Surprised, No Available Packages

[NollipfSense]

Well after some hiccups with not getting anything on the monitor, I finally have a cleaner installed version...available packages now normal.

[Gertjan]

@NollipfSense

I've done the same test on my side.
I didn't have any issues, but saw something strange while posting here :

and that's new : I'm reaching the forum over IPv4 .... normally, it's IPv6 for years now.
I've checked using several tools to check my IPv6 connection, like this one https://test-ipv6.com/ and Googlev6. All well.

This :

[23.05.1-RELEASE][root@pfSense.bhf.net]/root: pkg-static -4 -d update

finished in a fraction of a second.

[23.05.1-RELEASE][root@pfSense.bhf.net]/root: pkg-static -6 -d update

takes minutes ..... (I'll wait to see if it times out, or is just very slow / bad )

pfSense (GUI etc) will prefer and use IPv6 if both are declared present ...
Probably the IPv6 between the old world and the newer one.
Can some one from the US, or Texas, confirm ?

[23.05.1-RELEASE][root@pfSense.bhf.net]/root: dig pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com A +short
208.123.73.207
[23.05.1-RELEASE][root@pfSense.bhf.net]/root: dig pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com AAAA +short
2610:160:11:18::207

edit :
eventually, while using the "-6" option :

...
Unable to update repository pfSense
Error updating repositories!

again, IPv4 worked well.

Btw : where is my "sometimes, it's not DNS" t-shirt ?

[Vollans]

Yeah, same here. IPv4 works fine, IPv6 is down. This is with Aussie Broadband in Australia.

[Gertjan]

@Vollans said in Surprised, No Available Packages:

This is with Aussie Broadband in Australia

Definitely the new world for me, but we share the same "under water" link to the destination.
Thanks for the feed back.

[Vollans]

@Gertjan It seems to get stuck once it gets to CoreNap’s network.

Traceroute6 to pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com (2610:160:11:18::207) from 2403:580d:7fff:6824:<redacted>, 64 hops max, 28 byte packets
 1  *
    fe80::2a2:ff:feb2:c2%igc3  9.781 ms *
 2  * * *
 3  ae-36.a00.sydnau05.au.bb.gin.ntt.net  33.349 ms  30.772 ms  21.186 ms
 4  lag-6.ear1.Tokyo4.Level3.net  25.018 ms  40.442 ms  26.179 ms
 5  * * *
 6  NETWORK-APP.edge1.Washington1.Level3.net  237.627 ms  237.859 ms  237.900 ms
 7  2610:160::ffff:4014:e5a6  223.901 ms  215.223 ms  219.037 ms
 8  * * *
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[Gertjan]

Things don't get any better :

[stephenw10]

@Gertjan said in Surprised, No Available Packages:

Btw : where is my "sometimes, it's not DNS" t-shirt ?

Ha. Lies! It's always DNS.

Though I'm also unable to hit the pkg server over v6 from the UK. Digging....

[Vollans]

@stephenw10 Appears someone has dried out the cable, as I can get updates this morning.

[stephenw10]

Yup, local v6 routing issue has been resolved.