Reset interface without rebooting pfsense?
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We're currently using pfsense 1.2.2. Is there a way to reset an Interface (Internet) without rebooting pfsense? I tried using Status>Interfaces to reset WAN, but the Internet connection for that specific interface wouldn't work unless pfsense itself is rebooted.
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Why are you using such an old version?
You could disable and then re-enable the interface under Interfaces -> WAN in the GUI.
I'm not entirely sure how pfSense would react to having no WAN interface though. :-
Why do you need to reset it? What are you hoping this will achieve?Steve
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The WAN interface occasionally stops getting an Internet connection even though it still can be pinged. Our solution is to restart pfsense to bring the Internet connection back. However, this is a poor solution because it kills the network for all the Internet connections for a minute or so because of the reboot.
The old version was already installed as a router even before I got here. Is it safe to restore the version 1.2.2 backup on the latest version?
EDIT:
Is it safe to use the latest RC version for a 62 pc setup?
EDIT2:
Is it safe to upgrade from 1.2.2 to 1.2.3 (or even the RC3), or should I still have a backup data or screencaps?
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In general the update from 1.2 to RC-3 should work fine.
if you have VPNservers running on pfsense or other packages, this will in general work fine, too but there are replys in the forum for some people who had some problems.
But I think there shouldn't be any problem if you update from 1.2.2 to 1.2.3.
Perhaps you could tell us a little more about your setup (MultiWAN, Failover, Packages, VPN, etc.) so we could be sure that there won't be (big) problems.
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I've just seen you posted here: http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,37964.msg195942.html#msg195942
Running out of mbufs seems a likely suspect for your symptoms.Next time you have a problem try running 'netstat -m' from the console:
[2.0-RC3][root@pfsense.fire.box]/root(1): netstat -m 2156/664/2820 mbufs in use (current/cache/total) 2154/412/2566/16832 mbuf clusters in use (current/cache/total/max) 2153/407 mbuf+clusters out of packet secondary zone in use (current/cache) 0/14/14/8416 4k (page size) jumbo clusters in use (current/cache/total/max) 0/0/0/4208 9k jumbo clusters in use (current/cache/total/max) 0/0/0/2104 16k jumbo clusters in use (current/cache/total/max) 4847K/1046K/5893K bytes allocated to network (current/cache/total) 0/0/0 requests for mbufs denied (mbufs/clusters/mbuf+clusters) 0/0/0 requests for jumbo clusters denied (4k/9k/16k) 0/4/4464 sfbufs in use (current/peak/max) 0 requests for sfbufs denied 0 requests for sfbufs delayed 0 requests for I/O initiated by sendfile 0 calls to protocol drain routinesThe values for requests for mbufs denied should all be 0. If not then that's your problem, increase the number of mbufs available.
Steve
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This is my current netstat -m
$ netstat -m
790/620/1410 mbufs in use (current/cache/total)
786/466/1252/0 mbuf clusters in use (current/cache/total/max)
784/240 mbuf+clusters out of packet secondary zone in use (current/cache)
0/58/58/8224 4k (page size) jumbo clusters in use (current/cache/total/max)
0/0/0/4112 9k jumbo clusters in use (current/cache/total/max)
0/0/0/2056 16k jumbo clusters in use (current/cache/total/max)
1769K/1319K/3088K bytes allocated to network (current/cache/total)
0/0/0 requests for mbufs denied (mbufs/clusters/mbuf+clusters)
0/0/0 requests for jumbo clusters denied (4k/9k/16k)
0/5/4368 sfbufs in use (current/peak/max)
0 requests for sfbufs denied
0 requests for sfbufs delayed
0 requests for I/O initiated by sendfile
0 calls to protocol drain routinesSo far nothing is denied.
How do you increase the mbuf?
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See this post for a good explanation.
Steve
Edit: Interesting that your value for max mbuf clusters is 0. Hmmm.
