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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 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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