WAN won't reconnect
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Hello,
Still very-very new to this but ran into a strange situation for me. Setup is a Cell modem (MOFI) connected to my Netgate pfSense router. I have configured the MOFI in IP Passthrough mode, there is no bridge mode available. I am unclear of the differences and not sure if this creates any issues. I am able to see the Public IP in pfSense, it is being correctly passed and everything is working correctly. pfSense is set to DHCP as I do not have a static public IP address, so it should pull a new address if this changes. (I think)
Situation:
The cell modem went down and did not recover on it's own, it needed to be restarted. Restarted cell modem and came back up. pfSense would not pass traffic and simply shows n/a for a WAN address. I released and renewed the IP and then all was well.Why did pfSense not automatically pick up the WAN connection and start working again?
Logs that I think are pertinent and may be helpful:
Feb 6 13:25:24 dhclient 5797 connection closed
Feb 6 13:25:24 dhclient 5797 exiting.
Feb 6 13:25:32 dhclient PREINIT
Feb 6 13:25:32 dhclient 45640 DHCPREQUEST on vr1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Feb 6 13:25:33 dhclient 45640 DHCPREQUEST on vr1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Feb 6 13:25:34 dhclient 45640 DHCPREQUEST on vr1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Feb 6 13:25:35 dhclient 45640 DHCPREQUEST on vr1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Feb 6 13:25:36 dhclient 45640 DHCPREQUEST on vr1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Feb 6 13:25:37 dhclient 45640 DHCPREQUEST on vr1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Feb 6 13:25:39 dhclient 45640 DHCPREQUEST on vr1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Feb 6 13:25:44 dhclient 45640 DHCPDISCOVER on vr1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 1
Feb 6 13:25:45 dhclient 45640 DHCPDISCOVER on vr1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 2
Feb 6 13:25:47 dhclient 45640 DHCPDISCOVER on vr1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
Feb 6 13:25:51 dhclient 45640 DHCPDISCOVER on vr1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
Feb 6 13:25:56 dhclient 45640 DHCPDISCOVER on vr1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
Feb 6 13:26:05 dhclient 45640 DHCPDISCOVER on vr1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10
Feb 6 13:26:15 dhclient 45640 DHCPDISCOVER on vr1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15
Feb 6 13:26:30 dhclient 45640 DHCPDISCOVER on vr1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10
Feb 6 13:26:40 dhclient 45640 DHCPDISCOVER on vr1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
Feb 6 13:26:45 dhclient 45640 No DHCPOFFERS received.
Feb 6 13:26:45 dhclient 45640 Trying recorded lease 100.94.102.155
Feb 6 13:26:45 dhclient TIMEOUT
Feb 6 13:26:45 dhclient Starting add_new_address()
Feb 6 13:26:45 dhclient ifconfig vr1 inet 100.94.102.155 netmask 255.255.255.248 broadcast 100.94.102.159
Feb 6 13:26:45 dhclient New IP Address (vr1): 100.94.102.155
Feb 6 13:26:45 dhclient New Subnet Mask (vr1): 255.255.255.248
Feb 6 13:26:45 dhclient New Broadcast Address (vr1): 100.94.102.159
Feb 6 13:26:45 dhclient New Routers (vr1): 100.94.102.156
Feb 6 13:26:46 dhclient New Routers (vr1): 100.94.102.156
Feb 6 13:26:47 dhclient Deleting old routes
Feb 6 13:26:47 dhclient 45640 bound: renewal in 1232 seconds.
Feb 6 13:26:50 dhcpd Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server 4.3.4
Feb 6 13:26:50 dhcpd Copyright 2004-2016 Internet Systems Consortium.
Feb 6 13:26:50 dhcpd All rights reserved.
Feb 6 13:26:50 dhcpd For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/
Feb 6 13:26:50 dhcpd Config file: /etc/dhcpd.conf
Feb 6 13:26:50 dhcpd Database file: /var/db/dhcpd.leases
Feb 6 13:26:50 dhcpd PID file: /var/run/dhcpd.pid
Feb 6 13:26:50 dhcpd Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server 4.3.4
Feb 6 13:26:50 dhcpd Copyright 2004-2016 Internet Systems Consortium.
Feb 6 13:26:50 dhcpd All rights reserved.
Feb 6 13:26:50 dhcpd For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/
Feb 6 13:26:50 dhcpd Wrote 13 leases to leases file.
