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Bring up a slightly old thread because this one nearly perfectly matches my situation. There are lots of threads about this issue but no real good solution.
I've been using opnsense on a protectli firewall vault device behind a cable modem for almost 2 years. Any time the internet goes down, which on average is once a week but sometimes many nights in a row (maintenance?), opnsense fails to restore a WAN connection. It will show up and an IP address but no traffic will flow.
The very quick fix is to restart the Gateway Monitor (WAN DHCP) service. I used to restart the firewall, physically reconnect the ethernet cable, which all worked, but required a relatively lengthy or physical process. Restarting the Gateway Monitor (WAN DHCP) service restores connection instantly.
I really wish opnsense could handle this automatically. With all the reports of this issue I've see the last couple years, this should have been dealt with a long time ago. Until a couple months ago this was a remote, un-manned location that required sending someone out to every time there was an outage. That's unacceptable.
I've been using opnsense on a protectli firewall vault device behind a cable modem for almost 2 years. Any time the internet goes down, which on average is once a week but sometimes many nights in a row (maintenance?), opnsense fails to restore a WAN connection. It will show up and an IP address but no traffic will flow.
The very quick fix is to restart the Gateway Monitor (WAN DHCP) service. I used to restart the firewall, physically reconnect the ethernet cable, which all worked, but required a relatively lengthy or physical process. Restarting the Gateway Monitor (WAN DHCP) service restores connection instantly.
I really wish opnsense could handle this automatically. With all the reports of this issue I've see the last couple years, this should have been dealt with a long time ago. Until a couple months ago this was a remote, un-manned location that required sending someone out to every time there was an outage. That's unacceptable.
