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    • 0daymaster0
      0daymaster
      last edited by

      After a reboot I seem to have no default route. I am using gateway groups for both my IPv4 and IPv6 default gateway. For services like Squid which depend on the default route this is troublesome. I wind up having to manually change my default gateway to intermediary value and then change back to the gateway groups. I've seen several others with the same problem on Redmine: Bug #9004. Anybody have any advice?

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        LeCygne
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        So I was not alone who is experiencing the issue of loosing default gateway after performing a reboot when the default gateway is set using the recently-added feature for "default gateway".

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        • RicoR
          Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
          last edited by

          I just checked with my test VM (2.4.4-p2) and can report the same problem here.

          -Rico

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            nikb
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            I honestly thought I had broken something. Good to know others are experiencing it as well. Any word on if there's a fix planned?

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              hmh
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              @0daymaster said in No default route after reboot using Gateway Groups.:

              #9004

              On latest 2.4.4-p2

              I have this issue only on Netgate XG-7100 appliance
              No issues on Netgate SG-4860 or Hyper-V VMs

              If Default gateway IPv4 set as Gateway Group you can see near Tier1 gateway "(default)" after reboot "(default)" get removed from Tier1 gateway
              No default route in routing table

              This issue only on Netgate XG-7100
              Double checked, no issues on Netgate SG-4860 or Hyper-V VMs

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                LeCygne
                last edited by

                Hello there! I have my own hardware and virtualization solutions and the issue still happens.

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                • RicoR
                  Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
                  last edited by

                  The fix is to replace

                  if ($gwgroupitem['gwip'] == $currentdefaultgwip) {

                  with

                  if (!empty($currentdefaultgwip) AND $gwgroupitem['gwip'] == $currentdefaultgwip) {

                  in /etc/inc/gwlb.inc line 1112
                  Don't ask me if this is dirty or not...but it works. 😳

                  -Rico

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                    amorphous @Rico
                    last edited by amorphous

                    @rico said in No default route after reboot using Gateway Groups.:

                    if ($gwgroupitem['gwip'] == $currentdefaultgwip) {

                    with
                    if (!empty($currentdefaultgwip) AND $gwgroupitem['gwip'] == $currentdefaultgwip) {

                    in /etc/inc/gwlb.inc line 1112

                    This workaround didn't work for me. Same errors unfortunately. I don't use GW groups though.

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                      Konstanti @amorphous
                      last edited by Konstanti

                      @amorphous
                      Hey
                      but after a reboot that the issue here is this shell command ?
                      /sbin/route -n get -inet default | /usr/bin/awk '/gateway:/ {print $2}'

                      And what errors are written in the log ?

                      and more
                      after reboot, what does /status/interfaces show ?
                      all interfaces in the "up" state, all interfaces have ip addresses?

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                        amorphous @Konstanti
                        last edited by amorphous

                        @konstanti

                        After reboot:
                        [2.4.4-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.localdomain]/root: /sbin/route -n get -inet default | /usr/bin/awk '/gateway:/ {print $2}'
                        route: route has not been found

                        After enabling disabling WAN
                        [2.4.4-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.localdomain]/root: /sbin/route -n get -inet default | /usr/bin/awk '/gateway:/ {print $2}'
                        70.111.222.0

                        In Status -> interfaces both WAN and LAN have the correct Ip address and they're both up. No change after reboot.

                        Log sample and netstat output here:
                        https://forum.netgate.com/topic/139570/no-internet-after-reboot-wrong-gateway
                        https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/9269

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                          Konstanti @amorphous
                          last edited by Konstanti

                          @amorphous
                          Do I understand correctly that IP addresses are assigned dynamically (DHCP) ?
                          Is there no pause during boot time when configuring the WAN interface ?

                          Open file / diagnostics / edit file
                          /var / log / system.log
                          during the boot, it will display approximately the following text:

