----- 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 _______________________________________________ List mailing list [email protected] https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
