----- Original Message ----- 

> Greetings-

> I'm experiencing an odd situation. On a system running pfSense
> 2.1.3-RELEASE on i386 (6x Intel NICs, Intel G2030 CPU, 1GB RAM,
> etc), the use case lends the unit's LAN to be physically
> disconnected (think lab environment). If the interface is left down
> overnight, upon reconnecting the LAN interface (ethernet link up), I
> see proper functionality in the logs:

> Jun 24 14:12:44 pfSense php: rc.linkup: HOTPLUG: Configuring
> interface lan
> Jun 24 14:12:44 pfSense php: rc.linkup: DEVD Ethernet attached event
> for lan
> Jun 24 14:12:42 pfSense kernel: em1: link state changed to UP
> Jun 24 14:12:42 pfSense check_reload_status: Linkup starting em1

> The proper LAN IP is assigned to the interface em1, but traffic will
> not pass. This includes all traffic initiated from the pfSense host
> to another host on the LAN, or vice versa. For all intents and
> purposes, interface status, logs, link state, everything point to a
> properly working system, but again, traffic will not pass.

> The only way to solve this issue is to manually issue from console
> via CLI an 'ifconfig em1 down; ifconfig em1 up' which resolves the
> issue immediately. Of course, a reboot also resolves this.

> So, does anyone have ideas or suggestions on how to resolve this? I
> initially expected some odd link state detection problem with the
> NICs (as in Realtek tradition), but that is not the case, given they
> are Intel NICs, and the logs indicate correct state.


Bump...

Any ideas?

--Tim
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