Esxi+pfsense+ip+failover+from+ovh+wan

nmy · Jul 14, 2010, 7:29 AM

hello,

I have esxi 4 and i have create a pfsense vm.

the ip of esxi is 94.X.X.228 and the gateway is 94.X.X.254

I have a ip failover from ovh 178.X.X.207 and the gateway is 94.X.X.254

I have add a route as 94.X.X.254/32 178.X.X.207

I have dns 213.186.33.99

but when I try to ping gateway I have time to live exceeded…
when I try to ping www.google.be I have dns resolution failure...

Have you a idea?

Supermule · Jul 14, 2010, 7:33 AM

What physical NIC's have you presented to the VM's?

nmy · Jul 14, 2010, 7:42 AM

e1000

I have one nic connected to internet and the other connected for the lan

Supermule · Jul 14, 2010, 8:04 AM

You have to show us pictures of the config for the VM (Nic and Virtual switch) and the config of LAN, NIC and rules on the PFSense.

nmy · Jul 14, 2010, 8:26 AM

the nic for wan is connected to the vswitch0 (94.X.X.228, gateway 94.X.X.25)
the nic for lan is connected to the vswitch1 ( not connected )

Supermule · Jul 14, 2010, 8:32 AM

And now you have an idea of why you cannot connect to the PFsense <;)

@nmy:

the nic for wan is connected to the vswitch0 (94.X.X.228, gateway 94.X.X.25)
the nic for lan is connected to the vswitch1 ( not connected )

nmy · Jul 14, 2010, 10:59 AM

the interface wan is connected to the vswitch0 …..

no I don't see while...

Supermule · Jul 14, 2010, 11:08 AM

You dont use LAN at all???Since its not connected??

nitro5003 · Aug 4, 2010, 2:07 AM

I'm having the same problem. So far it looks like pfsense cant have a default gateway out side its wan subnet. if you look in Diagnostics, Routes? Let me know if you have a default gateway. I don't have one listed.

my OVH RIPE IP Failover setup (doesn't work)
188.165.0.144/28

WAN
IP 188.165.0.145
Subnet 255.255.255.240
Gateway 94.24.165.164

LAN
IP 192.168.0.1
Sub 255.255.255.0

If i change the WAN gateway to 188.165.0.159 it works but this is a NO NO.. OVH will ban your Block. But in the route tables now i have a default gateway.

And the funny thing is Windows boxes dont have a problem with the WAN configs above

Anyone get a fix?

fyi i have tried Untangle and smoothwall same results :(

aspineux · Jan 15, 2011, 2:51 PM

Hi nitro

This is a post I wrote on my blog. This is one working solution.

http://blog.magiksys.net/node/1

Regards.

Alain