Unplugging Lan cable requires reboot to reconnect, 2.1RC1
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I tried "no preference" and it works fine too. Just the auto-negotiate that seems to give it fits.
Thanks for the details.
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Yes, thanks for coming back. A couple of things confuse me here though. This seemed like a speed/duplex negotiation problem from the beginning which is why I suggested:
@stephenw10:One thing you can try is forcing the speed on the pfSense NIC: http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Forcing_Interface_Speed_or_Duplex_Settings
That should stop it trying to re-negotiate the connection continually.
I was forgetting that there is a gui option for this in 2.1 at that point. ::)
However you then reported:
@markn62:I tried "ifconfig em0 media 10baseT/UTP mediaopt full-duplex" at the command line, the message on my laptop said 10mbps for a couple seconds, then onto the ping-pong.
It seems like that should have worked. Maybe an ifconfig down/up was required. :-\
Anyway glad you got it sorted, just trying to get a better idea of what happened. :)
Steve
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Ya Steve, I didn't try long forcing 10m. It may have needed an ifconfig down/up. Though I was looking for a solution that didn't require anything manual after connection. When I have to cold swap to/from current/backup router I don't want any issues adding to customer downtime.
One more tidbit about how "no preference" would behave if I plugged into a 1G adapter. Today I finally got brave enough to take the 2.0.3 box out of production and…cringe...swap in the 2.1 box. I forgot my cablemodem has a 1G adapter. Appears PfSense had no problem negotiating a link. The swap-over took <5 seconds and no connections were lost.
Happy days again... 8)
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Ha, nice. :)
Steve
