Unable to reach Package Manager server

dthompson

Are the updates and packages server(s) down right now? I've been unable to reach them for the last 2 days I know my internet connection is up.

jimp

No they're all up and functioning correctly.

dthompson

@jimp:

No they're all up and functioning correctly.

Any ideas on what might be causing my inability to reach them? I can resolve pfsense.com from my desktop but now that I notice it I cannot ping it from the PFSense.

AMD_infinium05

have you checked with your ISP? can you check other websites?..

stephenw10

PfSense.com does not respond to pings.

Steve

cmcdonald

@stephenw10:

PfSense.com does not respond to pings.

Steve

Responds just fine here.

stephenw10

Hmm, you're right!
Last time I checked it didn't (and hasn't anytime previously). There would often be posts claiming it was down due to that fact.
Presumably something has changed. ::)

Steve

dthompson

@AMD_infinium05:

have you checked with your ISP? can you check other websites?..

Yes I'm posting this message to you through the very router I'm talking about.

stephenw10

You can try accessing the package list directly in your browser:
http://www.pfsense.org/packages/pkg_config.8.xml

And try fetching that file from the pfSense console:

[2.0.3-RELEASE][root@pfsense.fire.box]/root(1): fetch -o /dev/null http://www.pfsense.org/packages/pkg_config.8.xml
/dev/null                                     100% of  111 kB  165 kBps

Steve

dthompson

I figured it out it was my DNS settings. Thanks for the help all!

KilgoreTrout

I ran into this same problem, my issue turned out to be a comcast captive portal. It was a bit more subtle than I would have expected, they were only giving the captive portal to my PFSense box, everything else on my network had full connectivity.

Google didn't find that as a possible solution so I thought I'd dump it here.

Kilgore