Hi When loading a configuration file from a different device (with other NICs) to a freshly installed pfSense, it correctly detects a mismatch of the network interfaces and redirects the user to the interface setup page. If there are VLANs defined in the loaded config, the VLANs are still bound to the non-existent NICs, thus the user has to open the VLAN assigning page and correct this. Pressing then on save, pfSense executes the change immediately leading under unlucky conditions to the loss of the connection to the admin interface of pfsense.
In my opinion if pfsense discovers a mismatch in interface assignment after restoring a configuration file, the changes made by the user to VLANs and interface assignment should not happen immediately. It should let the user finish all the reassignment work and then do the reboot of the device like it does it always after restoring a config. How to reproduce: - do a fresh pfsense installation and boot, connect to the web-gui - instead of following the presented wizard, chose Diagnostics -> Backup/Restore from the menu - load a config using VLANs originating from a different device, which has other kind of NICs built in (different brand e.g.) - when presented with the interface assignment page, change to the VLAN page and reassign a VLAN to the inner interface - press save Regards, Adrian. _______________________________________________ pfSense mailing list https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold
