WAN Interface down after reboot of modem

[manuel]

Hello
Today we had a problem on the ISP and had to reboot the modem which is connected to my opnsense box. Unfortunately the WAN interface didn't come up again after rebooting the modem. Does opnsense try to open the WAN port several times until it times out and then give up?

Because I like long uptimes very much I hate to reboot my opnsense FW. Is there a way without rebooting it through the GUI to bring up WAN Interface again without rebooting it?

Thank you very much for your hints.

Manuel

[bartjsmit]

Hi Manuel,

You can disable and enable the interface through Interfaces, [WAN]. Remember to press save at the bottom of the page.

It sometimes takes a while for a PPPoE session to be established. Give it five minutes before you start tinkering.

Bart...

[manuel]

Hello Bart
Thank you very much for your answer. I'll try this next time.

Does anybody know how opnsense behaves if wan port goes down? Does opnsense try to reopen the WAN port for some time until it times out? After this time out the only way would be to disable/enable wan interface or reboot the whole box?

Regards Manuel