Loosing WAN interface since 2.5 upgrade.

SLT

Hello, I'm running pfsense on a Zotac Nano CI323 fo years now without issues.

I did the upgrade to 2.5 and since then lot of problems...

Il loose my wan connection randomly ...

DHCP.LOG
10:17:40 pfSense dhclient[74850]: re1 link state up -> down
Apr 19 10:17:41 pfSense dhclient[21454]: connection closed
Apr 19 10:17:41 pfSense dhclient[21454]: exiting.
Apr 19 10:17:44 pfSense dhclient[7026]: Cannot open or create pidfile: No such file or directory
Apr 19 10:17:44 pfSense dhclient[7463]: PREINIT
Apr 19 10:17:44 pfSense dhclient[7026]: DHCPREQUEST on re1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Apr 19 10:17:45 pfSense dhclient[7026]: DHCPREQUEST on re1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Apr 19 10:17:47 pfSense dhclient[7026]: DHCPREQUEST on re1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Apr 19 10:17:50 pfSense dhclient[7026]: DHCPREQUEST on re1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Apr 19 10:17:54 pfSense dhclient[7026]: re1 link state up -> down

When it occurs, I can't use Web GUI anymore, only the ssh is available.

I've tried DHCP Renew, Interface UP/DOWN ;-(

It could be my ISP... everytime I reboot WAN is back...
BTW, It's the only way to make it work again.

What can I do?

Reinstall a 2.4.5 from scratch?

I've tried a reinstall of 2.5.1 and restore my backup but the result is the same.

Gcon

@slt Your best bet is to reinstall 2.4.5p1 if you can manage to find a copy

SLT

I got a lead :

https://forum.netgate.com/topic/135850/official-realtek-driver-binary-1-95-for-2-4-4-release/16

I did not rembember the update for this driver...

So, I did the installation again, found the driver here:

https://forums.serverbuilds.net/t/guide-resolve-realtek-nic-stability-issues-on-freebsd-pfsense-2-4-4-2-4-5-2-5-0-opnsense-use-2-5gb-realtek/3555

SLT

BEFORE
Id Refs Address Size Name
1 18 0xffffffff80200000 3aea720 kernel
2 1 0xffffffff83cec000 3bb7f0 zfs.ko
3 2 0xffffffff840a8000 a448 opensolaris.ko
4 1 0xffffffff84311000 1000 cpuctl.ko
5 1 0xffffffff84312000 37f8 cryptodev.ko
6 1 0xffffffff84316000 b7330 if_re.ko

AFTER
Id Refs Address Size Name
1 18 0xffffffff80200000 3aea720 kernel
2 1 0xffffffff83ceb000 d0b38 if_re.ko
3 1 0xffffffff83dbc000 3bb7f0 zfs.ko
4 2 0xffffffff84178000 a448 opensolaris.ko
5 1 0xffffffff84311000 1000 cpuctl.ko
6 1 0xffffffff84312000 37f8 cryptodev.ko

SLT

Well no issue since my last update.

It was the driver ;-)