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    WAN Interface DHCP Issues - Pfsense 1.2.3-Release

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      WindScar
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      Hey All,

      I currently have Comcast at home. I've used Pfsense for years and the drive I was running it on finally crapped the bed so I reloaded Pfsense. I went from 1.2.3-RC1 to 1.2.3-Release. I'm not using any addon packages at this time; I did use the restore configuration option to import an XML backup of the original configuration.

      This all said, I'm running into a strange issue with my WAN connectivity.

      I'll obtain a DHCP address from Comcast and sporatically I'll loose connection / the interface actually goes up and down. This can occur on a random interval – sometimes 30 seconds sometimes 5 minutes. Once this happens I have to hard cycle my modem and pfsense to get connected again.

      Originally... I thought it might have to do with the NIC so I swapped lan/wan interfaces and obtained the same result.
      At this point - I still have no clue.

      So.... When i did get leased an address I popped in the information as a Static IP and bam... NO ISSUES!! But this is not a fix as I do not have a static IP with comcast and they need to renew every couple of days. The fact that this worked led me to abandon my next theory which was duplex/speed settings.

      Has anyone seen anything like this or have any ideas ?

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