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    Manual WAN connect/disconnect

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      highc
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      I must have used the wrong search words, can't believe that this question has not been asked before:

      How can I manually, via the command line, connect or disconnect (not: reconnect) the PPPoE etc. WAN connection?

      I found that

      ifconfig pppoe0 up

      ifconfig pppoe0 down

      should not be used, and for reconnect I found

      /usr/local/sbin/pfSctl -c 'interface reload wan' >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1

      or for ipv6

      /usr/local/sbin/ppp-ipv6 pppoe0 down ; pkill -xf '^.*dhcp6c.*pppoe0$' ; sleep 2 ; /usr/local/sbin/ppp-ipv6 pppoe0 up

      However, I'm not just looking for an option to reconnect WAN. The WAN connection I'm configuring is via 3G/4G, with online time costing money. So I am looking for a possibility to specifically connect/disconnect WAN if/when needed (via SSH).

      Thanks!

      pfSense+ 24.03 on Netgate SG-2100 (replaced SG-2440)
      pfSense 2.6 on Super Micro 5018D-FN4T (retired)

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