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      PhatBot
      last edited by

      Thanks for the reply guys.
      Lets see if I can describe it better…

      Interfaces:
      IF1(WAN) - IP XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
      IF2(LAN) - IP 10.58.112.5/22
      IF3(DMZ) - IP 192.168.0.1/24

      Routes:
      LAN 10.58.118.0/24 GW 10.58.112.12
      LAN 10.58.204.0/24 GW 10.58.112.12
      LAN 10.58.202.0/24 GW 10.58.112.1

      NAT: (Advanced outbound)
      WAN 10.58.0.0/16 * * * * * NO    (LAN -> WAN)
      WAN 192.168.0.0/24 * * * * * NO (DMZ ->WAN)

      Rules: (on LAN IF)

      • 10.58.0.0/16 * * * * * (Allow all out)

      10.58.118.0/24 and 10.58.204.0/24 comes over VLAN via a routing switch with IP 10.58.112.12
      10.58.202./24 comes in via a leased line through a router with IP 10.58.112.1

      Entire LAN, 10.58.118.0/24 and 10.58.204.0/24 works flawlessly in every sense. However 10.58.202.0/24 never passes through the pfSense. It's like it refuses to do NAT for that subnet.

      Hope this describes it better.

      Thanks again!

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        PhatBot
        last edited by

        bump  :)

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          cmb
          last edited by

          can you ping IP's on those subnets from pfsense itself?

          Do you see the traffic getting dropped in your firewall log?

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            PhatBot
            last edited by

            Yes, pinging from pfSense to the remote subnet works just fine.
            And no, the log show thats the traffic gets through.

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              cmb
              last edited by

              Based on what you said, your pfsense sounds fine. I didn't see it mentioned, what version are you running?

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                PhatBot
                last edited by

                Version 1.0.1

                Well it seems like it's doing fine yet it doesn't seem to NAT that subnet.

                Can't really see any other things in my network typology that could cause this problem.

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                  Perry
                  last edited by

                  Then you should update http://pfsense.best-view.net/updates/

                  more info here http://pfsense.blogspot.com/2007/05/choosing-which-version-to-run.html

                  /Perry
                  doc.pfsense.org

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                    PhatBot
                    last edited by

                    Ok upgraded to 1.2-Beta-1 (Excellent job on the firmware upgrade routine guys. Quick and accurate.)

                    Still no go though.
                    Passes firewall rules but seems to get stuck in NAT or something.

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                      cmb
                      last edited by

                      Yeah I would have suspected a NAT bug in 1.0.1, there are a few of those that have been fixed in 1.2b1.

                      Do you have advanced outbound NAT enabled?

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                        PhatBot
                        last edited by

                        Yes, advanced NAT enabled.

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                          cmb
                          last edited by

                          Then it's a problem with your advanced NAT rules. Do you need it for some reason? If not, just disable it and your problem goes away.

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                            PhatBot
                            last edited by

                            Changed to normal NAT.
                            Still same problem though.

                            Very odd.

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                              Perry
                              last edited by

                              Is there be anything special with that leased line?

                              10.58.202./24 comes in via a leased line through a router with IP 10.58.112.1

                              maybe do some trace with pftop or tcpdump ( just a though )

                              /Perry
                              doc.pfsense.org

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                                cmb
                                last edited by

                                Yeah it's time to start capturing packets and seeing what's really happening.

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                                  PhatBot
                                  last edited by

                                  Right… hehe... the thing is.....  :-\

                                  I havn't got a clue how to do that.???
                                  Could someone give me some pointers?

                                  Thanks!

                                  Also. Thanks for the help on this subject. I really appreciate you guys taking your free time to help me. :)

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                                    PhatBot
                                    last edited by

                                    Tried some TCPDUMP. Not really sure what to look for though.

                                    The thing I find strange is that I'm able to ping hosts on the remote subnet from the pfsense box.
                                    And the pfsense box also replies to pings from the remote subnet.
                                    Feels like the data is flowing like it should in our internal network.
                                    It just doesn't let me do nat for that subnet.

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                                      PhatBot
                                      last edited by

                                      In the Webgui Diagnostics: Show States I see
                                      ICMP 10.58.202.21:512 -> external-ip:35350 -> external-gw 0:0
                                      ICMP external-gw:512 <- 10.58.202.21 0:0
                                      when I try to ping from the host on the remote subnet to our ISP gateway.
                                      This should indicate that NAT is working like it should right?

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                                        Perry
                                        last edited by

                                        to check for a dns problem you could do something like this.

                                        from shell tcpdump -i if2 dst port 21

                                        from a client ftp://204.152.184.73/

                                        By that your can see what happens on IF2 when you logon to a ftpserver

                                        –--------------------------------------

                                        http://your-pfsense-ip/status.php

                                        you might find something under pfctl
                                        –------ !! Warning this is written by someone sitting in the sun  !! ------------

                                        /Perry
                                        doc.pfsense.org

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                                          PhatBot
                                          last edited by

                                          Tried some 1:1 NATing.
                                          Worked like a charm for all our subnets except the remote subnet which we have the trouble with.
                                          Starting to think that there must be something fishy with the router thats handling that subnet.

                                          More info later.

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                                            PhatBot
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi Perry,

                                            Here's the result after dumping it to a file and then importing it into Etherreal.

                                            dump.gif
                                            dump.gif_thumb

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