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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
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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

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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
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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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            • 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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                Spectrum @stephenw10
                last edited by Spectrum

                @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.x

                lan cards, local network connection are disconnected (obviously, because the pc is not connected to the switch)

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  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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                    Spectrum @stephenw10
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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

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      Hmm, that all looks good then. Is the client still unable to resolve it?

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                        Spectrum @stephenw10
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                        @stephenw10 Is not yet able.

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                          pfSense is showing that localhost (127.0.0.1) can resolve it. That's the local DNS resolver, Unbound.

                          LAN side clients should be using that to resolve against. The fact your client cannot implies it isn't using pfSense.

                          Can you test with a different client?

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                            Spectrum @stephenw10
                            last edited by Spectrum

                            @stephenw10 how? can you explain in less technical words please? imagine that i am 12 years old, please

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

                              I forked this topic since this is not an issue with the driver.

                              Either test using a different client if you can.

                              Or test from Windows using the IP address of the LAN IP directly like: nslookup wikipedia.org 192.168.100.1

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