Homekit doesn't work, no vlans
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I just replaced my google mesh with pfsense. I have no vlans, except my isp is on 102, on the wan port.
Installed avahi and briefly the apple home app worked, showing my hue and Ikea stuff. Both the hue and Ikea apps works, and can control my stuff. But the apple homer app and automation doesn't work anymore.
Most search talks about vlans, which I don't have on the lan side. I have created a bridge for the Nic's on my pfsense hw.
What am I missing?
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It's not VLANs it's multiple subnets that count. Do you have multiple internal interfaces configured?
How is the bridge configured? How is the filtering configured?
Steve
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You don’t need avahi if everything is on a single subnet.
If you have a device acting as a home hub I’d give it a reboot.
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Thank you for good responses. I believe my bridge is at fault. Using only one nic, the one with the dhcp-server on, it sorta works. Without avahi.
I am not using subnets.
I have to read some on creating a bridge and filtering.
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Yes you probably want filtering only on the bridge itself if you have just one subnet:
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/bridges/firewall.htmlOtherwise you would need rules with the advanced option set to pass multicast traffic on each member interface.
And with only one subnet you shouldn't need Avahi at all.
