Today I run into a strange error message at renaming the LAN interface from pfSense v. 2.5.0 with the following message.

The Router Advertisements Server is active on this interface and it can be used only with a static IPv6 configuration. Please disable the Router Advertisements Server service on this interface first, then change the interface configuration.




Further on setting up an OpenVPN Server a few days later with this version 2.5.0 of pfSense.

The field IPv6 Local Network must contain only valid ipv6 CIDR ranges(s) separated by commas.



Strange because IPv6 isn’t enabled on the LAN interface neither generally on pfSense. Regarding the Netgate Forum this must be a bug in version 2.5.0.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PFSENSE/comments/lu4ut8/cannot_save_changes_to_lan_interface_getting




Solution

Temporarily enable IPv6 on your LAN interface and set IPv6 configuration type to Static IPv6, then assign an IPv6 address like the IPv6 Loopback address ::1 or any other correct address like Googles DNS Server 2001:4860:4860::8888. The prefix and address doesn’t matter as this is only a workaround to disable the Router Advertisements Server.

Then go to

Services -> DHCPv6 Server & RA -> Router Advertisements -> Router mode and select Disabled


Finally go back to your LAN interface and change the IPv6 Configuration Type back to None.


After that you should be able to rename the LAN interface!




Links

https://www.reddit.com/r/PFSENSE/comments/lu4ut8/cannot_save_changes_to_lan_interface_getting