LAN client cannot connect

Spectrum

What IP address is your Windows client using?

Did you set that statically?

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

stephenw10

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

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)

stephenw10

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

Spectrum

@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

stephenw10

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

Spectrum

@stephenw10 Is not yet able.

stephenw10

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?

Spectrum

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

stephenw10

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