Update fail

dynaguy

It's been a while I haven't check my pfSense and today I tried to update and it failed on checking update.

2.0.1-RELEASE (i386)
built on Mon Dec 12 18:24:17 EST 2011
FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p6

Unable to check for updates.

On the setting (System: Firmware: Settings) the URL is point to
http://updates.pfsense.org/_updaters

When I try using browser to access above URL I got "404 Not Found".

dig the domain name from the pfSense shell got:

;; ANSWER SECTION:
updates.pfsense.org.	60	IN	A	91.227.27.66

I searched this forum and can't find a solution. So please help me.

Thanks a lot.

ptt

2.0.1-RELEASE (i386)

2.0.1 is the Latest Stable pfSense Version

Go to: System –> Firmware --> Updater Settings

and select the URL according to your pfSense version

pf_Update.PNG_thumb

dynaguy

I am running 2.0.1 and I don't have the pull-down option. See my screen shot:

ptt

Strange…. ???

I'm on

2.0.1-RELEASE (amd64)
built on Mon Dec 12 18:16:13 EST 2011
FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p6

and have the Drop down list… sorry if i can't be of more help

dynaguy

I am on i386. Could this be the problem???

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stephenw10

The fact you are using i386 is not a problem. In fact your P4 doesn't support 64bit anyway.
It's very odd that you don't have the dropdown to select the URL but it looks like you have the correct one anyway: http://updates.pfsense.org/_updaters

Also attempting to view that page in a browser will always result in a 404, that's normal. There's no webpage to view at that address. It also doesn't respond to pings.

What is the history of your box? Did you install 2.0.1 fresh or upgrade from an earlier version? Have you ever run a beta version/snapshot?

Steve

dynaguy

@stephenw10:

What is the history of your box? Did you install 2.0.1 fresh or upgrade from an earlier version? Have you ever run a beta version/snapshot?

My box started with v2.0RC then later upgraded to v2.0, then v2.0.1. When it was v2.0RC, I remember it was a snapshot and it's updated almost daily. After v2.0 it is stable and I don't need to update it.

Anyway, what can I do now? If it is just a webpage issue, can I just update that page? Do I have to do a fresh reinstall?

stephenw10

As I said it looks like it's already the correct base URL.
Try downloading: http://updates.pfsense.org/_updaters/version
It's a file that simply contains the version number:

2.0.1-RELEASE

More information on this here.

Try fetching that file from your pfSense box:

[2.0.1-RELEASE][root@pfsense.fire.box]/tmp(4): fetch http://updates.pfsense.org/_updaters/version
version                                       100% of   14  B   38 kBps

If that is working then the box is not looking for the right files. You may have to consider more drastic action.

Steve

johnpoz

"Also attempting to view that page in a browser will always result in a 404, that's normal."

Really? Seems odd that the snapshots would use a different method than just looking for release updates. You can access the snapshots url with a browser just fine.

So I am on 2.1 myself and if you click the update link you getting this

A new version is now available

Current version: 2.1-BETA0
Built On: Fri Jul 20 01:30:00 EDT 2012
New version: Thu Jul 26 07:30:02 EDT 2012

Update source: http://snapshots.pfsense.org/FreeBSD_RELENG_8_3/i386/pfSense_HEAD/.updaters

now if you look in where the update url is you see this
http://snapshots.pfsense.org/FreeBSD_RELENG_8_3/i386/pfSense_HEAD/.updaters

You can directly access that url with a browser and see this

updateurl.jpg_thumb

stephenw10

Odd but none the less true! ;)

No directory listing at updates.pfsense.org.

Steve

dynaguy

@stephenw10:

Try fetching that file from your pfSense box:
[2.0.1-RELEASE][root@pfsense.fire.box]/tmp(4): fetch http://updates.pfsense.org/_updaters/version
version                                       100% of   14  B   38 kBps
If that is working then the box is not looking for the right files. You may have to consider more drastic action.

Mine is:

[2.0.1-RELEASE][root@pfsense.my_domain.com]/tmp(3): fetch http://updates.pfsense.org/_updaters/version
fetch: http://updates.pfsense.org/_updaters/version: No route to host

And when I try traceroute:

[2.0.1-RELEASE][root@pfsense.my_domain.com]/tmp(5): traceroute updates.pfsense.org
traceroute to updates.pfsense.org (91.227.27.66), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets
traceroute: sendto: No buffer space available
 1 traceroute: wrote updates.pfsense.org 40 chars, ret=-1
 *traceroute: sendto: No buffer space available
traceroute: wrote updates.pfsense.org 40 chars, ret=-1
 *traceroute: sendto: No buffer space available
traceroute: wrote updates.pfsense.org 40 chars, ret=-1
 *
traceroute: sendto: No buffer space available
 2 traceroute: wrote updates.pfsense.org 40 chars, ret=-1
 *traceroute: sendto: No buffer space available
traceroute: wrote updates.pfsense.org 40 chars, ret=-1
 *traceroute: sendto: No buffer space available
traceroute: wrote updates.pfsense.org 40 chars, ret=-1
 *
.....
.....

stephenw10

Well there's your problem. ;)
Quite what's causing it is another thing.
Are you running Snort? (or have you ever run Snort?)

Do you have interet access in general from the box? Can you ping stuff?

Steve

dynaguy

ping from the box also has trouble:

[2.0.1-RELEASE][root@pfsense.my_domain.com]/root(3): ping 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): 56 data bytes
ping: sendto: No buffer space available

However, this box is in production and people in the office has no trouble to connect internet.

And I don't have Snort….

stephenw10

Common causes of this seem to be running out of mbufs. What does it say on the dashboard?
Common causes of that appear to be bad cable or NIC not seated correctly. That seems unlikely since forwarded traffic is still working fine.

Steve

johnpoz

so for example on my dashboard

MBUF Usage 908/25600

What does your show?

dynaguy

@johnpoz:

so for example on my dashboard

MBUF Usage 908/25600

What does your show?

Mine is:

1304/25600

stephenw10

Looks fine.
Try running netstat -m for more detail.

Though if it were that I'm failing to see how other traffic is still passing. :-\

Steve

dynaguy

[2.0.1-RELEASE][root@pfsense.my_domain.com]/root(3): netstat -m
1036/764/1800 mbufs in use (current/cache/total)
769/599/1368/25600 mbuf clusters in use (current/cache/total/max)
768/384 mbuf+clusters out of packet secondary zone in use (current/cache)
0/27/27/12800 4k (page size) jumbo clusters in use (current/cache/total/max)
0/0/0/6400 9k jumbo clusters in use (current/cache/total/max)
0/0/0/3200 16k jumbo clusters in use (current/cache/total/max)
1797K/1497K/3294K 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)
0/8/6656 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 routines