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    Wireless - can only access local network and not able to access internet

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      bobbyclarke
      last edited by

      I have no bridging enable on any interface

      LAN Interface
      IP configuration
      Bridge with none
      IP address 192.168.1.6 /24
      FTP Helper
      FTP Helper Disable the userland FTP-Proxy application

      OPT1 Interface
      IP configuration
      Bridge with none
      IP address 192.168.2.5 /24
      Gateway         192.168.2.5
      If this interface is an Internet connection, enter its next hop gateway (router) IP address here. Otherwise, leave this option blank.
      FTP Helper
      FTP Helper Disable the userland FTP-Proxy application

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        danswartz
        last edited by

        you did before, it seemed to be saying wan and opt1 were bridged.  that said, who is serving up IP address for the opt1?  the linksys?  if so, is it pointing wireless hosts at the pfsense for the gateway?

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          bobbyclarke
          last edited by

          Honest Dan bridging is not enabled on LAN or OPT1. I did try to bridge OPT1 to the WAN last night but it did nothing and I changed it back to none immediately (didn't make sense to do this but I tried anyway). Is Bridge (Bridge0) in the interface status of WAN and OPT1 indicating that bridging is on to you? dhcp on pfSense is enabled for OPT1 with the gateway as the OPT1 interface IP and dhcp is disabled on the Linksys and I have the Linksys WAN configured for static IP with a bogus addressing scheme as it is not used.

          DHCP server OPT1
          Subnet  192.168.2.0
          Subnet mask 255.255.255.0
          Available range 192.168.2.0 - 192.168.2.255
          Range 192.168.2.11 to 192.168.2.20
          WINS servers
          DNS servers

          NOTE: leave blank to use the system default DNS servers - this interface's IP if DNS forwarder is enabled, otherwise the servers configured on the General page.
          Gateway 192.168.2.5
          The default is to use the IP on this interface of the firewall a

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            bobbyclarke
            last edited by

            I have rebooted pfSense and now the interfaces don't even show bridging. Still not able to connect to the Internet with wireless.

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              bobbyclarke
              last edited by

              Per Jimp's post Auto outbound NAT rule generation is enabled and I deleted the WAN rule.

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                danswartz
                last edited by

                Can you post your DHCP configuration?

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                  bobbyclarke
                  last edited by

                  OPT1Wireless

                  x Enable DHCP server on OPT1Wireless interface
                    Deny unknown clients
                  If this is checked, only the clients defined below will get DHCP leases from this server.
                  Subnet         192.168.2.0
                  Subnet mask 255.255.255.0
                  Available range 192.168.2.0 - 192.168.2.255
                  Range         192.168.2.11 to 192.168.2.20
                  WINS servers
                  DNS servers

                  NOTE: leave blank to use the system default DNS servers - this interface's IP if DNS forwarder is enabled, otherwise the servers configured on the General page.
                  Gateway       192.168.2.5
                  The default is to use the IP on this interface of the firewall as the gateway. Specify an alternate gateway here if this is not the correct gateway for your network.
                  (nothing is configured below all fields are blank)
                  Default lease time       seconds
                  This is used for clients that do not ask for a specific expiration time.
                  The default is 7200 seconds.
                  Maximum lease time       seconds
                  This is the maximum lease time for clients that ask for a specific expiration time.
                  The default is 86400 seconds.
                  Failover peer IP:
                  Leave blank to disable. Enter the REAL address of the other machine. Machines must be using CARP.
                  Static ARP
                    Enable Static ARP entries
                    Note: Only the machines listed below will be able to communicate with the firewall on this NIC.
                  Dynamic DNS

                  • Show Dynamic DNS
                      Enable registration of DHCP client names in DNS.

                  Note: Leave blank to disable dynamic DNS registration.
                  Enter the dynamic DNS domain which will be used to register client names in the DNS server.
                  NTP servers

                  • Show NTP configuration

                  Enable Network booting

                  • Show Network booting

                  LAN
                        x  Enable DHCP server on LAN interface
                      Deny unknown clients
                  If this is checked, only the clients defined below will get DHCP leases from this server.
                  Subnet         192.168.1.0
                  Subnet mask 255.255.255.0
                  Available range 192.168.1.0 - 192.168.1.255
                  Range         192.168.1.11 to 192.168.1.20
                  WINS servers
                  DNS servers

                  NOTE: leave blank to use the system default DNS servers - this interface's IP if DNS forwarder is enabled, otherwise the servers configured on the General page.
                  Gateway       19.168.1.6
                  The default is to use the IP on this interface of the firewall as the gateway. Specify an alternate gateway here if this is not the correct gateway for your network.

