Hanging webGUI fix
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Please, post something useful, not "dirty" logs. The log shows that your network crashes and that's pretty much it. I'd suggest wiping the config and restarting form scratch.
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Please, post something useful, not "dirty" logs. The log shows that your network crashes and that's pretty much it. I'd suggest wiping the config and restarting form scratch.
With "dirty" I ment I was constantly restarting services (darkstat, captive portal…) so I was not clear if I made the logs dirty by my own actions.
The installation is from scratch, I only had Darkstat running for few days and tried to get captive portal running today. I also have some basic port forwards. No additional services or some weird settings. I've tried the fail over route configuration, it was running on WAN and it was no math science so I excluded that as cause for my WebGUI problems, but in order to eliminate the causes, I removed it too (as you indirectly suggested). Am out of office now, but I have another CF I will copy pfSense to and will give it a go tomorrow from scratch, will let you know how it goes.For me it would be important to have an idea if I am overstretching the hardware, should Alix board be able to handle 12 Mbit internet connection, some firewall rules, RRD graphs (default ones), captive portal, DHCP Server, DNS forwarder, Darkstat monitoring and Gateway Failover, maybe 5 VLANs... Alix board should be able to handle that easily, right?
Anyway, thnx a lot for helping. My main suspect is the gateway I removed, will test tomorrow and do a clean install if necessary. Will let you know how it goes.
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Perhaps you have a hardware problem? Something about to fail?
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Perhaps you have a hardware problem? Something about to fail?
Most likely. Though, with statements like "The installation is from scratch" and "My main suspect is the gateway I removed"… ::)
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doktornotor - You missed your calling as depression counselor… :D
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Perhaps you have a hardware problem? Something about to fail?
Most likely. Though, with statements like "The installation is from scratch" and "My main suspect is the gateway I removed"… ::)
Hardware… hope not because it would be difficult to diagnose, hope it's a topology configuration problem (outside pfSense), I still don't know. We have a 3 line DSL that has one line down, waiting for ISP to fix that. But it's on WAN side so I don't think it could crash the WebGUI just like that. The thing with gateway is that I had a gateway on LAN, so main Gateway on WAN side, and failover on LAN side. I've tested the failover and it worked, but I might have concluded to easily that it's the right way to do. Anyway, I bought another managed switch so I will be able to get 2 WAN ports and have a clean installation on that side. I think there is not much point in pursuing the WebGUI issues before making sure the environment is the right one. But I'll repeat once more, I've really done nothing "unusual" to pfSense, I wouldn't expect much from install from scratch, the few settings I've made shouldn't be crashing the WebGUI.
I hope it was the failover gateway configuration causing problems. -
I think having all your gateways on WAN is a good idea…
Hope it goes well when you get your new equipment.
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I think having all your gateways on WAN is a good idea…
Hope it goes well when you get your new equipment.
ISP fixed the DSL line and I've managed to put the Gateway on the WAN side of the pfSense box. 3-4 days running… no problems, so I am optimistic. Am not sure if it was the fault DSL connection or having the WAN Failover Gateway on the LAN side, but WebGUI doesen't seem to crash any more. Thanx for your help everybody!
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Good stuff - I'm glad its working.