                          14:05:17 ru kernel: coretemp1: <CPU On-Die Thermal Sensors> on cpu1
                          Dec 31 14:05:18 ru sshd[8921]: Server listening on :: port 22.
                          Dec 31 14:05:18 ru sshd[8921]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22.
                          Dec 31 14:05:18 ru syslogd: Logging subprocess 9187 (exec /usr/local/sbin/sshguard) exited due to signal 15.
                          Dec 31 14:05:19 ru check_reload_status: Linkup starting igb0
                          Dec 31 14:05:19 ru kernel:
                          Dec 31 14:05:19 ru kernel: igb0: link state changed to UP
                          Dec 31 14:05:21 ru check_reload_status: rc.newwanip starting igb0
                          Dec 31 14:05:22 ru kernel: done.
                          Dec 31 14:05:22 ru php-cgi: rc.bootup: Resyncing OpenVPN instances.
                          Dec 31 14:05:22 ru kernel: done.
                          Dec 31 14:05:22 ru kernel: gre0: link state changed to UP
                          Dec 31 14:05:22 ru kernel: gre1: link state changed to UP
                          Dec 31 14:05:22 ru kernel:
                          Dec 31 14:05:22 ru kernel: tun1: changing name to 'ovpns1'
                          Dec 31 14:05:22 ru php-fpm[242]: /rc.newwanip: rc.newwanip: Info: starting on igb0.
                          Dec 31 14:05:22 ru php-fpm[242]: /rc.newwanip: rc.newwanip: on (IP address: XX.XXX) (interface: WAN[wan]) (real interface: igb0).
                          Dec 31 14:05:22 ru kernel: gre0: link state changed to DOWN
                          Dec 31 14:05:22 ru kernel: gre0: link state changed to UP
                          Dec 31 14:05:22 ru kernel: gre1: link state changed to DOWN
                          Dec 31 14:05:22 ru kernel: gre1: link state changed to UP
                          Dec 31 14:05:22 ru kernel: ovpns1: link state changed to UP
                          Dec 31 14:05:22 ru kernel: pflog0: promiscuous mode enabled
                          Dec 31 14:05:22 ru php-fpm[242]: /rc.newwanip: Default gateway setting Interface WAN_DHCP Gateway as default.

                          What does that look like to you ?
                          I have a suspicion that em0 does not receive an ip address at the boot
                          in your log line /rc.newwanip: rc.newwanip: on (IP address: ) (interface: WAN[wan]) (real interface: em0) - does not contain IP address ( it is not)
                          And more
                          written anything in files
                          /tmp/em0_error_output
                          /tmp/em0_output

                          You can try to do so ( this is theory , I never did )
                          https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/network-dhcp.html
                          open the /etc/defaults/rc.conf
                          and add this line to the beginning of the file
                          ifconfig_em0="SYNCDHCP"
                          save the file and reboot

                          if this does not help , you can try to put the boot script to pause (5 seconds) after starting dhclient. ( this is theory , I never did )

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                            amorphous @Konstanti
                            last edited by amorphous

                            @konstanti

                            Do I understand correctly that IP addresses are assigned dynamically (DHCP) ?
                            *Yes

                            #=== After reboot when Internet is not working ===#
                            [2.4.4-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.localdomain]/root: cat /tmp/em0_defaultgw

                            [2.4.4-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.localdomain]/root: cat /tmp/em0_error_output

                            [2.4.4-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.localdomain]/root: cat /tmp/em0_output
                            em0: no link ...... got link
                            dhclient: PREINIT
                            DHCPDISCOVER on em0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 1
                            DHCPOFFER from 10.100.111.2
                            DHCPREQUEST on em0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
                            DHCPACK from 10.100.111.2
                            bound to 70.111.222.333 -- renewal in 25107 seconds.
                            [2.4.4-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.localdomain]/root: cat /tmp/em0_router
                            70.111.222.1

                            #=== REBOOT LOGS ===#

                            Jan 18 10:06:47 pfsense kernel: coretemp0: <CPU On-Die Thermal Sensors> on cpu0
                            Jan 18 10:06:47 pfsense kernel: coretemp1: <CPU On-Die Thermal Sensors> on cpu1
                            Jan 18 10:06:48 pfsense sshd[6471]: Server listening on :: port 22.
                            Jan 18 10:06:48 pfsense sshd[6471]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22.
                            Jan 18 10:06:48 pfsense syslogd: Logging subprocess 6540 (exec /usr/local/sbin/sshguard) exited due to signal 15.
                            Jan 18 10:06:51 pfsense kernel:
                            Jan 18 10:06:51 pfsense kernel: em0: link state changed to UP
                            Jan 18 10:06:51 pfsense check_reload_status: Linkup starting em0
                            Jan 18 10:06:53 pfsense check_reload_status: rc.newwanip starting em0
                            Jan 18 10:06:54 pfsense php-cgi: rc.bootup: Resyncing OpenVPN instances.
                            Jan 18 10:06:54 pfsense kernel: done.
                            Jan 18 10:06:54 pfsense kernel: pflog0: promiscuous mode enabled
                            Jan 18 10:06:54 pfsense php-cgi: rc.bootup: [squid] Installed but disabled. Not installing 'nat' rules.
                            Jan 18 10:06:54 pfsense php-cgi: rc.bootup: [squid] Installed but disabled. Not installing 'pfearly' rules.
                            Jan 18 10:06:54 pfsense kernel: .
                            Jan 18 10:06:54 pfsense php-cgi: rc.bootup: [squid] Installed but disabled. Not installing 'filter' rules.
                            Jan 18 10:06:54 pfsense kernel: ..
                            Jan 18 10:06:55 pfsense php-fpm[366]: /rc.newwanip: rc.newwanip: Info: starting on em0.
                            Jan 18 10:06:55 pfsense kernel: .done.
                            Jan 18 10:06:55 pfsense php-fpm[366]: /rc.newwanip: rc.newwanip: on (IP address: 70.111.222.333) (interface: WAN[wan]) (real interface: em0).
                            Jan 18 10:06:55 pfsense php-cgi: rc.bootup: Default gateway setting as default.
                            Jan 18 10:06:55 pfsense php-cgi: rc.bootup: Gateway, none 'available' for inet6, use the first one configured. ''
                            Jan 18 10:06:55 pfsense kernel: route: writing to routing socket: Network is unreachable
                            Jan 18 10:06:58 pfsense check_reload_status: Linkup starting em1
                            Jan 18 10:06:58 pfsense kernel:
                            Jan 18 10:06:58 pfsense kernel: em1: link state changed to UP
                            Jan 18 10:07:04 pfsense php-cgi: rc.bootup: sync unbound done.
                            Jan 18 10:07:14 pfsense kernel: done.
                            Jan 18 10:07:15 pfsense kernel: done.
                            Jan 18 10:07:15 pfsense php-cgi: rc.bootup: NTPD is starting up.
                            Jan 18 10:07:15 pfsense kernel: done.
                            Jan 18 10:07:18 pfsense check_reload_status: Updating all dyndns
                            Jan 18 10:07:18 pfsense kernel: done.

