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    DHCP stopped working

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved DHCP and DNS
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    • DerelictD Offline
      Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
      last edited by

      DHCP client on WAN or server on LAN or both or ?

      Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
      A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
      DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
      Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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      • B Offline
        Boodie
        last edited by

        On the LAN side.

        None of the clients get DHCP info from the pfSense box.

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        • DerelictD Offline
          Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
          last edited by

          Is DHCP running in System > Services>?

          Is anything interesting logged in System > Logs, DHCP?

          You might try stopping and restarting the service in System > Services if there is nothing interesting to see anywhere else.

          Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
          A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
          DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
          Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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          • B Offline
            Boodie
            last edited by

            This is from the logs, looks like some kind of error but no idea how to fix it if it is.

            Nov 13 11:14:18 dhcpd Wrote 16 leases to leases file.
            Nov 13 11:14:18 dhcpd commit_leases: unable to commit, fflush(): No space left on device
            Nov 13 11:14:18 dhcpd DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.130 (192.168.1.1) from 00:11:d9:35:43:f7 (TIVO-7460001905ABF76) via igb1: database update failed

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            • DerelictD Offline
              Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
              last edited by

              Your disk is full. Check things like squid logs.

              Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
              A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
              DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
              Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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              • B Offline
                Boodie
                last edited by

                I see the disk is full, and I have cleared all the logs and the disk is still showing as full.

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                • DerelictD Offline
                  Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                  last edited by

                  Have to find what's chewing it up. What packages have you installed?

                  It's probably in var. Try this in Diagnostics > Command Prompt

                  du -skh /var/*

                  Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
                  A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
                  DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
                  Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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                  • B Offline
                    Boodie
                    last edited by

                    Snort and Squid

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                    • B Offline
                      Boodie
                      last edited by

                      All log files have been removed yet the disk still shows 100% usage.

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                      • DerelictD Offline
                        Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                        last edited by

                        Probably squid that filled your disk then. Try Clear Disk Cache NOW in Local Cache.

                        If you turned on access logging in General turn it off.

                        Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
                        A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
                        DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
                        Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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                        • B Offline
                          Boodie
                          last edited by

                          What do I do when that doesn't work?

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                          • DerelictD Offline
                            Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                            last edited by

                            Run du commands to find out where the space is being taken up and figure out how to clean it out.

                            You never provided the output from the command I gave you earlier.

                            Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
                            A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
                            DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
                            Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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                            • B Offline
                              Boodie
                              last edited by

                              I had to use the paid service and they fixed it.  Turns out it was the Squid log files, despite using the clear logs function though the GUI

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