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

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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
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        @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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                                  sullrich
                                  last edited by

                                  @Selective:

                                  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>

                                  Yeah, we are aware of this issue.  Should be fixed rather soon.  Just keep running that command every 12 hours or so and you will have the latest code.  But don't run the command unattended (from cron).

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                                    fireseller
                                    last edited by

                                    Just tried to fetch the newest cvs several times but always got stuck with:

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

                                    Setting CVS_IP to cvs.pfsense.com
                                    Syncing with pfSense.com
                                    Checking out RELENG_1
                                    Connected to cvs.pfsense.com
                                    Updating collection pfSenseHEAD/cvs
                                    Rsync CVSROOT/history
                                    Edit pfSense/etc/inc/service-utils.inc,v
                                    Create pfSense/usr/local/bin/php,v

                                    Any advice?

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                                      sullrich
                                      last edited by

                                      Your being impatient.  Let it go… It is still processing php which is every php change ever and is quite large.

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                                        fireseller
                                        last edited by

                                        Ups, sorry bout that. I watched it for about 10 mins ;) Just starting up again.

                                        Thanks alot.

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                                          sullrich
                                          last edited by

                                          Please run the command again.  All known issues hopefully are solved.

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                                            sullrich
                                            last edited by

                                            NOTE: you WILL need to reboot afterwards.

                                            Please run again, I just fixed a few more bugs.

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