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    • GertjanG
      Gertjan @Gertjan
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      Please confirm :

      @gertjan said in No LAN internet:

      Check the DHCP server log page, do you see your PC doing DHCP request and pfSense DHCP answering ?

      Page Services > DHCP Server > LAN

      No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
      Edit : and where are the logs ??

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        hoandco @Gertjan
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        @gertjan
        I will in the morning
        Leigh

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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          Ok so am I correctly reading that a client on LAN can ping 8.8.8.8 but not 1.1.1.1?

          And that when you try to ping 1.1.1.1 you see at the LAN client:

          Host(New nexthop: 0.0.0.0)
          From 192.168.55.1: icmp_seq=34 Redirect Host(New nexthop: 0.0.0.0)
          

          That implies you have a routing issue on pfSense. Check the routing table again.

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            hoandco @stephenw10
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            @stephenw10
            So just to be sure.
            If ping 8.8.8.8 from pfsense menu it works. If I use terminal on the same pc with pfsense app open it works. If I ping 1.1.1.1 in terminal on the same pc it shows what I sent.
            So what can be wrong with the routing table? How do I check it? What should it show.
            Leigh

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @hoandco
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              @hoandco said in No LAN internet:

              If I use terminal on the same pc with pfsense app open it works.

              Not sure what you mean by 'pfSense app'.

              Are both those tests from a command prompt on a PC behind pfSense?

              The result fro pinging 1.1.1.1 is pfSense (192.168.55.1) sending an icmp redircet to the PC but it's sending an invalid next hop.
              But that implies pfSense has a route to 1.1.1.1 via what it thinks is at 0.0.0.0. And that it thinks the PC is the same subnet as that other router.
              Both of those seem unlikely but there's clearly something odd there. Some other device acting as a router? Multiple networks on the PC?

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                hoandco @stephenw10
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                @stephenw10
                Stephen
                You may be right. I will disconnect the WiFi extender router in workshop.
                It's Saturday morning here so I time to work through this.
                Leigh

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                  hoandco @hoandco
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                  @hoandco
                  Stephen I am not giving up. I have decided to re install pfsense.
                  As this is a ppoe connection over satellite I have connected the wan successfully.
                  The LAN connection I will set up direct to the pc rather than through a switch.
                  Any suggestions on the set up process.
                  Leigh

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    This should be a very basic setup. Nothing special required.

                    When pings to 1.1.1.1 from the LAN client fail can you ping 1.1.1.1 from pfSense?

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                      hoandco @stephenw10
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                      @stephenw10
                      Is it advisable to set up DHCP on lan in the installer script ot the web interface?
                      Leigh

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                        hoandco @stephenw10
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                        @stephenw10 said in No LAN internet:

                        This should be a very basic setup. Nothing special required.

                        When pings to 1.1.1.1 from the LAN client fail can you ping 1.1.1.1 from pfSense?

                        Stephen
                        Sunday success
                        I re installed pfsense and set up the wan,Lan,route, Lan rules, ppoe set up with the change to latency 200-900. Tested ping 9.9.9.9, 1.1.1.1, 8.8.8.8 all worked
                        Eureka !!!!
                        At last after reboot connected to the internet.
                        SOLVED
                        The next step is to set up a WiFi router on the LAN?
                        Suggestions please.
                        Leigh

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                          hoandco @hoandco
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                          @hoandco
                          Hello
                          I have shutdown and restarted the pfsense. It is working perfectly.
                          I have an opt1 which is the pc onboard port.
                          How do I configure this to connect our 16 port tplink switch and 2 other pc as well monitoring devices and 2 other Lan devices
                          We would like internet access on these.
                          Where do I find this information
                          Leigh

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                          • GertjanG
                            Gertjan @hoandco
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                            @hoandco said in No LAN internet:

                            up a WiFi router on the LAN?

                            Not a router, a Wifi access point, that device should not do any routing.
                            Basically : shut down it's DNS and DHCP facilities.
                            Give it a static IP, like 192.168.15.2 netwrok /24 or 255.255.255.0 (I presume your LAN pfSense IP is 192.168.55.1). Set its gateway to 192.168.55.1, and have the DNS set to 192.168.55.1 also. Done.

                            No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                            Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                              Yes, if your wifi device is a router you should configure it as an access point:
                              https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/recipes/external-wireless-router.html#turning-a-wireless-router-into-an-access-point

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                                hoandco @stephenw10
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                                @stephenw10
                                Hello Stephen
                                All good news! Today started pf sense with the switch first off. Tested it with Lan in port 1 and windows laptop in port 2. All worked well. So I connected our 2 Linux pc to port 3 and 4 and both connected. Both worked and connected.
                                Next I setup the router as Lan repeater set the WiFi password and all worked perfectly.
                                Our 3rd pc in the workshop is now connected to the LAN.
                                I have completed speed tests from each device and it showed to be faster than our previous router connection.

                                Thanks for your help to date

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                                • johnpozJ
                                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @hoandco
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                                  @hoandco said in No LAN internet:

                                  setup the router as Lan repeater

                                  What router? So I can look what that maker means by that - that might be using the mac of the device vs the mac of the client?? You would want to either put in access point mode, or "bridge" mode - or do it manually.

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                                    hoandco @johnpoz
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                                    @johnpoz
                                    Yes I set the fritzbox 7590 as a Lan access point.
                                    Working perfectly
                                    Leigh

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                                      hoandco @hoandco
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                                      @hoandco

                                      Final SLD with all devices connected
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