hello nylan

I've the same problem, when I connect my PC directly to the soekris box.
The dhcp server gives me no new lease when I am connected to LAN port.
After several times restarting my PC it worked.

hope someone can help on this one.

wfg
    thorolf

Set a DNS server on the config page.
Create a static route for the IP of the DNS server to the gateway you want it routed to.

In the Web GUI:

System/General Setup

In the DNS Servers section, check the "Allow DNS server list to be overridden by DHCP/PPP on WAN"

Services/DNS Forwarder

check the "Enable DNS Forwarder" checkbox

The Note towards the bottom of the DNS Forwarder section explains it all

Note:
If the DNS forwarder is enabled, the DHCP service (if enabled) will automatically serve the LAN IP address as a DNS server to DHCP clients so they will use the forwarder. The DNS forwarder will use the DNS servers entered in System: General setup or those obtained via DHCP or PPP on WAN if the "Allow DNS server list to be overridden by DHCP/PPP on WAN" is checked. If you don't use that option (or if you use a static IP address on WAN), you must manually specify at least one DNS server on the System: General setup page.

OK, that is not problem.

@wallacebw:

That was a bad attempt at comedy, not a solution.

oh crap
:D

Good suggestion!
I've discovered that trying to describe network topography in text is a bit tricky

Does this help?
Basically, I have a separate DNS/DHCP server on one side and using PFsense for DHCP/DNS on the other, I'd like lookups to work across the two subnets.

In looking at this, it might be more confusing that I had planned. The text that is floating over the "LAN" machines on each side is meant to be a general description and has nothing to do with the machines it is floating over… I'm not so good at this

@hot_rene:

ok, but how should resolve than the requests from outside to the inside hosts. I will have soom a server running 2003 in my DMZ serving as DNS. somehow the requests should go through it. any idea? 10x

Its been a while, so I'm guessing this is resolved.
I'm not sure about your specific setup, by typically I've seen 2 DNS servers. One for internal resolution and one for external. Personally, I let my registrar host my external stuff, but I dont have a lot going on. If you are going to host your external DNS using W2k3 in the DMZ, then its fairly simple. Put that box in the DMZ, forward UDP and TCP ports 53 through the NAT. Then configure the DNS with the external names and IPs…
You'll have to notify your registrar of the static IP that you are natting to that DNS server as well.

yes.
a router routes between networks.
right now you have on both interfaces the same network.
search with google on how networks work.
use /24.

@renepc:

i need this service as fast as possible ;)

Consider our commercial support offering if this is the case.

@GruensFroeschli:

When you disable the DNS Forwarder and your clients have the pfSense as DNS Server the "should" no longer be able to resolve names.

I suspect that 74.200.220.215 is your public IP on WAN. This happens when you try to resolve a name that does not exist.

Did you enable on the DNS forwarder page that DHCP-lease names are added to the hosts-list of the DNS forwarder?

This is what I only have on my DNS Forwarder…

Thanks

@cmb:

A full fledged multi-subnet every option compatible DHCP server will be coming likely in the 1.3 release.

i was actually going to start a new thread, but i figured my question would be just as appropriate here.

quoting cmb, would that include being able to provide more granular options to static DHCP assignments?  example:  at my parents house, i have set up the same version pfsense (latest, at time of this post) with an ipsec tunnel back to my place.  my network is fully provisioned with services, their end is just a little "single computer home setup".  when i visit their place, i would prefer to use my DNS server (via the ipsec tunnel), but would like to do so without manually setting it.  a DHCP assignment that also specified my DNS server (rather than the default from the DHCP scope) would be really cool!

i think it would be really useful to see the full range of options available to set (or leave as default) on the static assignments page, rather than just "what the IP will be".

you can add the hostname.domain in the dns forwarder and this will do what you require. this only works if your PCs are using the pfsense as their DNS server.