commercial to community on opnsense 3850 appliance

[hescominsoon]

i recently purchased a 3850 appliance and I was trying to go to the community edition but it keeps saying your subscription requires a token.  So far I have been told the only way to go back is to reinstall.  given the lack of a VGA port(use I know there's a console...but that's a bigger pita) can't I just switch repos(even if I have to do it in the root shell) and do it that way?

[infinisourcekc]

You should be able to switch to community from System -> Firmware -> Settings and select Community from the drop down box.  I have a 3860 that I bought last year and recall doing what you are attempting.  IIRC, doing so does force the box to reboot but should keep your config in tack (firewall rules/nats etc).

[franco]

Pick any other mirror than the commercial one currently selected, clear subscription token and select community type. This works...


Cheers,
Franco

[hescominsoon]

Nope..had to use the serial display and reinstall from USB.  This will be the last official opnsense I purchase due to lack of vga port.

[Patrick M. Hausen]

I would never buy network equipment with VGA and no serial console ...