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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
                      last edited by

                      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
                              last edited by

                              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
                                      last edited by

                                      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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                                        Spectrum @stephenw10
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                                        @stephenw10 ok, cmd windows.

                                        ping 8.8.8.8
                                        --- ping statistics from 8.8.8.8 ---
                                        4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0.0% packet loss

                                        ping 1.1.1.1
                                        --- ping statistics from 1.1.1.1 ---
                                        4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0.0% packet loss

                                        ping google.com
                                        --- ping statistics from 216.58.204.142 ---
                                        4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0.0% packet loss

                                        ping wikipedia.org
                                        unable to find host "wikipedia.org". check correct name and try again

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                                        • stephenw10S
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                          last edited by

                                          Hmm, well pfSense can resolve wikipedia.org but the client cannot. Is it configured to use pfSense for DNS?

                                          By default pfSense will pass it;s own interface address to use for DNS via DHCP

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                                            Spectrum @stephenw10
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                                            @stephenw10 I didn't touch anything, I just did as you described. if you can kindly tell me where should I look for this dns thing?

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