I had several cases where an upgrade from 13.0 -> 13.1 with an active ipfw ruleset: # firewall, ipfw based firewall_enable="YES" firewall_type="OPEN" caused the host after reboot to loose ipv4 connectivity. It probably works if one sets firewall_enable to NO before the reboot with the 13.1 kernel, and enables it after the final fbsd-update install and does another reboot.