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

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      Selective
      last edited by

      i think i can confirm that the new script is working !! ;D

      Dec 18 18:12:34 php: : Informational: DHClient spawned /etc/rc.newwanip and the new ip is wan - 90.224.168.54.
      Dec 18 18:12:29 login: login on ttyv0 as root
      Dec 18 18:12:29 php: : Informational: rc.newwanip is starting.
      Dec 18 18:12:28 check_reload_status: rc.newwanip starting
      Dec 18 18:12:25 dhclient: /sbin/route add default 90.224.168.1
      Dec 18 18:12:25 dhclient: New Routers (rl0): 90.224.168.1
      Dec 18 18:12:25 dhclient: New Broadcast Address (rl0): 90.224.168.255
      Dec 18 18:12:25 dhclient: New Subnet Mask (rl0): 255.255.255.0
      Dec 18 18:12:25 dhclient: New IP Address (rl0): 90.224.168.54
      Dec 18 18:12:23 php: : Failed to update WAN IP, restarting dhclient.
      Dec 18 18:12:23 php: : Informational: rc.newwanip is starting.
      Dec 18 18:12:23 check_reload_status: rc.newwanip starting
      –---------------------------
      however, i dont think this script will solve the "short write: wanted 21 but got 0 bytes" error, or does it ?

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        sullrich
        last edited by

        It does not solve it, it simply works around the issue for the time being.  Anyone else tested?

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          Selective
          last edited by

          i know, but i think there is two errors,
          first, when it failes to update the wan ip, that have been "solved" with the script.
          but the second with "short write" will not be solved by this, i think.

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            Selective
            last edited by

            i can confirm that the new script (rc.newwanip) is working great !!! ;D :D ;D

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              sullrich
              last edited by

              Yay!  Anyone else?

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                fireseller
                last edited by

                Sorry but the new script is NOT running great, after 1 day again the connection got lost:
                Dec 20 05:59:32 last message repeated 3 times
                Dec 20 05:59:12 dhcpd: send_packet: Permission denied
                Dec 20 05:52:02 last message repeated 2 times
                Dec 20 05:51:51 dhcpd: send_packet: Permission denied
                Dec 20 01:52:17 dhclient[268]: exiting.
                Dec 20 01:52:17 dhclient[268]: exiting.
                Dec 20 01:52:17 dhclient[268]: short write: wanted 21 got 0 bytes
                Dec 20 01:52:17 dhclient[268]: short write: wanted 21 got 0 bytes
                Dec 20 01:52:17 dhclient[268]: DHCPACK from 10.215.0.1
                Dec 20 01:52:17 dhclient[268]: DHCPREQUEST on xl1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
                Dec 20 01:50:24 dhclient[268]: DHCPREQUEST on xl1 to 10.215.0.1 port 67
                Dec 20 01:49:37 last message repeated 24 times
                Dec 20 01:38:42 last message repeated 14 times
                Dec 20 01:29:57 last message repeated 4 times
                Dec 20 01:28:08 last message repeated 2 times
                Dec 20 01:27:48 dhclient[268]: DHCPREQUEST on xl1 to 10.215.0.1 port 67
                Dec 20 01:01:03 php: : phpDynDNS: No Change In My IP Address and/or 25 Days Has Not Past. Not Updating Dynamic DNS Entry.
                Dec 20 01:01:03 php: : DynDns: Cached IP: 84.75.14.209
                Dec 20 01:01:03 php: : DynDns: Current WAN IP: 84.75.14.209
                Dec 20 01:01:03 php: : DynDns: _detectChange() starting.
                Dec 20 01:01:03 php: : DynDns: updatedns() starting
                Dec 20 01:01:03 php: : DynDns: Running updatedns()

                This is starting to be render PFSense unusable for me. Every 30 bucks router can keep the ip from my isp for several months (last setup). Is it not possible to use the dhclient from the pre 1.0 versions???

                Sorry for no better news.

