losing internet connection after a few days after using opnsens

Started by Djazeiry, May 14, 2026, 10:43:23 AM

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hello guys , i'm new to opnsense and advanced networking , where i am i started by using opensens after insatlling it on a physical machine and made it as my DHCP Server , everything works fine for a few days and then suddenly i lose the internet connection on the network , my network  structure is explained on the joined image ,  my firewall configuration is by default didn't touch anything

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Quote from: Djazeiry on May 14, 2026, 10:43:23 AMeverything works fine for a few days and then suddenly i lose the internet connection on the network
What are your hardware specifications ?!

And are you 100% sure it's not the Ubiquiti Wireless Bridge having issues for whatever reason ?!
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Are you sure you're losing internet access, and it's not just DNS failing?

I ask because I noticed that after 5 to 8 days, and it ended up being Unbound needing to be restarted.  Which btw, didn't work properly once Unbound was in a bad state.  So I set up a cron job to restart Unbound every 5 days or so.

Just a thought....hope it helps.

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Quote from: nero355 on May 14, 2026, 01:49:13 PM
Quote from: Djazeiry on May 14, 2026, 10:43:23 AMeverything works fine for a few days and then suddenly i lose the internet connection on the network
What are your hardware specifications ?!

And are you 100% sure it's not the Ubiquiti Wireless Bridge having issues for whatever reason ?!

Thanks for your answer , nope there is no issues when put back a tenda "simple" internet stay vonnected and everything works normally for days , and when i put back the opensns backup file ...it work normally for two weeks and then it won't resolve any domaine name

4 miles on limited power of wifi, on flat ribbon antenna?
A well tuned yagi probably will struggle. Do those wifi devices provide dBm info (Tx and Rx), I am curious what level the signal is at.

But using that diagram, my guess, an ARP issue is presenting itself. When the problem happens does the ARP tables look ok?

Is that bridge doing actual bridging or proxy-ARP'ing ?

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