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    Bridged with lan, wireless no longer doing dhcp

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    • M
      Mad Professor
      last edited by

      Yeah hopefully this is the correct rule set.
      It used to work fine before with just wifi subnet rule, but for whatever reason something either was broken and manged to correct itself, or something was working as intended and broke itself.

      Which one should it be rules or rules2?

      rules.jpg
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        wallabybob
        last edited by

        I think the requirement for firewall rules to allow DHCP traffic on bridged interfaces was new in pfSense 1.2.3.

        I think either ruleset will allow DHCP traffic. Depending on your security requirements you might want to tighten up the rules.

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          Mad Professor
          last edited by

          Just as long its not accepting anything from the wan or dmz side.

          down below is my dmz rules.

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            XIII
            last edited by

            you want a rule on the wifi with source of 0.0.0.0 and destination of 255.255.255.255, everything else is any (*).

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              Mad Professor
              last edited by

              @XIII:

              you want a rule on the wifi with source of 0.0.0.0 and destination of 255.255.255.255, everything else is any (*).

              What does it do?

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              • jimpJ
                jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                last edited by

                That rule allows DHCP traffic.

                DHCP traffic doesn't yet have a "subnet" it's all completely broadcast, source 0.0.0.0 destination 255.255.255.255.

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                • M
                  Mad Professor
                  last edited by

                  So basically like this?

                  rules3.jpg
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                  • jimpJ
                    jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                    last edited by

                    If wifi is bridged to LAN, there is no such thing as "wifi subnet' because wifi has no IP, it's briged. :-)

                    So use LAN subnet there.

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                      Mad Professor
                      last edited by

                      Ok changed it to this so is this correct?

                      What about DMZ? Do I need to do anything in there?

                      rules4.jpg
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                      • jimpJ
                        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                        last edited by

                        Should be OK except that you don't need the 'wifi net' rules, because of what I said before. If wifi is bridged to LAN, it has no subnet.

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                          Mad Professor
                          last edited by

                          Thank you all, I think I'm all set. The wifi is working again and my rules are set up correctly now.

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