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    pfsense stopped at vlan and interface prompt on every reboot

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      Defiling2063
      last edited by

      I started using pfsense about 2 months ago. Installed and configured it. Everything went well. It had been up and running since until last week due to power outage. The proxmox came back fine but pfsense stopped at the vlan and interface prompt (similar to initial setup prompt).

      Long story short, every time I reboot pfsense since, it always prompts the vlan question and interface assignment prompt.

      Setup:

      My pfesense is a virtual machine running on proxmox with two physical interfaces. My pfsense is configured to have 4 interfaces:

      WAN: vtnet1
      LAN: vtnet0
      OPT1: tun_wg0
      OPT2: tailscale0

      After reboot, it only prompts me for WAN, LAN, and OPT1.

      I also confirmed that I've removed the installer from the virtual CD drive. Pfsense is not booting from a "live" cd.

      After I answers the vlan question and interface assignment, pfsense boots fine with my configurations (except OPT2, which I had to manually configure after).

      Thought? Appreciate in advance. Thanks.

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by stephenw10

        It's because tailscale interfaces are not excluded from the interface check and they do not exist at that point. And that's because you should not assign tailscale interfaces like that.

        See: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/14780#note-3 and https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/13924

        Steve

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          Defiling2063
          last edited by

          Thanks!! I removed tailscale0 interface and it rebooted fine. I will have to find a way to route packets from LAN to remote hosts through tailscale. Thanks again!

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            Yup, tailscale should do that for you.

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