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      Spectrum @stephenw10
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      @stephenw10 how

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        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
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          @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
                  last edited by

                  @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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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    Depends what the client is. Is it configured for DHCP?

                    If it is t should pull the DNS info from pfSense with the DHCP lease.

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                      Spectrum @stephenw10
                      last edited by

                      @stephenw10 how can I look at this information?? both to see if it is configured for DHCP?? and in case it is not configured ("If not, you need to pull DNS information from pfSense with DHCP lease")??

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        Just about all clients will connect using dhcp by default and use the DNS information passed that way. But that can be configured manually by the user. You need to check that in Windows to be sure.

                        You can check Status > DHCP Leases in pfSense to see if your client pulled a lease.

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                          Spectrum @stephenw10
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                          @stephenw10 Status/ DHCPv6 Leases nothing here

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            Not v6. Just the v4 leases in Status > DHCP Leases.

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                              Spectrum @stephenw10
                              last edited by

                              @stephenw10 i have only status / DHCPv6

                              maybe is writing status / release DHCP??

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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                Ok maybe you disabled IPv4 DHCP when you change the LAN IP.

                                Go to Services > DHCP Server > LAN and make sure it's enabled.

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                                  Spectrum @stephenw10
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                                  @stephenw10
                                  Services > DHCP Server > LAN
                                  Enable - Enable DHCP server on the LAN interface (yes)
                                  Is this feature already enabled or is it something else I need to look at?

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    Yes it should be enabled by default. Check Status > Services.

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                                      Spectrum @stephenw10
                                      last edited by

                                      @stephenw10 status/service
                                      service
                                      dhcpd service DHCP
                                      dpinger Demon Monitoring Gateway
                                      ntpd NTP Time Synchronization
                                      syslogd System registry daemon
                                      unbound DNS Resolver

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                        last edited by

                                        Hmm, seems very odd that there's no DHCL leases shown. I don't think I've ever seen that.

                                        What IP address is your Windows client using?

                                        Did you set that statically? If not it must have pulled it via DHCP.

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                                          Spectrum @stephenw10
                                          last edited by

                                          @stephenw10 said in Hardware driver:

                                          What IP address is your Windows client using?

                                          Did you set that statically?

                                          goodmorning. how i see this? windows - cmd - ipconfig?

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                                          • stephenw10S
                                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                            last edited by

                                            Yes ipconfig /allshould show it. Though it's been years since I ran Windows!

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