Feb 6 13:26:50 dhcpd Listening on BPF/vr0/00:0d:b9:23:f3:34/192.168.1.0/24
Feb 6 13:26:50 dhcpd Sending on BPF/vr0/00:0d:b9:23:f3:34/192.168.1.0/24
Feb 6 13:26:50 dhcpd Sending on Socket/fallback/fallback-net
Feb 6 13:26:50 dhcpd Server starting service.A whole series of LAN DHCP traffic
Feb 6 13:47:17 dhclient 84527 DHCPREQUEST on vr1 to 192.168.10.1 port 67
Feb 6 13:47:17 dhclient 46489 send_packet: No route to host
This is repeated multiple timesThen this is I believe when I released and renewed the address
Feb 6 13:58:16 dhclient 46489 connection closed
Feb 6 13:58:16 dhclient 46489 exiting.
Feb 6 13:58:25 dhclient PREINIT
Feb 6 13:58:25 dhclient 86798 DHCPREQUEST on vr1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Feb 6 13:58:25 dhclient 86798 DHCPNAK from 192.168.10.1
Feb 6 13:58:25 dhclient 86798 DHCPDISCOVER on vr1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 1
Feb 6 13:58:25 dhclient 86798 DHCPOFFER from 192.168.10.1
Feb 6 13:58:25 dhclient ARPSEND
Feb 6 13:58:27 dhclient ARPCHECK
Feb 6 13:58:27 dhclient 86798 DHCPREQUEST on vr1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Feb 6 13:58:27 dhclient 86798 DHCPACK from 192.168.10.1
Feb 6 13:58:27 dhclient BOUND
Feb 6 13:58:27 dhclient Starting add_new_address()
Feb 6 13:58:27 dhclient ifconfig vr1 inet 100.70.142.134 netmask 255.255.255.252 broadcast 100.70.142.135
Feb 6 13:58:27 dhclient New IP Address (vr1): 100.70.142.134
Feb 6 13:58:27 dhclient New Subnet Mask (vr1): 255.255.255.252
Feb 6 13:58:27 dhclient New Broadcast Address (vr1): 100.70.142.135
Feb 6 13:58:27 dhclient New Routers (vr1): 100.70.142.133
Feb 6 13:58:27 dhclient Adding new routes to interface: vr1
Feb 6 13:58:27 dhclient /sbin/route add default 100.70.142.133
Feb 6 13:58:27 dhclient Creating resolv.conf
Feb 6 13:58:27 dhclient 86798 bound to 100.70.142.134 – renewal in 1800 seconds.
Feb 6 13:58:36 dhcpd Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server 4.3.4
Feb 6 13:58:36 dhcpd Copyright 2004-2016 Internet Systems Consortium.
Feb 6 13:58:36 dhcpd All rights reserved.
Feb 6 13:58:36 dhcpd For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/
Feb 6 13:58:36 dhcpd Config file: /etc/dhcpd.conf
Feb 6 13:58:36 dhcpd Database file: /var/db/dhcpd.leases
Feb 6 13:58:36 dhcpd PID file: /var/run/dhcpd.pid
Feb 6 13:58:36 dhcpd Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server 4.3.4
Feb 6 13:58:36 dhcpd Copyright 2004-2016 Internet Systems Consortium.
Feb 6 13:58:36 dhcpd All rights reserved.
Feb 6 13:58:36 dhcpd For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/
Feb 6 13:58:36 dhcpd Wrote 13 leases to leases file.
Feb 6 13:58:36 dhcpd Listening on BPF/vr0/00:0d:b9:23:f3:34/192.168.1.0/24
Feb 6 13:58:36 dhcpd Sending on BPF/vr0/00:0d:b9:23:f3:34/192.168.1.0/24
Feb 6 13:58:36 dhcpd Sending on Socket/fallback/fallback-net
Feb 6 13:58:36 dhcpd Server starting service.Any help would be greatly appreciated! My goal of course is to have maximum uptime and not need to do any manual resets.
Thanks,
Adam
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Adding a little more info- I just restarted the cell modem again even though it was working to see what happened. Same thing. Came back up but could not access the internet until I did a release and renew in pfSense.
Essentially the issue is that pfSense is not automatically trying to release/renew from the WAN.
Help?
Adam
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I updated the title, hopefully a little more attention.
Summary is that after my WAN connection drops and comes back up, pfSense won't reconnect. It shows n/a in the WAN field. But if I release/renew it will come back.
Why does it do this and what can I do to get it to happen automatically? I would think it would by default?
Adam
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I've had that happen numerous times and finally found this post. Identical log messages (apart from other IPs). Can't figure out why DHCPDISCOVER is not sent to 255.255.255.255 anymore but to a fix IP that is not routable.
Yes, my ISP goes down more than what I like but not being able to recover leaves me standing without connectivity until I save my WAN IF settings and reload.
Anyone?