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    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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      pama @SteveITS
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      @teamits said in Change IP:

      @pama said in Change IP:

      the WAN IP is now used by another device

      I was just trying to find out at what step you lose access.
      You should not be losing access.
      If the current WAN IP is in use by another device I would expect both of those to have trouble and would be surprised if you could connect out from the pfSense to the Internet before changing WAN IPs.
      I was trying to suggest the new WAN IP is also in use by another device. That would at least be consistent with your symptoms.

      Please read from the top...

      The local IT has disconnected pfsense nics from vsphere adn used its ips for the new device.
      the new device is working without any problem, as pfsense before.
      now I want to reconnect pfsense with UNUSED IPS (please, huh? I work in IT from 20 years)

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        SteveITS Galactic Empire
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        @pama said in Change IP:

        The local IT has disconnected pfsense nics from vsphere

        OK but then the symptom of slow web GUI and inability to access updates is to be expected. The slow GUI happens because DNS isn't working and each try must time out on all DNS servers before the GUI moves on.

        I was assuming the NICs were being reconnected after the IP change.

        Not sure where to go from here. The only issue I've had with changing IPs is the rebinding check not allowing the new LAN IP but I think that bug was fixed a while ago.

        Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
        When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
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          SteveITS Galactic Empire
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          Could there be anything in VMWare that is blocking the new IPs? I haven't used VMWare much, but vaguely recall some issues on our Virtuozzo cluster with ARP tables on the physical host.

          Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
          When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
          Upvote 👍 helpful posts!

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            pama @SteveITS
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            @teamits said in Change IP:

            @pama said in Change IP:

            The local IT has disconnected pfsense nics from vsphere

            OK but then the symptom of slow web GUI and inability to access updates is to be expected. The slow GUI happens because DNS isn't working and each try must time out on all DNS servers before the GUI moves on.

            I was assuming the NICs were being reconnected after the IP change.

            Not sure where to go from here. The only issue I've had with changing IPs is the rebinding check not allowing the new LAN IP but I think that bug was fixed a while ago.

            pfsense can query the dns without any problem...

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