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Steve Wheeler

  • Login: stephenw10
  • Registered on: 04/24/2014
  • Last connection: 12/29/2025

Issues

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Assigned issues 1 39 40
Reported issues 62 338 400

Projects

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pfSense Developer, Reporter 05/10/2018
pfSense Docs Developer, Reporter 08/09/2018
pfSense Packages Developer, Reporter 05/10/2018
pfSense Plus Developer, Reporter 01/29/2021

Activity

01/14/2026

08:11 PM pfSense Regression #16638 (Confirmed): PPPoE on vtnet NIC fails to pass routed traffic
In some virtual setups traffic from internal hosts may fail to pass when the WAN is PPPoE on a vtnet NIC in 25.11.
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Steve Wheeler

01/05/2026

05:17 PM pfSense Feature #16587 (Feedback): Netgate Installer: Allow pulling DNS from PPPoE connections.
Works as expected in 1.2 internal builds. Tested: netgate-installer-v1.2-DEVELOPMENT-amd64-20260104-2336 Steve Wheeler

01/03/2026

12:37 AM pfSense Feature #16587 (Ready To Test): Netgate Installer: Allow pulling DNS from PPPoE connections.
Now merged. Steve Wheeler

12/31/2025

04:03 PM pfSense Plus Regression #16080: Issues Upgrading from 24.03 to 24.11 SG-1100 Atheros 9280
It no longer hits the panic in ath on the 2100 because the PCIe driver fails to attach so the wifi device is never se... Steve Wheeler

12/19/2025

01:04 AM pfSense Plus Regression #16594 (New): IPAlias IPv6 VIPs not added to PPPoE interfaces.
In 25.11 IPAlias IPv6 VIPs are not added to PPPoe Interfaces at boot or when adding or resaving a VIP in the webgui.
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Steve Wheeler

12/16/2025

10:19 PM pfSense Feature #16587 (Pull Request Review): Netgate Installer: Allow pulling DNS from PPPoE connections.
https://gitlab.netgate.com/pfSense/installer/-/merge_requests/10 Steve Wheeler
02:40 PM pfSense Feature #16587 (Feedback): Netgate Installer: Allow pulling DNS from PPPoE connections.
Add mpd5 conf lines to pull DNS servers from a PPPoE server to allow the installer to connect without local DNS resol... Steve Wheeler

12/12/2025

10:34 PM pfSense Plus Bug #16581: VLANs stop working after upgrading 24.11 (for both 25.07.1 + 25.11)
OK pfSense has no concept of PVID there then, that only applies to switch ports. I assume you mean traffic using a na... Steve Wheeler
09:29 PM pfSense Plus Bug #16581: VLANs stop working after upgrading 24.11 (for both 25.07.1 + 25.11)
I'm not aware of any issue with VLANs.
What device are you testing this on? Do you have a forum thread open to dis...
Steve Wheeler

12/02/2025

06:03 PM pfSense Todo #16567 (New): Remove link-local fe80::1:1 addresses from trackv6 interfaces
Interfaces configured as trackv6 for IPv6 get configured with an additional link-local address in the form: fe80::1:1... Steve Wheeler

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