Sorry to bump such an old thread, not had the time to look at this until last weekend.

I am now pretty certain that the issue is with the NIC, or Pfsense, and the AP and DHCP works fine through the LAN interface. I've tested different cables and all work fine through the LAN interface.

DHCP just isn't server through the OPT1 interface. I am going to try swapping the interfaces to try to pinpoint what the issue may….

OK swapping had no impact, and the NIC only had an amber light not green light. I am fairly certain the NIC is ok, pretty sure I used it with Fedora before I installed Pfsense on this box.

So now I'm thinking the onboard and Pfsense don't play well together - is there a way to get them to play nice?!

If you don't have control of the router, you have to wait for their arp-cache to expire. Although it will be cleared if the provider's router just happens to get power cycled accidentally. You could also call them and ask them to clear it.

That would need a pppoe concentrator and a pppoe server which has yet to be implemented on pfSense.

Things you could try
add a DNS rule (picture)
OpenDNS with static rules http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,13603.msg72761.html#msg72761


On the "System" page of the RRD graph set "Graphs" to "States"

$ dmesg
Copyright © 1992-2008 The FreeBSD Project.
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-p8 #0: Thu Jan  8 22:07:30 EST 2009
    sullrich@freebsd7-releng_1_2_1.pfsense.org:/usr/obj.pfSense/usr/src/sys/pfSense.7
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.80GHz (1800.08-MHz 686-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x6d6  Stepping = 6
  Features=0xafe9fbbf <fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,clflush,dts,acpi,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,ss,tm,pbe>Features2=0x180 <est,tm2>real memory  = 1039007744 (990 MB)
avail memory = 1002946560 (956 MB)
ACPI APIC Table: <intelr awrdacpi="">ioapic0 <version 2.0="">irqs 0-23 on motherboard
wlan: mac acl policy registered
kbd1 at kbdmux0
ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
hptrr: HPT RocketRAID controller driver v1.1 (Jan  8 2009 22:07:11)
cryptosoft0: <software crypto="">on motherboard
acpi0: <intelr awrdacpi="">on motherboard
acpi0: [ITHREAD]
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
acpi0: reservation of 0, a0000 (3) failed
acpi0: reservation of 100000, 3dde0000 (3) failed
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x4008-0x400b on acpi0
cpu0: <acpi cpu="">on acpi0
est0: <enhanced speedstep="" frequency="" control="">on cpu0
p4tcc0: <cpu frequency="" thermal="" control="">on cpu0
acpi_button0: <power button="">on acpi0
pcib0: <acpi host-pci="" bridge="">port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pci0: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib0
pci0: <base peripheral=""> at device 0.1 (no driver attached)
pci0: <base peripheral=""> at device 0.3 (no driver attached)
vgapci0: <vga-compatible display="">port 0xe900-0xe907 mem 0xe0000000-0xe7ffffff,0xe8100000-0xe817ffff irq 16 at device 2.0 on pci0
agp0: <intel 8285xm="" (85xgm="" gmch)="" svga="" controller="">on vgapci0
agp0: detected 32636k stolen memory
agp0: aperture size is 128M
vgapci1: <vga-compatible display="">at device 2.1 on pci0
uhci0: <intel 82801db="" (ich4)="" usb="" controller="" usb-a="">port 0xeb00-0xeb1f irq 16 at device 29.0 on pci0
uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
uhci0: [ITHREAD]
usb0: <intel 82801db="" (ich4)="" usb="" controller="" usb-a="">on uhci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usb0
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci1: <intel 82801db="" (ich4)="" usb="" controller="" usb-b="">port 0xed00-0xed1f irq 19 at device 29.1 on pci0
uhci1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
uhci1: [ITHREAD]
usb1: <intel 82801db="" (ich4)="" usb="" controller="" usb-b="">on uhci1
usb1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usb1
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci2: <intel 82801db="" (ich4)="" usb="" controller="" usb-c="">port 0xe800-0xe81f irq 18 at device 29.2 on pci0
uhci2: [GIANT-LOCKED]
uhci2: [ITHREAD]
usb2: <intel 82801db="" (ich4)="" usb="" controller="" usb-c="">on uhci2
usb2: USB revision 1.0
uhub2: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usb2
uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
ehci0: <intel 82801db="" l="" m="" (ich4)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">mem 0xe8180000-0xe81803ff irq 23 at device 29.7 on pci0
ehci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
ehci0: [ITHREAD]
usb3: EHCI version 1.0
usb3: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb0 usb1 usb2
usb3: <intel 82801db="" l="" m="" (ich4)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">on ehci0
usb3: USB revision 2.0
uhub3: <intel 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usb3
uhub3: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
pcib1: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">at device 30.0 on pci0
pci1: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib1
re0: <realtek 8169sc="" 8110sc="" single-chip="" gigabit="" ethernet="">port 0xd000-0xd0ff mem 0xe8030000-0xe80300ff irq 18 at device 4.0 on pci1
re0: Chip rev. 0x18000000
re0: MAC rev. 0x00000000
miibus0: <mii bus="">on re0
rgephy0: <rtl8169s 8110s="" 8211b="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus0
rgephy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-FDX, auto
re0: Ethernet address: 00:1b:b9:90:86:59
re0: [FILTER]
rl0: <realtek 10="" 8139="" 100basetx="">port 0xd400-0xd4ff mem 0xe8031000-0xe80310ff irq 19 at device 5.0 on pci1
miibus1: <mii bus="">on rl0
rlphy0: <realtek internal="" media="" interface="">PHY 0 on miibus1
rlphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
rl0: Ethernet address: 00:1b:b9:91:75:9b
rl0: [ITHREAD]
ath0: <atheros 5212="">mem 0xe8020000-0xe802ffff irq 20 at device 7.0 on pci1
ath0: [ITHREAD]
ath0: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface
ath0: Ethernet address: 00:0f:b5:fa:9a:63
ath0: mac 7.9 phy 4.5 radio 5.6
isab0: <pci-isa bridge="">at device 31.0 on pci0
isa0: <isa bus="">on isab0
atapci0: <intel ich4="" udma100="" controller="">port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xf000-0xf00f at device 31.1 on pci0
ata0: <ata 0="" channel="">on atapci0
ata0: [ITHREAD]
ata1: <ata 1="" channel="">on atapci0
ata1: [ITHREAD]
pci0: <serial bus,="" smbus="">at device 31.3 (no driver attached)
pci0: <multimedia, audio="">at device 31.5 (no driver attached)
acpi_tz0: <thermal zone="">on acpi0
speaker0: <pc speaker="">port 0x61 on acpi0
fdc0: <floppy drive="" controller="">port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0
fdc0: [FILTER]
sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
sio0: type 16550A
sio0: [FILTER]
sio1: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0
sio1: type 16550A
sio1: [FILTER]
sio2: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3e8-0x3ef irq 10 on acpi0
sio2: type 16550A
sio2: [FILTER]
sio3: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x2e8-0x2ef irq 11 on acpi0
sio3: type 16550A
sio3: [FILTER]
pmtimer0 on isa0
atkbdc0: <keyboard controller="" (i8042)="">at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
atkbd0: <at keyboard="">irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
atkbd0: [ITHREAD]
ppc0: <parallel port="">at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode
ppbus0: <parallel port="" bus="">on ppc0
ppbus0: [ITHREAD]
plip0: <plip network="" interface="">on ppbus0
lpt0: <printer>on ppbus0
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
ppi0: <parallel i="" o="">on ppbus0
ppc0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
ppc0: [ITHREAD]
sc0: <system console="">at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
vga0: <generic isa="" vga="">at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1800076919 Hz quality 800
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
Fast IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
hptrr: no controller detected.
ad2: 4112MB <wdc ac24300l="" 20.03w20="">at ata1-master UDMA33
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad2s1a
re0: link state changed to UP
re0: link state changed to DOWN
rl0: link state changed to UP
rl0: link state changed to DOWN
re0: link state changed to UP
rl0: link state changed to UP
pflog0: promiscuous mode enabled
re0: promiscuous mode enabled
re0: promiscuous mode disabled
re0: promiscuous mode enabled
re0: link state changed to DOWN
re0: link state changed to UP
re0: promiscuous mode disabled
re0: promiscuous mode enabled
re0: promiscuous mode disabled
re0: promiscuous mode enabled
re0: promiscuous mode disabled
re0: promiscuous mode enabled
re0: promiscuous mode disabled
re0: permanently promiscuous mode enabled</wdc></generic></system></parallel></printer></plip></parallel></parallel></at></keyboard></floppy></pc></thermal></multimedia,></serial></ata></ata></intel></isa></pci-isa></atheros></realtek></mii></realtek></rtl8169s></mii></realtek></acpi></acpi></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></vga-compatible></intel></vga-compatible></acpi></acpi></power></cpu></enhanced></acpi></intelr></software></version></intelr></est,tm2></fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,clflush,dts,acpi,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,ss,tm,pbe>

