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Clicking on edit alias on a firewall rule doesnt work in both 26.7.9 and 26.7.9_1. When i click on edit alias, it brings Firewall/Aliases page, but it doesnt pop up the edit window. Instead, i have to manually locate the alias and click edit pencil to make changes. Tested on latest version of Firefox and Google Chrome.

Still now source code, it's almost November.. Its a joke. Hard pass / red flag.

Stop being so toxic.

This might be hardware related.

Its all good Franco. We are thankful for everything you guys do. Cheers man.

Uptated to 26.7.7 without any issues. In fact, its been a year of updates with zero issues.

Remove static entry, restard DHCP service, restart the client and see if it receives IP address other than static entry. If it does, re-create the static entry, and you should be good.

Why do the regular USB ports remain functional when the CMOS battery gets low but only the serial console port stops working?

I think that even if the FTDI chip doesn't directly use the battery, something else related to the COM port clearly depends on it.

That i dont know.

I didn't consider USB controllers being active and keeping the battery hot.  In that case, I'm not suprised

Batteries dont like heat. Especially CR1220 batteries because they are smaller, and they soak heat much easier and die much quicker. This is also one of many reasons why you should never use USB>LAN cards as primary or secondary WAN/LAN interface even if its supported by FreeBSD. USB ports should only be used temporarily for console access or installing OS via USB stick. As soon as you are done, remove everything you dont need.

I keep a UPS and an external fan plugged into it as well.

This is the worst idea ever. Its convenient, yes, but you are putting a lot of stress on whole device by doing this. Thats not what it was designed for even if it works. Fans should have their own power supply. This way you avoid interference that fan motors can cause and you do not stress your USB ports. Just because you can, doesnt mean you should.

Don't keep the USB serial cable connected to the port 24/7 like I do because even if the terminal session is closed the chip is apparently still active.

You should never keep anything you dont use attached to your USB ports. Your serial console cable is active device because it acts like a USB to RS232 adapter. As soon as you plug it into your USB-C port, USB controller becomes active. It doesnt matter if you are using it or not. Rest assured It is not powered by CMOS battery. Thats not how it works. However, if it stays active for a long time it can get really hot. On some Protecli devices, CMOS battery is glued on metallic heat sink / shielding part where ports or USB controllers are. If the battery is continuously exposed to that heat, it will die prematurely. You learned that the hard way.

The thing is, such N1x0 units were like 300€ complete with 16 GByte RAM and 256 GByte SSD a year ago.

I hear ya. Unfortunately, there is nothing we can do about this. And its only going to get worse.

Now they are more like 600€ (both assuming good brands, not el cheapo no-name SSDs that fail after one year of heavy ZFS use).

I was always an advocate for expensive high quality stuff. And considering how bad things are today, that was a smart move on my end. I hope you have high quality hardware on your end as well.

Maybe shop around on the used market for something nice with 4 x Intel and something like the Intel N100 SoC for a good price ??
Or maybe something totally different that turns out to be a steal somehow ^_^

Alas, the "cheap" hardware options have left the building a while ago :-(

Some manufacturers like Qotom and Yanling have started to manufacture brand new units with DDR4 memory and 8th gen old Intel cpus, but they are slapping them with 2.5 and 10G NICs. Prices are more than acceptable.

The button state is saved in the browser storage. So if you use the same browser it should already be enabled.

Thank you Cedric. I had to add my OPNSense IP address to exception. It works now.

Is there any way to make rule statistics button permanently turned on so the rule statistics can be visible when you log in ?

Seems to be a coreboot thing not to boot up at all with the battery empty

It has nothing to do with coreboot. Modern motherboards are all AMI, and they behave exactly the same.

Still dont understand why that battery's dead after 2 years...

If your device is running hot all the time, that can accelerate battery degradation. Keep in mind that some Protecli devices dont use classic coin cell battery. They use the ones that are wrapped in shrink and have a short piece of wire with the connector. If thats the case, you need to pay attention when getting a new one because of polarity.

Can a dead battery cause the whole system not to boot anymore?!

Yes. Not only on Protectli devices. Modern motherboards show no signs of life if the battery goes below 2.5V. You would think 2.5V is not that bad, but that 2.5V becomes 0.9V when under load. So yes. Replace your battery.