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                  fireseller
                  last edited by

                  As this problem gives biggest headaches to me, I've decided to use my linux server to run this via cronjob every minute:

                  wget -q –no-check-certificate --user=XXX --password=XXX --post-data "interface=wan&submit=Renew" http://IPOFPFSENSEGUI/status_interfaces.php -O /dev/null

                  This works fine for now. Hopefully the real solution to repair the dhclient will soon be there…

                  Cheers
                  fireseller

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                    sullrich
                    last edited by

                    @fireseller:

                    Sorry but the new script is NOT running great, after 1 day again the connection got lost:
                    Dec 20 05:59:32 last message repeated 3 times
                    Dec 20 05:59:12 dhcpd: send_packet: Permission denied
                    Dec 20 05:52:02 last message repeated 2 times
                    Dec 20 05:51:51 dhcpd: send_packet: Permission denied
                    Dec 20 01:52:17 dhclient[268]: exiting.
                    Dec 20 01:52:17 dhclient[268]: exiting.
                    Dec 20 01:52:17 dhclient[268]: short write: wanted 21 got 0 bytes
                    Dec 20 01:52:17 dhclient[268]: short write: wanted 21 got 0 bytes
                    Dec 20 01:52:17 dhclient[268]: DHCPACK from 10.215.0.1
                    Dec 20 01:52:17 dhclient[268]: DHCPREQUEST on xl1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
                    Dec 20 01:50:24 dhclient[268]: DHCPREQUEST on xl1 to 10.215.0.1 port 67
                    Dec 20 01:49:37 last message repeated 24 times
                    Dec 20 01:38:42 last message repeated 14 times
                    Dec 20 01:29:57 last message repeated 4 times
                    Dec 20 01:28:08 last message repeated 2 times
                    Dec 20 01:27:48 dhclient[268]: DHCPREQUEST on xl1 to 10.215.0.1 port 67
                    Dec 20 01:01:03 php: : phpDynDNS: No Change In My IP Address and/or 25 Days Has Not Past. Not Updating Dynamic DNS Entry.
                    Dec 20 01:01:03 php: : DynDns: Cached IP: 84.75.14.209
                    Dec 20 01:01:03 php: : DynDns: Current WAN IP: 84.75.14.209
                    Dec 20 01:01:03 php: : DynDns: _detectChange() starting.
                    Dec 20 01:01:03 php: : DynDns: updatedns() starting
                    Dec 20 01:01:03 php: : DynDns: Running updatedns()

                    This is starting to be render PFSense unusable for me. Every 30 bucks router can keep the ip from my isp for several months (last setup). Is it not possible to use the dhclient from the pre 1.0 versions???

                    Sorry for no better news.

                    Then use a 30$ router!  I am interested in constructive feedback, not Mr. Obvious taglines!

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                      fireseller
                      last edited by

                      Sorry sullrich

                      My apologies. I'm sticking with PFSense. You're doing great work.

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                        sullrich
                        last edited by

                        Unfortunately we are using the same dhclient that we used prior to 1.0.  So nothing has changed in this regard.

                        But I do have an idea.  Give me some moments, I would like to test ISC-DHCLIENT again and see how much work it's going to be to dump the OpenBSD dhclient that FreeBSD imported.

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                          fireseller
                          last edited by

                          Thx alot. Due to the workaround I've got plenty of time now. Please let me know when there's something I can contribute / test in order to help.
                          I'll watch this thread anyway.

                          Cheers

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                            sullrich
                            last edited by

                            From a shell, issue this command (full installations only!):

                            fetch -q -o - http://www.pfsense.com/~sullrich/tools/cvs_sync.sh | sh

                            Sit back and let it do it's thing.

                            After it is done, issue shutdown -r now or reboot from the webConfigurator or option #5.

