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      Spectrum @stephenw10
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      @stephenw10 good morning. last night i turned off pfsense and unplugged the wan cable, today i turned on and plugged the cable in and it gives me connected. i went into the settings it said and it no longer gives me re0 (lan) as default. i don't know what is going on in my settings, but i am sure if i turn off or reboot now it will give me the problem again. how can i save these settings?

      IPv4 route
      127.0.0.X lo0
      192.168.1.X/24 re1 (wan)
      192.168.1.XXX lo0
      192.168.100.X/24 re0 (lan)
      192.168.100.X lo0

      Now only in ipv6 I see the wan in default, like this:
      IPv6 route
      default xxxxxxxx%re1 re1 (wan)

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        Spectrum @Spectrum
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        @Spectrum although it tells me "connected" pero any site comes up as impossible to access

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          Spectrum @stephenw10
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          @stephenw10 ok, now i set ipv4 and ipv6 gateway on the wan and it is no longer automatic.

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            Ok that's good. When it's set to automatic it may choose the LAN if the WAN goes down.

            But you should not have a LAN gateway at all. You should delete it from there anyway.

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              Spectrum @stephenw10
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              @stephenw10 sistem/routing/gateway
              WAN_DHCP Default (IPv4) WAN
              WAN_DHCP6 Default (IPv6) WAN

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                Spectrum @stephenw10
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                @stephenw10 diag/routes
                Route IPv4
                default 192.168.1.xxx re1 (wan)
                127.0.0.x lo0
                192.168.1.x/24 re1 (wan)
                192.168.1.xxx lo0
                192.168.100.x/24 re0 (lan)
                192.168.100.x lo0
                Rotte IPv6
                default xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxre1 re1 (wan)

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                  Spectrum @stephenw10
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                  @stephenw10 Status/Gateways

                  Gateways
                  WAN_DHCP (default) 192.168.1.xxx 192.168.1.xxx Connected Interface WAN_DHCP Gateway
                  WAN_DHCP6 (default) xxxx::xxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx%re1 xxxx::xxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx%re1 Connected Interface WAN_DHCP6 Gateway

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                    Spectrum @Spectrum
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                    @Spectrum do you suggest to delete this option in the lan network (re0)?

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      I'm only suggesting you delete any gateways defined on LAN in System > Routing > Gateways.

                      However it should be working as it is?

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                        Spectrum @stephenw10
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                        @stephenw10 sistem / routing / gateway have only wan . lan no longer appears. the pc is connected pero many sites can't access. i'm thinking maybe i need to see if it accepts both http and https. am i doing the thinking wrong?

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                          Spectrum @stephenw10
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                          @stephenw10 Unable to reach the site
                          Unable to find the IP address of the server of en.wikipedia.org.

                          Try:
                          Checking the connection
                          Checking the proxy, firewall, and DNS configuration
                          Running the Windows Network Diagnostics tool
                          ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED

                          this i see when visite web like wikipedia

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                            Can you ping 8.8.8.8 from pfSense?

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                              Spectrum @stephenw10
                              last edited by

                              @stephenw10 ping 8.8.8.8 : 56 data bytes
                              3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss

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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                Ok great try to ping google.com from pfSense.

                                If that succeeds try to ping google.com from a client on the LAN.

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                                  Spectrum @stephenw10
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                                  @stephenw10 pfsense shell google.com 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss

                                  web gui diag/ ping
                                  8.8.8.8 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss (lan)
                                  1.1.1.1 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss (lan)
                                  google.com 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss (lan)
                                  wikipedia.org 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss (lan)
                                  wikipedia.org 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss (wan)

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                    Ok try that same test from a client on the LAN.

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                                      Spectrum @stephenw10
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                                      @stephenw10 how

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                        last edited by

                                        Just run some pings from a client on the LAN.

                                        The client cannot open web pages but pfSense clearly can reach external sites and can resolve DNS.
                                        So either the client is being blocked (the default firewall rules should pass it though) or it cannot resolve.
                                        Testing with ping should show that.

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                                          Spectrum @stephenw10
                                          last edited by Spectrum

                                          @stephenw10 Diag/Ping
                                          Ping
                                          Host name wikipedia.org
                                          IP protocol
                                          IPv4
                                          Source address
                                          LAN
                                          --- ping statistics from wikipedia.org ---
                                          10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0.0% packet loss

                                          Ping
                                          Host name giallozafferano.it
                                          IP protocol
                                          IPv4
                                          Source address
                                          LAN
                                          --- ping statistics from giallozafferano.it ---
                                          10 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss

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                                          • stephenw10S
                                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                            Try pinging from a client not from pfSense.

                                            That second address doesn't appear to respond to ping so that's not a problem:

                                            steve@steve-NUC9i9QNX:~$ ping giallozafferano.it
                                            PING giallozafferano.it (52.17.217.40) 56(84) bytes of data.
                                            ^C
                                            --- giallozafferano.it ping statistics ---
                                            3 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 2037ms
                                            
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