Pfsense needs to be restartet in case of pppoe 24h disconnect

mino

Yes there is a entry for the restart i think:

0       4       *       *       *       root    /etc/pppoerestart

i tried to start it by hand. I got an error:


# /etc/pppoerestart

Fatal error: Call to undefined function interfaces_wan_pppoe_restart() in /root/- on line 1

so that might be why it will not disconnect to a given time. But i hope that he also reestablish the link to my dsl provider if he looses it at any time.

eri--

try latest snapshot and report.

mino

Hi ermal,

same error occurs if try to restart it by hand with the latest snapshot.

Greetz,
mino

eri--

Yeah i am going to trace this cause it happened to me at my home installation on pppoe too.
I will come back with something later tomorrow.

Do you have anything in logs after mpd exits and it tries to restart it?!

sullrich

I believe this should be fixed now. Please try next snapshot cycle.

If you want to test now, replace the pppoe_reconfigure function in /etc/pppoe_restart with interface_reconfigure();

sullrich

PS: you need to click save on the wan interfaces configuration page to regenerate the /etc/pppoe_restart file..

eri--

As sullrich said retry with latest snapshot.

mino

Okay, i installed the latest snapshot. I saved the WAN interface many times. But the /etc/pppoerestart file is still the same and so the error still occurs.


#!/bin/sh
echo 'es_dyndns_reset(wan); ?>' | /usr/local/bin/php -q

eri--

The new file should be on /var/etc/pppoefile actually.
It should have interface_reconfigure in it.

mino

Okay can be executed but it wont restart the wan session, it just reload the filter (seen in the logs)


# cat /var/etc/pppoewanrestart
#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/touch /tmp/filter_dirty
#

sullrich

Did you click save on the Interfaces -> WAN page?

The code is there…

define("CRON_PPPOE_CMD", "#!/bin/sh\necho '' | /usr/local/bin/php -q");

eri--

You are on an older snapshot. Try a new one.

mino

So I have now the latest snapshot:

2.0-ALPHA-ALPHA
built on Fri Nov 21 04:39:23 EST 2008
FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE

Console:


# cat /var/etc/pppoewanrestart
#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/touch /tmp/filter_dirty
#


#cat /etc/crontab
...
0	4	*	*	*	root	/etc/pppoerestart
0	4	*	*	*	root	/var/etc/pppoewanrestart
...

So you see still the same. And in my crontab are now two entries, i think the old entry and the new corrected one. I think i triggered the save routine now 3 times but same result.

And i recognized that if i save the wan configuration and aplly them the whole system is interuppted. I take up to 30 seconds until my box reacts on request (http, ssh and so on) to the box itself. I think a routine for resetting the interface or restarting the mpd daemon shut not block the whole system.

sullrich

First edit /etc/crontab and remove both of those reset entries.

Next update to the snapshot that will be ready about 2 hours from this post. Next click save on interfaces, wan.

Check the file in /conf/ (not /var/etc/). /var/ is a ramdisk on embedded and that file will be wiped out on a reboot.

mino

Okay i did what you said.

My /etc/crontab now look like that:

cat /etc/crontab

SHELL=/bin/sh
PATH=/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
HOME=/var/log
#minute hour mday month wday who command

pfSense specific crontab entries

Created: November 29, 2008, 9:49 am

0 * * * * root /usr/bin/nice -n20 newsyslog
1,31 0-5 * * * root /usr/bin/nice -n20 adjkerntz -a
1 3 1 * * root /usr/bin/nice -n20 /etc/rc.update_bogons.sh
*/60 * * * * root /usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/sbin/expiretable -v -t 3600 sshlockout
1 1 * * * root /usr/bin/nice -n20 /etc/rc.dyndns.update
*/60 * * * * root /usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/sbin/expiretable -v -t 3600 virusprot
*/60 * * * * root /usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/sbin/expiretable -t 3600 snort2c
*/5 * * * * root /usr/local/bin/checkreload.sh
*/5 * * * * root /etc/ping_hosts.sh
*/140 * * * * root /usr/local/sbin/reset_slbd.sh
0 5 * * * root /etc/pppoerestart
0 4 * * * root /conf/pppoewanrestart

If possible do not add items to this file manually.

If you do so, this file must be terminated with a blank line (e.g. new line)

My reset time is set to 4 o'clock. I dunno why still there is a entry for 5 o'clock, it wasnt there before.

So today at 4 o'clock he triggered the script and reinitiate the pppoe connection. But after that the dnsmasq hung. He consumes up to 80% of the cpu usage and dont like to respond anymore. I killed the process and startet it again, it works now again. I think a bit of delay is needed after restarting the dnsmasq service. Because i also triggered the script(/conf/pppoewanrestart) by hand and the same problem occured. I got also a message back, but i think it has nothing to do with the dnsmasq problem:

/conf/pppoewanrestart

Warning: Missing argument 2 for services_dyndns_reset(), called in /root/- on line 1 and defined in /etc/inc/services.inc on line 438

sullrich

Okay this is due to Ermals changes (eri–). I'll leave this to him to fix.

eri--

Try next snapshot should be fixed.

nocer

Hello,

err…snap server has no new snaps since 5th. Can you kick him awake? :P

cheers,

mino

Sorry, isnt fixed. Same problem occurs.

Actual Version:
2.0-ALPHA-ALPHA
built on Tue Dec 9 06:25:48 EST 2008
FreeBSD 7.1-RC1

eri--

What do you mean by same?