Bug #8542
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Web GUI did not prompt for NIC reassignment when config restore on hardware with different NICs was performed
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Description
Old system: SG-1000 pfsense 2.4.3
New system: amd64 mini-PC pfsense 2.4.3 freshly installed with two realtek NICs named re0 and re1.
I downloaded the config with "all" option selected from the SG-1000 and applied it to the mini-PC. mini PC then rebooted and hanged when attempting to bring up the network interfaces.
Solution:
1) Reinstall pfsense on mini-PC to allow unit to boot into pfsense.
2) Manually edit config and replace all instances of cpsw0 & cpsw1 with re0 & re1 respectively.
3) Upload modified config to mini-PC. Now works.
Bug:
According to this page https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Configuration_Backup_and_Restore "If the new target hardware has different NICs than the system where the backup was taken, a prompt will appear to re-assign the NICs after restoring the configuration." This prompt did not come up when attempting to upload the config on the mini-PC.
I could not find a reference to this being removed. Perhaps a regression?
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