Upgrade to 26.7 from 26.1.11 failed with realtek 2.5g NICs

[HarveyEllis1]

I have a mini-pc that I use for Opnsense transparent filtering bridge. It has Realtek dual NICs and I use an ethernet to USB interface for management network.


I started upgrade to 26.7
It progressed normally with last successful messages during upgrade:

> [7/279] Extracting  os-realtek-re-1.0: .. done
> Reloading firmware os-realtek-re-1.0 .. done

and then failure messages appeared

> failed waiting for configd (doesn't seem to be running)
> failed waiting for configd (doesn't seem to be running)
> failed waiting for configd (doesn't seem to be running)
> failed waiting for configd (doesn't seem to be running)

Opnsense will boot as 26.1.11, but appears to be a broken upgrade with the following messages received when attempting to restart update:


***GOT REQUEST TO CHECK FOR UPDATES***
Currently running OPNsense 26.1.11_10 (amd64) at Sun Aug  2 15:53:23 EDT 2026
Fetching changelog information, please wait... done
Updating FreeBSD-ports repository catalogue...
Fetching meta.conf: . done
Fetching data: .......... done
Processing entries: .......... done
FreeBSD-ports repository update completed. 37835 packages processed.
Updating FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository catalogue...
Fetching meta.conf: . done
Fetching data: ..... done
Processing entries: .......... done
FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository update completed. 239 packages processed.
Updating OPNsense-aux repository catalogue...
pkg: https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/26.1/aux/meta.txz: Not Found
pkg: https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/26.1/aux/data.pkg: Not Found
pkg: https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/26.1/aux/data.tzst: Not Found
pkg: https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/26.1/aux/packagesite.pkg: Not Found
pkg: https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/26.1/aux/packagesite.tzst: Not Found
Unable to update repository OPNsense-aux
Updating OPNsense repository catalogue...
pkg: https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/26.1/latest/meta.txz: Not Found
pkg: https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/26.1/latest/data.pkg: Not Found
pkg: https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/26.1/latest/data.tzst: Not Found
pkg: https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/26.1/latest/packagesite.pkg: Not Found
pkg: https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/26.1/latest/packagesite.tzst: Not Found
Unable to update repository OPNsense
Error updating repositories!
Upgrading package manager from version '' to ''
Updating OPNsense repository catalogue...
pkg: https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/26.1/latest/meta.txz: Not Found
pkg: https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/26.1/latest/data.pkg: Not Found
pkg: https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/26.1/latest/data.tzst: Not Found
pkg: https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/26.1/latest/packagesite.pkg: Not Found
pkg: https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/26.1/latest/packagesite.tzst: Not Found
Unable to update repository OPNsense
Error updating repositories!
Updating FreeBSD-ports repository catalogue...
Fetching meta.conf: . done
Fetching data: .......... done
Processing entries: .......... done
FreeBSD-ports repository update completed. 37835 packages processed.
Updating FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository catalogue...
Fetching meta.conf: . done
Fetching data: ..... done
Processing entries: .......... done
FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository update completed. 239 packages processed.
Updating OPNsense-aux repository catalogue...
pkg: https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/26.1/aux/meta.txz: Not Found
pkg: https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/26.1/aux/data.pkg: Not Found
pkg: https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/26.1/aux/data.tzst: Not Found
pkg: https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/26.1/aux/packagesite.pkg: Not Found
pkg: https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/26.1/aux/packagesite.tzst: Not Found
Unable to update repository OPNsense-aux
Updating OPNsense repository catalogue...
pkg: https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/26.1/latest/meta.txz: Not Found
pkg: https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/26.1/latest/data.pkg: Not Found
pkg: https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/26.1/latest/data.tzst: Not Found
pkg: https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/26.1/latest/packagesite.pkg: Not Found
pkg: https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/26.1/latest/packagesite.tzst: Not Found
Unable to update repository OPNsense
Error updating repositories!
***DONE***


Within the GUI, under Plugins
os-isc-dhcp & os-realtek-re had status of "orphaned" and are now listed as missing.

Looking for suggestions of what to do, since I am unsure how to resolve this issue.
I have tried downloading os-realtek pkg & re-installing this via USB drive, without success correcting the problem.

Thanks!

[nero355]

You seem to have multiple issues :
- Some RealTek NICs no longer work in FreeBSD 15.x a.k.a. OPNsense 26.7 !!
- You might have the Intel/AMD microcode plug-in issue too : You need to uninstall it before upgrading to 26.7 !!
- And then you need to upgrade the FreeBSD Bootloader from the old version to the most recent FreeBSD 15.x version !!
- Then Enable the Intel/AMD microcode plug-in again if you want to keep using it.

But if your NICs are no longer supported then it's time to consider a hardware upgrade first and simply do a fresh install and configuration... :(


Good luck! :)

[HarveyEllis1]

I did fresh install of 26.7.1 & reloaded backup config file.
This was less hassle than spending more time on borked upgrade.

[nero355]

I did fresh install of 26.7.1 & reloaded backup config file.
This was less hassle than spending more time on borked upgrade.

OK, but could you post the exact RealTek NIC models then and which driver you are using for them ?

For others who might find this topic via the Forum Search or a random Search Engine and stuff... ;)

[HarveyEllis1]

OK, but could you post the exact RealTek NIC models then and which driver you are using for them ?

For others who might find this topic via the Forum Search or a random Search Engine and stuff... ;)

The NIC are built into motherboard of a mini PC.

re0: <Realtek PCIe 2.5GbE Family Controller> port 0x4000-0x40ff
(same for re1)

Driver working with Opnsense 26.7.1 is: realtek-re-kmod-1102.01.1500068

I suspect the issue with upgrade from 26.1.11 to 26.7 was related to FreeBsd version 14 (rather than version 15) of the Realtek driver being in place during update process.

I did not have a problem with ISO 26.7 fresh install and had working NICs.

I did notice that RealTek driver was updated when upgrading from OpnSense 26.7 to 26.7.1

As a side note, I use a USB based Ethernet adapter (ASIX AX88179B) to provide access to a management network.
Prior to Opnsense version 26.7 this interface would flap on a rare occasion.
After update to Opnsense 26.7 it flaps constantly, runs out of buffers, and interface becomes inaccessible.
This is a known FreeBSD 15 issue for ASIX AX88179B chip set.

There is a fix for this (force use of CDCE driver) - https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/ugreen-usb-hub-with-ethernet-adapter-asix-ax88179b-quirk.101459/

It works!