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                              fireseller
                              last edited by

                              Hi sullrich

                              I've just issued:
                              fetch -q -o - http://www.pfsense.com/~sullrich/tools/cvs_sync.sh | sh

                              and got:

                              Setting CVS_IP to cvs.pfsense.com
                              Cannot find cvsup, pkg_add in progress
                              Cannot find cvs, fetching static cvs…
                              /usr/bin/cvs                                  100% of 1528 kB  187 kBps
                              Syncing with pfSense.com
                              Checking out RELENG_1
                              Connected to cvs.pfsense.com
                              Updating collection pfSenseHEAD/cvs
                              Mkdir CVSROOT
                              Create CVSROOT/.#activitymail
                              Create CVSROOT/.#avail
                              Create CVSROOT/.#checkoutlist
                              Create CVSROOT/.#ciabot_cvs.pl
                              Create CVSROOT/.#commitinfo
                              Create CVSROOT/.#config
                              Create CVSROOT/.#cvs_acls.pl
                              Create CVSROOT/.#cvswrappers
                              Create CVSROOT/.#editinfo
                              Create CVSROOT/.#loginfo
                              Create CVSROOT/.#modules
                              Create CVSROOT/.#notify
                              Create CVSROOT/.#precia.pl
                              Create CVSROOT/.#rcsinfo
                              Create CVSROOT/.#rel_check.php
                              Create CVSROOT/.#taginfo
                              Create CVSROOT/.#test_commit.php
                              Create CVSROOT/.#verifymsg
                              Mkdir CVSROOT/CVSROOT
                              Create CVSROOT/CVSROOT/cfg.pm
                              Create CVSROOT/CVSROOT/cfg_local.pm
                              SetAttrs CVSROOT/CVSROOT
                              Mkdir CVSROOT/Emptydir
                              SetAttrs CVSROOT/Emptydir
                              Create CVSROOT/activitymail
                              Create CVSROOT/activitymail,v
                              Create CVSROOT/avail
                              Create CVSROOT/avail,v
                              Create CVSROOT/cfg.pm
                              Create CVSROOT/cfg_local.pm
                              Create CVSROOT/checkoutlist
                              Create CVSROOT/checkoutlist,v
                              Create CVSROOT/ciabot_cvs.pl
                              Create CVSROOT/ciabot_cvs.pl,v
                              Create CVSROOT/commitinfo
                              Create CVSROOT/commitinfo,v
                              Mkdir CVSROOT/commitlogs
                              Create CVSROOT/commitlogs/misc
                              SetAttrs CVSROOT/commitlogs
                              Create CVSROOT/config
                              Create CVSROOT/config,v
                              Create CVSROOT/cvs_acls.pl
                              Create CVSROOT/cvs_acls.pl,v
                              Create CVSROOT/cvswrappers
                              Create CVSROOT/cvswrappers,v
                              Create CVSROOT/editinfo
                              Create CVSROOT/editinfo,v
                              Create CVSROOT/history
                              Detailer failed: Network write failure: Invalid argument
                              Will retry at 13:23:48

                              Somethings wrong?

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                                hoba
                                last edited by

                                You can cancel your upgrade for now. We found some remaining issues with the new dhclient (some things still have to be changed due to different syntax). It's working on reboot though. We'll test some more things later and post when we have a new version to try.

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                                  fireseller
                                  last edited by

                                  okey. Just rebooted. Everything works as before…

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                                    sullrich
                                    last edited by

                                    Everything should be working.  We really need ppl to test Optional WAN + DHCP more than anything at this point.  We are using the same code for dhclient as m0n0 1.3b1 now so I think it is correct.

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                                      fireseller
                                      last edited by

                                      Have you made an update to the cvs?

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                                        sullrich
                                        last edited by

                                        Yes, rerun the command I mentioned prior.

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                                          Selective
                                          last edited by

                                          the new dhclient is working great !
                                          but i have found small bug, under Interfaces my wan says DHCP : down
                                          like this:
                                          –-----------------------
                                          WAN interface (rl0) 
                                          Status up 
                                          DHCP down   
                                          MAC address 00:0a:cd:11:ef:fa 
                                          Media 100baseTX <full-duplex> 
                                          In/out packets 88231/110810 (21.17 MB/32.31 MB) 
                                          In/out errors 0/0 
                                          Collisions 0

                                          keep up the good work !</full-duplex>

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                                            Selective
                                            last edited by

                                            i just noticed a very good thing, it looks like with the new dhclient, the OpenVPN problem with "address in use" issue is fixed ! at least on my pfsense !

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