PfSense is unreachable after install
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Hello all,
I have been trying to get my new(to me) box up and running but has been unreachable. I intend to replace my older setup with this one. Basic setup is a USB modem to a single NIC which then attaches to the rest of my network. I have tried just about everything that I can think of to get it up and running but havent had any luck, here is what I have tried.
Static LAN IP
DHCP LAN IP(fails to pull an IP from the existing box)
DHCP WAN IP(when assigning the WAN to NIC and still fails to pull an IP)
Static LAN IP and connecting that to a HUB with single computer attached to it and DHCP server offering IPs, a laptop failed to pull an IP and when statically setting the IP on the laptop, it still fails to ping the router
I have freshly installed the OS 3 times
Reset configurations 5 times
Checked BIOS settings
I validated that the NIC works via booting up to mint and pulling up a webpageAll of this is running on a lenovo ThinkCentre M93P Tiny Form Factor Business Desktop Computer, Intel Dual-Core i5-4570T Processor up to 3.60 GHz, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD
Im open to anything and everything you guys might suggest, this issue is throwing me for a loop
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@mathomas3 That Lenovo hardware has one NIC, correct?
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@nollipfsense correct... only one nic... for the WAN I am using a usb modem
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@mathomas3 If you have access to console, you could execute 11 - restart webconfigurator.
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@nollipfsense I also tried that... but I will try again...
Nothing... I am not able to ping to/from the new box
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What is the on-board NIC on that?
Can we see a screenshot of the console after you've configured it with WAN and LAN?
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@mathomas3 192.168.1.1 is the existing router that is pingable from existing machines... ie the old router is still on the network... I am using a dummy USB router for this test build
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Mmm, OK that looks fine.
The ping there shows no response not 'host is down' which implies it is responding to ARP.
The client at 192.168.1.1 may be blocking those ping requests.
You should be able to ping 192.168.1.2 from the client though. Assuming the client has the correct subnet configured.
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@stephenw10 included in this screenshot is a ping from my computer to both the old and new routers, and from the old router to the new... I did change the IP of the router to a .3(Found out that .2 is for smart switch)
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Hmm, well host unreachable implies it isn't responding to ARP. So that's something low level like a bad cable or a bad port somewhere.
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@stephenw10 I was thinking this too that hardware might be an issue... that's why I loaded up Mint to validate everything and it worked fine...
Dont know what's going on
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@mathomas3 so pfsense ip is 192.168.1.3? and your router is 192.168.1.1.. If pfsense does not show an arp entry for 192.168.1.1 then no you would never be able to ping it..
How exactly are you access pfsense gui via your screenshot - and it can't even ping itself?
What IPs are what exactly? And where are you accessing the gui from?
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I was assuming the old router is also pfSense.
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@stephenw10 correct... my old router is PfSense... and the new one is just with newer hardware(none failing hardware)...
the old hardware is 192.168.1.1 and the new hardware is currently at 192.168.1.13
everything(except 192.168.1.3) can ping 192.168.1.1 but nothing can ping to/from 192.168.1.3
How can I identify the NIC within the software... I can boot to Mint if needed... but the bios only provided a MAC address for the NIC atm...
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@mathomas3 The whole reason for this change is that the USB modem falls offline after continues load... feels like the chipset is failing with the continued power draw of this modem...
I am hoping that this new board can cope with the power draw of it...
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@mathomas3 said in PfSense is unreachable after install:
How can I identify the NIC within the software...
Identify it how?
At the console drop to the command line (option 8) and run:
ifconfig -vm em0That will show you the MAC address and the link status. Unplug the NIC and re-run it. Make sure the link state has changed.
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@stephenw10 I was able to get into the console and validated that media was connected and disconnected when I pulled the cable... just for grins I tried pinging google.com and it worked(dummy modem is still active strangely)
after disconnecting the WAN connection I tried pinging google again and it failed
Another thing that I tried (due to the managed switch that I have) I cleared all of the stats for this net router and tried to generate traffic by pinging from it and trying to access the web interface... this is what I got... Port 3 is what it's connected on
If im reading that right... data is being sent To the router but nothing is coming backI also tried a different known good cat5 and im still getting the same results
Nothing makes sense here
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@mathomas3 Im going to have to rerun the Mint test... it could have been using the WAN port to access the net... to validate the NIC isnt damaged
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Ok... hardware and setup confirmed to be working... the only issue here is PfSense...
I just booted into mint and confirmed that I was able to access the internet and also ping the current router...
What could be the issue here everyone? hardware is confirmed to be working... I have installed pfsense a number of times and the basic setup of this system(which I have done a number of times) isnt working...
