LAN client cannot connect
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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 lossping 1.1.1.1
--- ping statistics from 1.1.1.1 ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0.0% packet lossping google.com
--- ping statistics from 216.58.204.142 ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0.0% packet lossping wikipedia.org
unable to find host "wikipedia.org". check correct name and try again -
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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@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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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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@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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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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@stephenw10 Status/ DHCPv6 Leases nothing here
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Not v6. Just the v4 leases in Status > DHCP Leases.
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@stephenw10 i have only status / DHCPv6
maybe is writing status / release DHCP??
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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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@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? -
Yes it should be enabled by default. Check Status > Services.
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@stephenw10 status/service
service
dhcpd service DHCP
dpinger Demon Monitoring Gateway
ntpd NTP Time Synchronization
syslogd System registry daemon
unbound DNS Resolver -
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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@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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Yes
ipconfig /allshould show it. Though it's been years since I ran Windows! -
@stephenw10 ok,
connection-specific dns suffix: brokenboy.local
dhcp enabled: yes
automatic configuration enabled: yes
ipv5 address local to the link: xxxxxx (preferred)
ipv4 address: 192.168.100.xx(preferred)
lease obtained at 10 am
lease scanned at 5pm
default gateway, dhcp server, dns server are the same 192.168.100.xlan cards, local network connection are disconnected (obviously, because the pc is not connected to the switch)
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Ok that's good.
I assume the client still cannot resolve wikipedia.org?
Go to Diag > DNS Lookup in pfSense and check wikipedia.org there. Make sure all defined DNS servers are able to resolve it.
Steve
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@stephenw10 DNS Lookup
Hostname
wikipedia.org
Results
Results Record type
185.15.58.224 A
2a02:ec80:600:ed1a::1 AAAA
Timing
Name server Time of request
127.0.0.x 45 msec
192.168.1.xxx 15 msec
1.1.1.1 2 msec
8.8.8.8 2 msec
More information
Ping
Traceroute -
Hmm, that all looks good then. Is the client still unable to resolve it?