                  (nothing is configured below all fields are blank)
                  Default lease time seconds
                  This is used for clients that do not ask for a specific expiration time.
                  The default is 7200 seconds.
                  Maximum lease time seconds
                  This is the maximum lease time for clients that ask for a specific expiration time.
                  The default is 86400 seconds.
                  Failover peer IP:
                  Leave blank to disable. Enter the REAL address of the other machine. Machines must be using CARP.
                  Static ARP
                    Enable Static ARP entries
                    Note: Only the machines listed below will be able to communicate with the firewall on this NIC.
                  Dynamic DNS

                  • Show Dynamic DNS
                      Enable registration of DHCP client names in DNS.

                  Note: Leave blank to disable dynamic DNS registration.
                  Enter the dynamic DNS domain which will be used to register client names in the DNS server.
                  NTP servers

                  • Show NTP configuration

                  Enable Network booting

                  • Show Network booting
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                    danswartz
                    last edited by

                    okay that looks sane.  if you do a traceroute to a numeric IP outside the network, what does it look like?

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                      bobbyclarke
                      last edited by

                      I'm going to have to stop for today. Not sure when I will get back to this. For now I will have to remove the firewall and go back to my old setup so I can use wireless. Thank you so much for your time and help today Dan. Will you know by a post when I get back on this?

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                        danswartz
                        last edited by

                        yes, i have this thread on notify.

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                          bobbyclarke
                          last edited by

                          Great. It may be a while. I'll do some Wireshark traces next time I fire this up as well. Should have been using Wireshark all along. Happy New Year to you Dan!!

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                            TreeTopFlyer
                            last edited by

                            I have the same problem but it is specific to wireless clients using Win7.  XP & Vista clients connect fine and can access the internet through a Buffalo WZR2-G300N wireless router running in AP mode.  Win7 clients are able to get an IP address from pfSense box and access local network but unable to access internet.  I swapped out the Buffalo with a Linksys WRT54GC I had laying around and the Win7 clients can now get access to the internet.  In my mind this is pointing to a prob with Win7 (or as some people call it SP3 for Vista  ;D ) and not the Buffalo as Win7 will not let me change the "Network Type" from "Public" to "Work or Home".

                            So my question would be what OS are your wireless clients running?

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                              quiltface
                              last edited by

                              @bobbyclarke:

                              BTW, thanks for your help Dan. Is this what you are looking for?

                              WAN interface (em0)
                              Status up
                              DHCP up  
                              MAC address xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
                              IP address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  
                              Subnet mask 255.255.248.0
                              Gateway xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
                              ISP DNS servers xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
                              xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
                              Media 100baseTX <full-duplex>In/out packets 1741648/70643 (165.30 MB/8.51 MB)
                              In/out errors 0/0
                              Collisions 0
                              Bridge (bridge0) learning

                              LAN interface (xl0)
                              Status up
                              MAC address 00:0a:5e:4c:6a:cf
                              IP address 192.168.1.6  
                              Subnet mask 255.255.255.0
                              Media 100baseTX <full-duplex>In/out packets 53501/56373 (8.42 MB/46.89 MB)
                              In/out errors 0/0
                              Collisions 0

                              OPT1Wireless interface (xl1)
                              Status up
                              MAC address 00:01:03:e9:b1:4f
                              IP address 192.168.2.5  
                              Subnet mask 255.255.255.0
                              Gateway 192.168.2.5
                              Media 100baseTX <full-duplex>In/out packets 8029/221568 (5.24 MB/12.84 MB)
                              In/out errors 0/0
                              Collisions 0
                              Bridge (bridge0) learning</full-duplex></full-duplex></full-duplex>

                              Try removing your gateway in your opt1 interface options.

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                                danswartz
                                last edited by

                                Didn't notice that the first time - I think you may be right (the gateway entry.)

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