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    pfsense test bed on zimaboard behind main pfsense router

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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      On the Zimaboard you need to run the alternative Realtek module to avoid watchdog timeout isues. That wouldn't stop it connecting completely though.

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        mr.singh @stephenw10
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        @stephenw10 I have 2 x4 nics that I would try with.

        Keeping pfsense zimboard wan port on a vlan aware lan port would make any difference?

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          mr.singh @stephenw10
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          i have pflbocker on the main pfsense router

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @mr.singh
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            @mr-singh said in pfsense test bed on zimaboard behind main pfsense router:

            Keeping pfsense zimboard wan port on a vlan aware lan port would make any difference?

            Probably not. The WAN connection is working as expected as I understand it? You can ping out OK from pfSense itself.

            It's clients behind it that are failing to connect? Are those clients even getting a DHCP lease from pfSense?

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              mr.singh @stephenw10
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              @stephenw10 yes they are.

              Any subnet changes I do on the test bed pfsense, are reflected on the client side

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                OK. So DNS is failing on the clients, what are they using for DNS? They should be being passed the pfSense LAN interface address to use.

                Can clients ping out by IP address directly?

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                  mr.singh @stephenw10
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                  @stephenw10 client can't ping out

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                    Ok so cant resolve or ping external sites. Can clients ping the pfSense LAN address?

                    If they get DHCP leases but can't ping anything (even locally) that sounds like a missing or bad firewall rule. However on LAN that should be passed by default.

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                      mr.singh @stephenw10
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                      @stephenw10 pfsense ui ping, traceroute and dns lookup can connect to external hosts

                      But devices on the lan can't ping or do nslookup on any site.

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                        But can they connect to the pfSense GUI or ping it's local IP address?

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