Problem with System: Static Routes

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Bridge takes priority over routing.

mynullvoid

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Bridge takes priority over routing.

I need to bridge both my LAN and OPT1 otherwise how can I get my LAN machine to access via OPT1 network, since behind 172.25.55.103, this NIC is connected to a another bridge of 172.25.55.101 to 172.25.55.100.

mynullvoid

I had remove the bridge, and connect the second link to a switch, and from the switch I connect to OPT1 to leaving alone just static route which are:

Gateway:
Name Interface Gateway Monitor IP Description
mNet OPT1 172.25.55.253 172.25.55.253 Alt Gateway

Routes:
Network Gateway Interface Description
172.16.254.0/24 mNet - 172.25.55.253 OPT1 Alt Exchange AD

Firewall: I had set allow any to any

If I still have 172.25.55.102 as the client gateway, I cant event reach 172.16.254.0/24, but if I change my gateway to 172.25.55.253 then only I can reach it.

What else could go wrong on the routing?

mynullvoid

So anyone want to respond? at early thread there were many advise, when I narrowed at the routing problem, suddenly no takers, like I said my config worked in 1.2.3 until beta 5, l didn't update until lately.

I even fresh install it and the routing doesn't work at all.

johnpoz

"I had remove the bridge, and connect the second link to a switch, and from the switch I connect to OPT1 to leaving alone just static route which are:"

This makes NO SENSE!!! And what is connected to the switch? Why would you connect the switch to OPT1

Why would you not just connect your LAN interface to the switch. You have the same network on 2 different interfaces on your pfsense box that are no longer bridged? How are you going to get anywhere?

Please LAYOUT YOUR NETWORK!!! You clearly have multiple devices connected to lan, and then multiple devices connected to opt1 that was the same network. Then you bridged these interfaces which made no sense in the first place.

Lets see a drawing your network! Before I made this out sofare - which makes no masks btw.

Now you removed the bridge and what IP did you give opt1 and looks like you created a gateway???

finish this drawing that is attached spelling out the IPs and masks of your interfaces and what this 172.25.55.253 device is – can we see the routes on it? Why were you bridged before??

When asked for your routes -- how about a screen shot of your routes page, or the output of netstat -r like asked for before.

So finish/fix the drawing of your network in its current setup and lets see output of your routes from netstat -r or screen shot of your routes page.

I would love to help you - but need to understand your network first.

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mynullvoid

when I said I remove the bridge is because, I was told that 'Bridge takes priority over routing', so I try the work around. anyway, these are some information requested, do ask for me to give further so that I can get my network running as I should.

+–-+
| | LAN: 172.25.55.102/24
| p |=======================
| f | 172.25.55.253/24
| s | +---+
| e | OPT1: 172.25.55.103/24 | r |
| n |======================(172.25.55.101 bridge 172.25.55.100)===| o |
| s | | u | 172.16.254.0/24
| e | | t |==========
| | WAN : pppoe | e |
| |====================== | r |
+---+ +--+

Routing tables

Internet:
Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire
0.0.0.0 link#1 U 0 0 rl0 =>
default 219.93.218.177 UGS 0 2698865 pppoe0
60.53.xxx.xx link#9 UHS 0 0 lo0
localhost link#5 UH 0 316 lo0
172.16.254.0 172.25.55.253 UGS 0 506 rl1
172.25.55.0 link#3 U 0 3460459 re0
firegate link#3 UHS 0 0 lo0
172.25.55.103 link#2 UHS 0 0 lo0
isp1.in.box.net 219.93.xxx.xxx UGHS 0 12539 pppoe0
isp2.in.box.net 219.93.xxx.xxx UGHS 0 11938 pppoe0
219.93.xxx.xxx link#9 UH 0 63391 pppoe0

Internet6:
Destination Gateway Flags Netif Expire
localhost localhost UH lo0
fe80::%rl0 link#1 U rl0
fe80::227:19ff:fef link#1 UHS lo0
fe80::%rl1 link#2 U rl1
fe80::227:19ff:fef link#2 UHS lo0
fe80::%re0 link#3 U re0
fe80::214:2aff:fec link#3 UHS lo0
fe80::%lo0 link#5 U lo0
fe80::1%lo0 link#5 UHS lo0
fe80::%pppoe0 link#9 U pppoe0
fe80::227:19ff:fef link#9 UHS lo0
ff01:1:: fe80::227:19ff:fef U rl0
ff01:2:: fe80::227:19ff:fef U rl1
ff01:3:: fe80::214:2aff:fec U re0
ff01:5:: localhost U lo0
ff01:9:: fe80::227:19ff:fef U pppoe0
ff02::%rl0 fe80::227:19ff:fef U rl0
ff02::%rl1 fe80::227:19ff:fef U rl1
ff02::%re0 fe80::214:2aff:fec U re0
ff02::%lo0 localhost U lo0
ff02::%pppoe0 fe80::227:19ff:fef U pppoe0

johnpoz

I thought you said you removed the bridge? How do you expect anything connected to lan to get to something connected to opt1 when you have not changed the network connected to the interface.

Where is this switch you said you connected? Breakout a crayon or something and actually DRAW your network.

I fail to understand the need for the same network on 2 different interfaces? Why don't change your opt1 network to say 172.25.54.0/24 and then couple simple routes on your pfsense and other router and everyone would be happy.

pfsense
172.16.254.0/24 172.25.54.253 via opt1

router
172.25.55.0/24 172.25.54.103 via ethX

network2.jpg_thumb

mynullvoid

<<forget about="" i="" remove="" the="" bridge="" and="" switch="" stuff="" -="" because="" just="" experimenting="">>

The OPT1 is connected a bigger network of 172.16.254.0/24, 192.168.2.0/24 and some other network subnets.

My network IP was given by my HQ IT to use 172.25.55.0/24 and I was asked to create routes via 172.25.55.253 as gateway.

The issue now is how could I route for certain predefined destination IP to use OPT1 gateway which is 172.25.55.253? </forget>

mynullvoid

http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/What_is_policy_routing%3F

What is policy routing?
Policy routing in pfSense refers to the capability of routing traffic by matching it to specific firewall rules. Each firewall rule allows you to select a gateway. If none is selected, traffic goes out your WAN interface. If you have any additional WAN interfaces (OPT WAN), or gateway load balancing or failover pools, you can select these in the Gateway field when adding or editing rules to direct matching traffic as you desire.

What firewall rules we are talking about?

Anyway, can anyone help me out? I had designed my network, here

johnpoz

If your going continue to run with that network setup then it seems to me your running a router on a stick.. Ie you have devices connecting via interface X, just for the router to send traffic back out interface X to got next hop but without the vlans.

If you back to your bridged setup, then I would say you just need the correct route on your pfsense box, before you had it set to lan as interface. But 172.25.55.253 is not on lan its on opt1.

So your route should of been

172.16.254.0/24 172.25.55.253 via opt1 or possible your br0. I don't have a lot of exp with bridges to be honest, have not used them since late 90's ;) Other than a wireless ones to change from wireless to wired, etc.

But when you create a bridge would you not just have 1 ip address for the br0?? Again I don't work with bridges much. Never seen the need on router ;) With a router you would route not bridge - and if you were going bridge you wouldn't need to route over the bridge.