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      musthafa @stephenw10
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      @stephenw10 said in New Installation - No internet on LAN:

      Your laptop looks to have two interfaces connected to pfSense. Is that Ethernet and WIFI? Try disabling WIFI if so.

      I'm using usb ethernet on MAC OS to connect to pfSense. Im disabling wifi while testing pfSense.

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        @musthafa said in New Installation - No internet on LAN:

        192.168.2 link#27 UCS en12 !
        192.168.2 link#15 UCSI en0

        Your routing table shows two interfaces in that subnet which is a conflict.

        Have you tried testing fro some other device?

        You shouldn't need to do anything the DNS setup by default. It will allow queries from the LAN subnet.

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          musthafa @musthafa
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          When I changed DNS manually to 1.1.1.1 internet is working on laptop. When DNS is default is set to LAN Gateway IP, 192.168.2.1, internet is not working

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            musthafa @stephenw10
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            @stephenw10

            most of the time wifi was disabled. However even when wifi is on , priority is for usb ethernet in order.

            the only other device I could use wired was my andorid phone using same usb ethernet dongle and had the same issue

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              viragomann @musthafa
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              @musthafa said in New Installation - No internet on LAN:

              @viragomann
              Tried ACL. No luck
              https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ov66xwsl6dyyb06w237kj/pfsense-00011.png?rlkey=ilwmw6gqnlolfdgscz5f8dxzv&dl=0

              Not sure if this matters here, but you should state a network address in the ACL. This was 192.168.2.0.

              If there is still no success check the system and Resolver log for hints.
              Is the Resolver even running? Check Status > Services.

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                Yup try resolving something in Diag > DNS Lookup. Make sure all configured servers respond including localhost.

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                  musthafa
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                  @viragomann
                  Status > Services
                  https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/6lwpgdmgofo0fyh3s0t01/pfsense-00012.png?rlkey=g1wdy3u84v3ih5ytop6gb2aly&dl=0

                  @stephenw10
                  DNS Lookup
                  https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/hfmksqv05zfh8ly4wec84/pfsense-00013.png?rlkey=9lroy9iq6qa9v0medqtleznmq&dl=0

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                    viragomann @musthafa
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                    @musthafa
                    Logs?

                    You can also try to enable the forwarding mode in the DNS Resolver.
                    Read that there are ISP, who block access to root DNS server, and without forwarding these are used.

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                      Looks like localhost is responding and by default that's Unbound in resolving mode.

                      So I'd suggest your test client is not using pfSense for DNS for some reason. It should be passed the interface IP to use for DNS by DHCP when it connects but you may have overridden that.

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                      • JonathanLeeJ
                        JonathanLee @musthafa
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                        @musthafa said in New Installation - No internet on LAN:

                        @JonathanLee said in New Installation - No internet on LAN:

                        Sometimes it holds on to records. Also have you set a rule to allow port 53 on your firewall ACL lists? Or nat ?

                        No. I'm new to pfSense. please guide me on it

                        https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/services/dns/index.html

                        Netgate has a docs page that’s amazing. I recommend you look at a configuration recipe. They have some configuration instructions like it’s a cookbook with terminology “recipe”

                        Make sure to upvote

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