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    • jimpJ
      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
      last edited by

      Can you show the exact steps you are taking in the GUI to reach that? Including any input you set on the bridge screen.

      It would help to see the bridges section of your config.xml as well, interfaces would be nice, you can X out any names or IP addresses there.

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        ionutr
        last edited by

        As for the exact steps: Interfaces >> (assign) >> Bridges tab >> click on the + button >> Interfaces: Bridge: Edit >> I select any two member interfaces, add a random name >> Save and boom! The error from the first post appears.

        As for the config.xml file, the bridges section is standard, since I don't have any bridge configured and the interfaces section:

        <interfaces><wan><if>bge0</if>

        <alias-address><alias-subnet>24</alias-subnet>
        <spoofmac><enable><ipaddr>x.x.x.x</ipaddr>
        <subnet>21</subnet>
        <gateway>WANGWRDS</gateway></enable></spoofmac></alias-address></wan>
        <lan><if>ovpns1</if>
        <enable><spoofmac></spoofmac></enable></lan>
        <opt1><if>re0</if>
        <alias-address><alias-subnet>32</alias-subnet>
        <spoofmac><enable><ipaddr>dhcp</ipaddr>
        <dhcphostname><dhcprejectfrom><adv_dhcp_pt_timeout><adv_dhcp_pt_retry><adv_dhcp_pt_select_timeout><adv_dhcp_pt_reboot><adv_dhcp_pt_backoff_cutoff><adv_dhcp_pt_initial_interval><adv_dhcp_pt_values>SavedCfg</adv_dhcp_pt_values>
        <adv_dhcp_send_options><adv_dhcp_request_options><adv_dhcp_required_options><adv_dhcp_option_modifiers><adv_dhcp_config_advanced><adv_dhcp_config_file_override><adv_dhcp_config_file_override_path></adv_dhcp_config_file_override_path></adv_dhcp_config_file_override></adv_dhcp_config_advanced></adv_dhcp_option_modifiers></adv_dhcp_required_options></adv_dhcp_request_options></adv_dhcp_send_options></adv_dhcp_pt_initial_interval></adv_dhcp_pt_backoff_cutoff></adv_dhcp_pt_reboot></adv_dhcp_pt_select_timeout></adv_dhcp_pt_retry></adv_dhcp_pt_timeout></dhcprejectfrom></dhcphostname></enable></spoofmac></alias-address></opt1>
        <opt2><if>rl0</if>
        <enable><alias-address><alias-subnet>32</alias-subnet>
        <spoofmac><ipaddr>x.x.x.x</ipaddr>
        <subnet>24</subnet>
        <gateway><ipaddrv6><subnetv6><gatewayv6></gatewayv6></subnetv6></ipaddrv6></gateway></spoofmac></alias-address></enable></opt2></interfaces>

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        • jimpJ
          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
          last edited by

          What about the bridges section of config.xml while it's giving you that error in the logs?

          Somehow it's ending up without a bridge interface defined but I don't see quite how that would happen yet.

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            ionutr
            last edited by

            Hmm, I think this is the bridge section:

            <bridge><syslog><reverse><nentries>500</nentries>
            <rawfilter></rawfilter></reverse></syslog></bridge>

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            • jimpJ
              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
              last edited by

              No it would be a bit farther down, that's just an empty bridge tag. There should be one that says "bridges"

              FYI- It would look something like this:

              <bridges><bridged><members>opt1,opt2,opt3</members>
              <descr><maxaddr><timeout><maxage><fwdelay><hellotime><priority><proto>rstp</proto>
              <holdcnt><ifpriority><ifpathcost><bridgeif>bridge0</bridgeif></ifpathcost></ifpriority></holdcnt></priority></hellotime></fwdelay></maxage></timeout></maxaddr></descr></bridged></bridges>

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                ionutr
                last edited by

                I'm afraid I don't have anything like that in my config. As I said before, I have no bridges configured :)

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                • jimpJ
                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                  last edited by

                  Ah, OK, so it never actually creates the bridge at all? No entry in the list on the bridges tab?

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                    ionutr
                    last edited by

                    Nope. When I try to create the bridge it gives me the error from the first post and in the log I have the two lines from the first post.

                    http://abload.de/img/pfsense.altominterfacdhoyk.png

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                    • jimpJ
                      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                      last edited by

                      Following through the code it looks like the only way that can happen is if the function to create a new bridge interface at the OS level fails. It's possible something is amiss with your setup or maybe even something didn't get upgraded properly (like the pfsense PHP module) but I'd expect far more trouble than this if that were the case.

