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    • F
      freax
      last edited by

      Hi.

      My connection failed again but the logs went away during my lunch.
      Is not possible to fetch old logs ?

      I deactivated the firewall interface and then activated again and everything works.

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        yoda715
        last edited by

        Everyone please update to the latest snapshot and see if that solves your disconnects.

        http://snapshots.pfsense.com/FreeBSD6/RELENG_1/updates/

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          sullrich
          last edited by

          @sdale:

          Everyone please update to the latest snapshot and see if that solves your disconnects.

          http://snapshots.pfsense.com/FreeBSD6/RELENG_1/updates/

          What has changed that would fix it?

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            yoda715
            last edited by

            Bill's patch. I'm running 2-14 and I haven't had an issue yet. Wondering if anyone else will with the new snapshot.

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              Selective
              last edited by

              Sorry, no luck =(
              Snapshot 02-14-2007:

              –---------------------

              Feb 18 11:59:18 dhclient[271]: exiting.
              Feb 18 11:59:18 dhclient[271]: exiting.
              Feb 18 11:59:18 dhclient[271]: short write: wanted 21 got 0 bytes
              Feb 18 11:59:18 dhclient[271]: short write: wanted 21 got 0 bytes
              Feb 18 11:59:18 dhclient[271]: DHCPACK from 90.224.168.1
              Feb 18 11:59:18 dhclient[271]: DHCPREQUEST on rl0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
              Feb 18 11:58:37 last message repeated 5 times
              Feb 18 11:54:02 last message repeated 3 times
              Feb 18 11:52:00 last message repeated 3 times
              Feb 18 11:51:28 dhclient[271]: DHCPREQUEST on rl0 to 213.67.15.234 port 67
              Feb 18 11:41:51 php: : FTP proxy disabled for interface opt2 - ignoring.
              Feb 18 11:41:51 php: : FTP proxy disabled for interface opt1 - ignoring.
              Feb 18 11:41:51 php: : FTP proxy disabled for interface LAN - ignoring.
              Feb 18 11:41:50 check_reload_status: reloading filter
              Feb 18 11:41:44 check_reload_status: updating dyndns
              Feb 18 11:41:41 php: : FTP proxy disabled for interface opt2 - ignoring.
              Feb 18 11:41:41 php: : FTP proxy disabled for interface opt1 - ignoring.
              Feb 18 11:41:41 php: : FTP proxy disabled for interface LAN - ignoring.

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                sullrich
                last edited by

                @Selective:

                Sorry, no luck =(
                Snapshot 02-14-2007:

                –---------------------

                Feb 18 11:59:18 dhclient[271]: exiting.
                Feb 18 11:59:18 dhclient[271]: exiting.
                Feb 18 11:59:18 dhclient[271]: short write: wanted 21 got 0 bytes
                Feb 18 11:59:18 dhclient[271]: short write: wanted 21 got 0 bytes
                Feb 18 11:59:18 dhclient[271]: DHCPACK from 90.224.168.1
                Feb 18 11:59:18 dhclient[271]: DHCPREQUEST on rl0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
                Feb 18 11:58:37 last message repeated 5 times
                Feb 18 11:54:02 last message repeated 3 times
                Feb 18 11:52:00 last message repeated 3 times
                Feb 18 11:51:28 dhclient[271]: DHCPREQUEST on rl0 to 213.67.15.234 port 67
                Feb 18 11:41:51 php: : FTP proxy disabled for interface opt2 - ignoring.
                Feb 18 11:41:51 php: : FTP proxy disabled for interface opt1 - ignoring.
                Feb 18 11:41:51 php: : FTP proxy disabled for interface LAN - ignoring.
                Feb 18 11:41:50 check_reload_status: reloading filter
                Feb 18 11:41:44 check_reload_status: updating dyndns
                Feb 18 11:41:41 php: : FTP proxy disabled for interface opt2 - ignoring.
                Feb 18 11:41:41 php: : FTP proxy disabled for interface opt1 - ignoring.
                Feb 18 11:41:41 php: : FTP proxy disabled for interface LAN - ignoring.

                Do you see anything in the filter logs showing blocked packets around this time?

                Also, anyone having this problem, please run this from a shell:

                fetch -o /etc/inc http://www.pfsense.com/~sullrich/filter.inc

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                  Selective
                  last edited by

                  no, i have not seen any blocked packets that could have something to do with this, but i am one of those
                  who are affected by the "promiscuous mode disabled", and therefore my firwall logs stops after a while.

                  isn´t there a way to catch the dhclient message and "restart" dhclient when its terminating, just as a workaround until you pinned down the problem ?

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                    sullrich
                    last edited by

                    We already have code to detect this but it doesnt appear to be working.

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                      sullrich
                      last edited by

                      Good news!

                      I was able to replicate this problem thanks to sdale and Vescovo.

                      Vescovo had the final fix and it has been commited.  Please upgrade to a snapshot about an hour from this message.

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                        yoda715
                        last edited by

                        @sullrich:

                        Good news!

                        I was able to replicate this problem thanks to sdale and Vescovo.

                        Vescovo had the final fix and it has been commited.  Please upgrade to a snapshot about an hour from this message.

                        I think you forgot to wave your magic voodoo wand, problem still exists  ;). I think the problem lies in the rc.newwanip not catching the interface being assigned 0.0.0.0 IP address.