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                              Konstanti @amorphous
                              last edited by Konstanti

                              @amorphous said in
                              route: writing to routing socket: Network is unreachable

                              This error
                              indicates that the system is trying to add a route to a non-existent gateway
                              Need to think

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                                Konstanti @amorphous
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                                @amorphous said in No default route after reboot using Gateway Groups.:

                                Default gateway setting as default

                                I have a suspicion that here a problem that at the time of loading not all interfaces received ip addresses yet.
                                Can you show the group settings ?

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                                  amorphous @Konstanti
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                                  @konstanti From where exactly?

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                                    Konstanti @amorphous
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                                    @amorphous

                                    I'm not sure
                                    It is very difficult to understand someone else's code
                                    Can you show the group settings ?

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                                      amorphous @Konstanti
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                                      @konstanti Which Group Settings? Where in the WebUI?

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                                        Konstanti @amorphous
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                                          Konstanti @amorphous
                                          last edited by Konstanti

                                          @amorphous
                                          The problem is solved
                                          The problem is that when a script processes a group of interfaces, the system does not yet have default gateway information. To do this, check the status of the variable in the script
                                          "currentdefaultgwip" (file /etc/inc/gwlb.inc)
                                          I added one line for debugging
                                          log_error("Point1 ip is: $currentdefaultgwip");
                                          and replaced one line to check the variable ( this line is the same as above - post Rico )
                                          if (($gwgroupitem['gwip'] == $currentdefaultgwip) && (!empty($currentdefaultgwip))) {

                                          this is what this part of the code looks like

                                          0_1547850168428_f43c6e8e-98b9-491c-9840-93219c86fbc0-image.png

                                          Jan 19 01:01:55 check_reload_status Linkup starting em0
                                          Jan 19 01:01:55 kernel em0: link state changed to UP
                                          Jan 19 01:01:55 check_reload_status rc.newwanip starting em0
                                          Jan 19 01:01:56 php-fpm 342 /rc.newwanip: rc.newwanip: Info: starting on em0.
                                          Jan 19 01:01:56 php-fpm 342 /rc.newwanip: rc.newwanip: on (IP address: 192.168.1.139) (interface: WAN[wan]) (real interface: em0).
                                          Jan 19 01:01:57 check_reload_status Linkup starting em1
                                          Jan 19 01:01:57 kernel em1: link state changed to UP
                                          Jan 19 01:01:57 check_reload_status rc.newwanip starting em1
                                          Jan 19 01:01:57 php-cgi rc.bootup: Resyncing OpenVPN instances.
                                          Jan 19 01:01:57 php-cgi rc.bootup: Point1 ip is:
                                          Jan 19 01:01:57 kernel done.
                                          Jan 19 01:01:57 kernel pflog0: promiscuous mode enabled
                                          Jan 19 01:01:57 php-cgi rc.bootup: Gateway, switch to: WAN_DHCP
                                          Jan 19 01:01:57 php-cgi rc.bootup: Default gateway setting Interface WAN_DHCP Gateway as default.
                                          Jan 19 01:01:57 php-cgi rc.bootup: Point1 ip is: 192.168.1.1
                                          Jan 19 01:01:57 php-cgi rc.bootup: Point1 ip is: 192.168.1.1

                                          and everything works fine
                                          0_1547850827801_8158fc00-4008-4ee5-9ec8-af5388f1b98b-image.png

                                          There is another way to solve this problem ,but it is not quite correct
                                          When you restart, all temporary files are deleted, if you disable the delete option, then you also do not have problems when you reboot .

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                                            amorphous @Konstanti
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                                            @konstanti I'll give it a try and report back.

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