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    Deleted Lan interface, Console not displaying anything

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      rehrnsberger last edited by

      Like a dummy I deleted the lan interface. I have tried to console in and the screen just stays black. I have downloaded the newest version of pfsense and put it on a flash drive. I have no vga on this unit so i downloaded the serial version. I reboot the unit and try to putty into it and i cant. I have a watchguard that i loaded pfsense onto. Can anyone help me figure out how to get back into it. It seems to not be booting to the usb drive as the putty screen stays black after a reboot.

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      • stephenw10
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator last edited by

        Which model? How did you load pfSense initially?

        Do you have a backup of the config it's running? You should be able to see if the serial console is enabled there.

        Steve

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          rehrnsberger last edited by

          Hello. I am running 2.4.5 and did have a backup. The machine came to me loaded already so I did not have to load it on there. After posting this question, I remembered I had remote access to the unit so I logged in that way and fixed my issue. Thank you

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          • stephenw10
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator last edited by

            Ah, nice. You should make sure you have the serial console enabled and you are able to access it. The next time this happens you may not able to do anything else and rolling back changes from the console is a very easy way to regain access.

            Steve

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