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                          Selective
                          last edited by

                          i did a workaround for that problem a couple of months ago:

                          rc.newwanip:
                          –---------------------------
                          if($curwanip == "0.0.0.0") {
                                  log_error("Failed to update WAN IP, restarting dhclient.");
                                  exec("dhclient {$interface_real}");
                                  /* die now, dhclient will kick off rc.newwanip again? */
                                  exit;
                          }

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                            freax
                            last edited by

                            Is not the real deal but if you disconnect the cable and connect it again you won't have link.
                            I have both ends with fixed ip (the router and firewall interface) and it should have link again like it should.

                            Like I said, i think it's a good way to debug whenever you want. Tests always available.

                            Sorry if i'm wrong.

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                              Krakke
                              last edited by

                              Tried this  "fetch -o /etc/inc http://www.pfsense.com/~sullrich/filter.inc"

                              Now i have to reinstall pfsense  :'(

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                                sullrich
                                last edited by

                                I have added a workaround and verified that it does indeed seem to work.

                                Update to the latest snapshot at least an hour from now.  Currently 11:46PM EST.

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                                  Selective
                                  last edited by

                                  im sorry to say this but, the new snapshot (02-18) is not working :(
                                  –------------------------------

                                  Feb 20 23:40:20 php: : rc.newwanip working with IP address 0.0.0.0 wan rl0.
                                  Feb 20 23:40:20 php: : Informational: rc.newwanip is starting rl0.
                                  Feb 20 23:40:19 dhclient: exit_with_hooks()
                                  Feb 20 23:40:19 dhclient: PREINIT
                                  Feb 20 23:40:19 dhclient: netstat
                                  Feb 20 23:40:19 dhclient[21934]: DHCPOFFER from 90.224.168.1
                                  Feb 20 23:40:19 dhclient[21934]: DHCPDISCOVER on rl0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
                                  Feb 20 23:40:19 dhclient: exit_with_hooks()
                                  Feb 20 23:40:19 check_reload_status: rc.newwanip starting
                                  Feb 20 23:40:19 dhclient: PREINIT
                                  Feb 20 23:40:19 dhclient: netstat
                                  Feb 20 23:40:19 dhclient: exit_with_hooks()
                                  Feb 20 23:40:18 dhclient: Deleting old routes
                                  Feb 20 23:40:18 dhclient: EXPIRE FAIL
                                  Feb 20 23:40:18 dhclient: netstat
                                  Feb 20 23:40:18 dhclient: exit_with_hooks()
                                  Feb 20 23:40:18 dhclient: PREINIT
                                  Feb 20 23:40:18 dhclient: netstat
                                  Feb 20 23:18:20 dhclient[280]: exiting.
                                  Feb 20 23:18:20 dhclient[280]: exiting.
                                  Feb 20 23:18:20 dhclient[280]: short write: wanted 21 got 0 bytes
                                  Feb 20 23:18:20 dhclient[280]: short write: wanted 21 got 0 bytes
                                  Feb 20 23:18:20 dhclient[280]: DHCPACK from 90.224.168.1
                                  Feb 20 23:18:20 dhclient[280]: DHCPREQUEST on rl0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
                                  Feb 20 23:16:07 last message repeated 6 times
                                  Feb 20 23:12:37 last message repeated 7 times
                                  Feb 20 23:10:43 last message repeated 4 times
                                  Feb 20 23:10:13 dhclient[280]: DHCPREQUEST on rl0 to 213.67.15.234 port 67
                                  Feb 20 23:00:37 php: : FTP proxy disabled for interface opt2 - ignoring.
                                  Feb 20 23:00:37 php: : FTP proxy disabled for interface opt1 - ignoring.
                                  Feb 20 23:00:37 php: : FTP proxy disabled for interface LAN - ignoring.
                                  Feb 20 23:00:36 check_reload_status: reloading filter
                                  Feb 20 23:00:30 check_reload_status: updating dyndns
                                  Feb 20 23:00:27 php: : FTP proxy disabled for interface opt2 - ignoring.
                                  Feb 20 23:00:27 php: : FTP proxy disabled for interface opt1 - ignoring.
                                  Feb 20 23:00:27 php: : FTP proxy disabled for interface LAN - ignoring.
                                  Feb 20 23:00:23 check_reload_status: reloading filter
                                  Feb 20 23:00:23 php: : Configuring slbd
                                  Feb 20 23:00:23 php: : Resyncing configuration for all packages.
                                  Feb 20 23:00:19 php: : Creating rrd update script

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                                    sullrich
                                    last edited by

                                    I really don't see how it could not work.

                                    Run this from a shell:

                                    cat /sbin/dhclient | grep reload

                                    What does the results say?

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                                      Selective
                                      last edited by

                                      it does not say anything:
                                      –----------------------------

                                      Enter an option: 8

                                      cat /sbin/dhclient | grep reload

                                      Binary file (standard input) matches

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                                        sullrich
                                        last edited by

                                        Can someone else please test?  This absolutely works for me after 20 hours when normally it would break in 30 minutes…

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                                          Krakke
                                          last edited by

                                          @sullrich:

                                          Can someone else please test?  This absolutely works for me after 20 hours when normally it would break in 30 minutes…

                                          Works fine for me, only lost my ip 2 times, and that was before the latest snapshot.

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                                            sullrich
                                            last edited by

                                            @Krakke:

                                            Works fine for me, only lost my ip 2 times, and that was before the latest snapshot.

                                            Great!  Almost started to go insane, because I know this fixed my issue.  Please, someone else test?

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