I think to have solved the problem.

The problem appear some time after update to 1.2.2.
Trying to resolve the problem, I tryed to reinstall the master.
Trying this, i found that I can not install with ACPI enabled because of an error with an ethernet interface.
After installed, tryed to re-enable the ACPI, and no errors was logged as during the installation.
Yesterday I tried to re-disable ACPI and now the master didn't become unresposible.

Not in 1.2.x

It is already in 2.0

I really need to change this to solved.  I didn;t have the correct port open, rookie mistake.

Yeah, I did some further research on the topic, and found out the same. I am trying to find a good walk through on installing snort inline. The ones I found are older, and not at all straight forward. I found a network design I was going to implement to test with which included the use of two honeywall boxes, a router and a firewall distro. I couldn't get it to work. So basically I am trying to see what I can do in the time I had, and I was hoping that pfsense might work.
Thanks
Eckman

Hrm, now the problem gets really interesting. I just dumped the card into a Window machine and everything is running fine. It is now appearing more like there is some other issue so I'm going to try recompiling the kernel using the latest rl(4) driver from the FreeBSD 7 RELENG_7 branch as there was a bug involving bus_dma(9) and rl(4) that was recently fixed that caused (as you guessed it) slow upload speeds (limited to around 1Mbps!). It's entirely possible I have been affected by this bug since my initial install but, since my upstream speed was limited to around 400Kbps, I just didn't notice it.

never mind, got it already

Thanks so much.  I found those backups,  looked up the unix commands, took a deep breath, and replaced the bad file with my fingers crossed and eyes closed. Nice to know being brave every once in a while pays off.  :)

All is well now…with that part anway; getting the cable company to set up their end correctly is a post for another board.

And you are right, I probably was impatient while on that console set up (and by using it at all instead of waiting for the wiring in the office to be done). Hard enough to figure all this out as I go along without the whole staff breathing down your neck because they haven't had email for 12 hours--I should have slowed down. I have learned my lesson! My staff and the wild critters we work so hard to protect thank you too.

Barbara
Conservation Northwest
www.conservationnw.org
Keeping the Northest wild!