v 21.02_1, is it stable?

                I intend to update this weekend.

                It's stable..
                There are problems with packages like pfblockerng, snot/suricata, so I wouldn't recommend you to upgrade in case you use these packages.
                Also, there are some problems with IPsec, and a few patches were released to address these issues.

                Patches that I found so far that can help you with IPsec/Openvpn
                https://forum.netgate.com/post/971136

                Were those issues caused by the major jump to 21.02 or the hotfix itself (21.02_1)?

                Netgate worked hard to fix the issues with 21.02, and it is fixed..
                This issue with 21.02 was triggered by filter reloads during high load.

                The problem with the packages mentioned above was happening with 21.02, and persists on 21.02p1
                There are a few redmine bug reports being worked on..

                dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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                • LuketaL
                  Luketa @mcury
                  last edited by

                  @mcury
                  sad to know that, I use snort and pfblocker, I really won't be able to update, thanks for the information.

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                    CyberDude6
                    last edited by

                    Not sure if I did something wrong but my SG-3100 just hangs there with the three blinking lights. I thought this was fixed but I guess not. Console cable connection on putty shows just a bunch of dots, pretty much constantly. Any ideas?

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                    • AmarandA
                      Amarand @CyberDude6
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                      @cyberdude6 said in pfSense Plus and SG-3100:

                      Not sure if I did something wrong but my SG-3100 just hangs there with the three blinking lights. I thought this was fixed but I guess not. Console cable connection on putty shows just a bunch of dots, pretty much constantly. Any ideas?

                      If the dots are still outputting, wait until they cease. That might be an indication that it’s still writing the latest update?

                      Once there’s no output, if you still have three blinking lights, you can power cycle.

                      I would not power cycle if there were any indication of activity on the console.

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        Did you have the console connected up before it rebooted? Any idea what the last it showed was before dots?

                        Continuous single dots like that is not part of any update I would expect. Sounds like it's waiting for something maybe.

                        Steve

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                          CyberDude6 @stephenw10
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                          @stephenw10

                          I ended up just leaving the SG3100 there and came back a few hours later. It ended up stopping that nonsense and went to the normal menu to do all the usual things. Was able to factory restore there and it is working well now!

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                            amarcino
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                            I use both PF Blocker and Suricata, so I am going to wait on this update.

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                            • LuketaL
                              Luketa @amarcino
                              last edited by

                              @amarcino I'm in the same situation.
                              because of things, I think I will stay for a long time in 2.4.5

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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                The PHP issue, which is what you will be hitting with pfBlocker and Suricata, seems to be very load dependent.
                                I have both those running here on SG-3100s in 21.02p1 without any problems. The throughput on the those is not huge and I don't have a large number of lists loaded though.

                                Steve

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                                  mcury Rebel Alliance @stephenw10
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                                  @stephenw10 said in pfSense Plus and SG-3100:

                                  The PHP issue, which is what you will be hitting with pfBlocker and Suricata, seems to be very load dependent.
                                  I have both those running here on SG-3100s in 21.02p1 without any problems. The throughput on the those is not huge and I don't have a large number of lists loaded though.

                                  Steve

                                  Hello Steve, if you install pfblockerng, run the wizard, and reboot, you get:

                                  done.
Configuring firewall.
pflog0: promiscuous mode enabled
pid 401 (php-cgi), jid 0, uid 0: exited on signal 11 (core dumped)
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
Starting CRON... done.
 Starting package IPsec Profile Wizard...done.
 Starting package AWS VPC Wizard...done.
 Starting package acme...done.

                                  Nothing works, to recover access, you need, through the console, select the option 11, disable pfblockerng and reboot again.

                                  dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    Hmm, interesting. I aleady had it installed before the upgrade. And the wizard is only in the development version which I'm not running on that firewall.
                                    Are you able to install the non-dev version?

                                    Steve

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                                      mcury Rebel Alliance @stephenw10
                                      last edited by mcury

                                      @stephenw10 said in pfSense Plus and SG-3100:

                                      Hmm, interesting. I aleady had it installed before the upgrade. And the wizard is only in the development version which I'm not running on that firewall.
                                      Are you able to install the non-dev version?

                                      Steve

                                      Yes, I can do it right now to confirm, but, as I have been reading everything about this lately, I already found reports from users with the same problem using the non-dev version.

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                                      Installed pfblockerng non-dev, enabled it, I'll wait for the update, then reboot, updates soon.

                                      dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                        last edited by

                                        It certainly can hit that same issue in the non-dev version if you have a lot of lists loaded triggering the issue when php tries to parse them.

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                                          mcury Rebel Alliance @stephenw10
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                                          @stephenw10 said in pfSense Plus and SG-3100:

                                          It certainly can hit that same issue in the non-dev version if you have a lot of lists loaded triggering the issue when php tries to parse them.

                                          Same lists that I used to have in 2.4.5p1, are failing with 21.02, and 21.02p1.
                                          I usually just run pfblockerng defaults settings to test, and it fails to boot..

                                          dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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                                            mcury Rebel Alliance @mcury
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                                            non-dev version, default settings.

                                            dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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