<![CDATA["Address already in use" and lan port locks up]]>Periodically, our pfSense router will completely stop responding on the LAN side. Unplugging and replugging the LAN cable fixes the issue every time.

Whenever this happens (as much as several times a day), I see the following (usually several times) in the system log at the time of the issue:


inetd[22782]: 19000/udp: bind: Address already in use

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/topic/37729/address-already-in-use-and-lan-port-locks-upRSS for NodeThu, 16 Apr 2026 23:08:48 GMTTue, 27 Sep 2011 19:47:23 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to "Address already in use" and lan port locks up on Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:18:23 GMT]]>That is from NAT reflection. It's trying to bind the reflection daemon to a high port in order to bounce connections back.

That message is likely not related to what you are seeing - something else must be happening before that to trigger a reload of the LAN interface. Perhaps it's losing its link (or it believes it is).

Sounds like it could be a flaky cable/NIC/switch port.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/298150https://forum.netgate.com/post/298150Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:18:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Address already in use" and lan port locks up on Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:23:12 GMT]]>Actually, it just happened again without that error.

Any idea why this should happen and just unplugging and replugging the LAN cable would fix it?

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/297973https://forum.netgate.com/post/297973Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:23:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Address already in use" and lan port locks up on Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:20:26 GMT]]>Not at all.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/297972https://forum.netgate.com/post/297972Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:20:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Address already in use" and lan port locks up on Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:01:29 GMT]]>i don't know what it is, but iana says that tcp/udp 19000 is iGrid server port. Does it ring any bells?

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/297969https://forum.netgate.com/post/297969Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:01:29 GMT