wifi deco doesnt work any more, need help
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@tjabas said in wifi deco doesnt work any more, need help:
i reinstalled a backup sdcard, and when i turned that on, the decos went red
I assume "went red" indicates they are not seeing other access point? Internet?
But that sounds like whatever you restored on that backup card created a conflict of some sort. I'd look for an IP conflict with whatever the Deco APs were trying to reach.
Steve
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@stephenw10
thanks for your answer.
but even if i use the old sdcard that wasnt the problem, or even if i turn the raspberry pi off, the deco wont connect to the internet, if i check the arp table in pfsense, i can see that the deco device is connected.i cant understand whats wrong.
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Hmm, well then maybe whatever caused the automation system to stop working. Really seems like there must be a conflict there somewhere.
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@stephenw10
no i dont know what the decos are looking for, im using them in access point mode, before i got the decos i had 3 asus routers with aimesh, these where also conected in access point mode, but even when i connected them yesterday they also didnt work , they all broadcast a wifi, but with no internet connection.i dont know where to look.
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If they are really acting as layer 2 devices then pfSense is not forwarding the traffic, or actively blocking. Or potentially clients on that subnet are not being passed a default gateway/route.
Do clients get an IP address from pfSense via DHCP?
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@stephenw10
yes the wired clients gets an ip, but not the wirelsess. -
Then they are not acting as layer 2 devices. Assuming pfSense is still running a DHCP server on that interface. Do you see any requests arriving in pfSense? Do you see any traffic arriving?
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@stephenw10
today i tried once again to get this working, but now i cant even get an external ip on the wan connection in pfsense dashboard.
and i have connected it as always in the incomming fibre box(the one that converts fibre to cat cable) .the ip i get in pfsense wan is 192.168.1.231, that one is an internal ip, not external, i honestly dont understand anything now.
i also took my old pfsense router and plugged it in , and that one also doesnt get an external ip .
Can the isp made any changes so i only can use they own router?i have never experienced someyhing like this, and i have been using pfsense for over 10 years now.
im about to leave this pfsense and go with the isp router even though it sucks.
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@tjabas said in wifi deco doesnt work any more, need help:
the ip i get in pfsense wan is 192.168.1.231, that one is an internal ip, not external, i honestly dont understand anything now.
I think you need to put together a drawing showing your network, the places things are landed, etc.
draw.io is a free service for basic Visio-style drawings.
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Mmm, if it's getting an internal IP via DHCP then either there's a link between WAN and LAN or something else in your network is still running as a DHCP server.
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yea it must be a link , but it is impossible, there is nothing between the fibre box and the pfsense router, so i dont get it.
im going to call the isp tomorrow and ask if they can see why its like that. -
Check the pfSense DHCP status or logs. If there's a link there it can be handing a lease to itself.
