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    Keep loosing WAN IP Address - dhclient does not seem to do update

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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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                Krakke
                last edited by

                @sullrich:

                @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?

                Im sorry sullrich, went out for a while, when i came back

                Feb 21 20:01:24 dhclient[300]: DHCPREQUEST on fxp0 to 172.21.249.50 port 67
                Feb 21 20:01:24 dhclient[300]: DHCPACK from 172.21.249.50
                Feb 21 20:01:24 dhclient[300]: short write: wanted 21 got 0 bytes
                Feb 21 20:01:24 dhclient[300]: short write: wanted 21 got 0 bytes
                Feb 21 20:01:24 dhclient[300]: exiting.
                Feb 21 20:01:24 dhclient[300]: exiting.

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                  hoba
                  last edited by

                  Atm there is a workaround in pllace that will restart the dhclient when it exits. Does it get restarted?

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                    Krakke
                    last edited by

                    @hoba:

                    Atm there is a workaround in pllace that will restart the dhclient when it exits. Does it get restarted?

                    Nope at 20:01:24 it exited, at 21:01 i lost my ip, then i had to do a renew.

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                      sullrich
                      last edited by

                      It can take up to 5 minutes to restart dhclient depending on if check_reload_status is running.

                      So if you still have trouble please check that check_reload_status is running from a shell by doing:

                      ps awux | grep check_reload_status

                      Also, cat /etc/crontab | grep check

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                        sullrich
                        last edited by

                        I found yet another problem.  This WAN DHCP issue has been nothing but fun!

                        Try out a recent snapshot atleast an hour from now.

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                          Selective
                          last edited by

                          damn! snapshot 02-21 is not working  :'( :'( :'(
                          –----------------

                          Feb 22 20:02:39 dhclient[283]: exiting.
                          Feb 22 20:02:39 dhclient[283]: exiting.
                          Feb 22 20:02:39 dhclient[283]: short write: wanted 21 got 0 bytes
                          Feb 22 20:02:39 dhclient[283]: short write: wanted 21 got 0 bytes
                          Feb 22 20:02:39 dhclient[283]: DHCPACK from 90.224.168.1
                          Feb 22 20:02:39 dhclient[283]: DHCPREQUEST on rl0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
                          Feb 22 19:59:46 last message repeated 5 times
                          Feb 22 19:56:08 last message repeated 6 times
                          Feb 22 19:54:11 last message repeated 4 times
                          Feb 22 19:53:39 dhclient[283]: DHCPREQUEST on rl0 to 213.67.15.234 port 67
                          Feb 22 19:44:03 php: : FTP proxy disabled for interface opt2 - ignoring.
                          Feb 22 19:44:03 php: : FTP proxy disabled for interface opt1 - ignoring.
                          Feb 22 19:44:03 php: : FTP proxy disabled for interface LAN - ignoring.
                          Feb 22 19:44:02 check_reload_status: reloading filter

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                            sullrich
                            last edited by

                            @Selective:

                            damn! snapshot 02-21 is not working  :'( :'( :'(

                            Yes the problem still exists and we have been racking our brains out – literally.

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                              sullrich
                              last edited by

                              Please try http://snapshots.pfsense.com/FreeBSD6/RELENG_1/updates/pfSense-Full-Update-1.0.1-SNAPSHOT-02-21-2007.tgz

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                                Selective
                                last edited by

                                Sorry, not working either (snap 02-21)

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

                                Feb 24 05:03:45 dhclient[282]: exiting.
                                Feb 24 05:03:45 dhclient[282]: exiting.
                                Feb 24 05:03:45 dhclient[282]: short write: wanted 21 got 0 bytes
                                Feb 24 05:03:45 dhclient[282]: short write: wanted 21 got 0 bytes
                                Feb 24 05:03:45 dhclient[282]: DHCPACK from 90.224.168.1
                                Feb 24 05:03:45 dhclient[282]: DHCPREQUEST on rl0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
                                Feb 24 05:02:41 last message repeated 4 times
                                Feb 24 04:58:09 last message repeated 3 times
                                Feb 24 04:56:02 last message repeated 3 times
                                Feb 24 04:55:34 dhclient[282]: DHCPREQUEST on rl0 to 213.67.15.234 port 67
                                Feb 24 04:45:58 php: : FTP proxy disabled for interface opt2 - ignoring.
                                Feb 24 04:45:58 php: : FTP proxy disabled for interface opt1 - ignoring.
                                Feb 24 04:45:58 php: : FTP proxy disabled for interface LAN - ignoring.
                                Feb 24 04:45:56 check_reload_status: reloading filter

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                                  sullrich
                                  last edited by

                                  At this point reinstall.  My dhclient has been rock solid for over 24 hours!

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                                    Selective
                                    last edited by

                                    mine to, but only after i pushed the renew button the first time it died, strange

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                                      sullrich
                                      last edited by

                                      Make that 48 hours.  And Vescovo has been running it for 48 hours on 2 wans with 180 second renewal time.

                                      This issue is fixed for sure and verified now by 3 different people.

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                                        Selective
                                        last edited by

                                        Thats nice to hear =)

                                        But just one thing, could you reboot your pfsense and monitor it again ?

                                        My issue always come after a while when pfsense is rebooted, and the issue disappears after i push the renew button.

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                                          sullrich
                                          last edited by

                                          Yes, it has been rebooted once.

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                                            yoda715
                                            last edited by

                                            Mine has been steady for the last 2 days as well.

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