                      Do any bridge interfaces show up in "ifconfig -a"?

                      I can't seem to reproduce any problem like this, you might want to back up the config, reinstall pfSense, and then restore the config to make sure you have a consistent FS/install.

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                        ionutr
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                        This is what I get with the "ifconfig -a" command:

                        bge0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
                                options=8009b <rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,linkstate>ether 00:11:43:0f:ec:06
                                inet6 fe80::211:43ff:fe0f:ec06%bge0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
                                inet x.x.x.x netmask 0xfffff800 broadcast x.x.x.x
                                nd6 options=21 <performnud,auto_linklocal>media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
                                status: active
                        re0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
                                options=8209b <rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,wol_magic,linkstate>ether 00:1f:1f:fa:17:96
                                inet6 fe80::21f:1fff:fefa:1796%re0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
                                nd6 options=21 <performnud,auto_linklocal>media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
                                status: active
                        rl0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
                                options=2008 <vlan_mtu,wol_magic>ether 00:e0:4c:69:0f:20
                                inet6 fe80::2e0:4cff:fe69:f20%rl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
                                inet 192.168.x.x netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.x.x
                                nd6 options=21 <performnud,auto_linklocal>media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
                                status: active
                        ath0: flags=8802 <broadcast,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 2290
                                ether f4:ec:38:b3:32:51
                                nd6 options=21 <performnud,auto_linklocal>media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
                                status: no carrier
                        pflog0: flags=100 <promisc>metric 0 mtu 33172
                        pfsync0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1500
                                syncpeer: 224.0.0.240 maxupd: 128 defer: on
                                syncok: 1
                        lo0: flags=8049 <up,loopback,running,multicast>metric 0 mtu 16384
                                options=600003 <rxcsum,txcsum,rxcsum_ipv6,txcsum_ipv6>inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
                                inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
                                inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x7
                                nd6 options=21 <performnud,auto_linklocal>enc0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1536
                                nd6 options=21 <performnud,auto_linklocal>ovpns1: flags=8943 <up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
                                options=80000 <linkstate>ether 00:bd:eb:70:00:01
                                inet6 fe80::2bd:ebff:fe70:1%ovpns1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x9
                                nd6 options=21 <performnud,auto_linklocal>media: Ethernet autoselect
                                status: active
                                Opened by PID 11050</performnud,auto_linklocal></linkstate></up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast></performnud,auto_linklocal></performnud,auto_linklocal></rxcsum,txcsum,rxcsum_ipv6,txcsum_ipv6></up,loopback,running,multicast></promisc></performnud,auto_linklocal></broadcast,simplex,multicast></full-duplex></performnud,auto_linklocal></vlan_mtu,wol_magic></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></full-duplex></performnud,auto_linklocal></rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,wol_magic,linkstate></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></full-duplex></performnud,auto_linklocal></rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,linkstate></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>

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                        • jimpJ
                          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                          last edited by

                          Nothing unusual there… for giggles, try running this:

                          ifconfig bridge create
                          

                          (edit: just "bridge" not "bridge0" there)

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                            ionutr
                            last edited by

                            Done.

                            [2.2.4-RELEASE][root@pfsense.x]/root: ifconfig bridge create
                            bridge0

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                            • jimpJ
                              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                              last edited by

                              Then I'd suspect something in the PHP install/libraries. At a minimum, try forcing an upgrade to the exact same version you're already on, though a reinstall would be a better bet.

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                                ionutr
                                last edited by

                                Thanks, I think I'll try that out. Could be possible that a future upgrade to 2.2.5 (when it will come out) will solve my problem? :)

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                                • jimpJ
                                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                  last edited by

                                  It's possible but difficult to say. I wouldn't wait for that to come along to fix it. 2.2.5 itself wouldn't likely be the fix, but whatever the upgrade might rewrite on the system itself would potentially help.

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                                    ionutr
                                    last edited by

                                    Thanks for your help. I'll reinstall pfSense, reconfigure it and I'll come back with the result.

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                                      ionutr
                                      last edited by

                                      It all works fine after the clean install. Thanks for the support :)

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