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    • N Offline
      No1451
      last edited by

      I set it to blank(dynamic) and it's sending the same gateway as I had chosen - 192.168.0.1

      So am I missing something here? I have the same problem as before, with pfsense having net and nobody else having access. Are there any other areas I should look at?

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      • Cry HavokC Offline
        Cry Havok
        last edited by

        Is your pfSense machine connected between the ISP and the other computers? Is it the only DHCP server on your LAN? Do you have different IP subnets for the LAN and WAN interfaces?

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        • N Offline
          No1451
          last edited by

          Yes, my modem is connected to the pfsense machine(the pfsense machine has full ability to get on the net, I can download packages and ping quite happily from it). There is no other DHCP server on the network and when testing my computer gets it's DHCP license from the pfsense install.

          As for the ip subnets, the LAN connection has a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0(IP range is 192.168.0.X) and the WAN connection has a mask of 255.255.255.224.

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          • Cry HavokC Offline
            Cry Havok
            last edited by

            When it gets the lease I assume the default gateway is the LAN IP of the pfSense host? What are your LAN interface rules (screenshot please)?

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            • N Offline
              No1451
              last edited by

              @Cry:

              When it gets the lease I assume the default gateway is the LAN IP of the pfSense host? What are your LAN interface rules (screenshot please)?

              Correct.

              Here are the rules(just what comes default with pfSense)

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              • Cry HavokC Offline
                Cry Havok
                last edited by

                Can you provide the output of the following commands, run on a client, please:

                netstat -nr
                ipconfig/all (Windows)
                ifconfig (Linux)

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                • N Offline
                  No1451
                  last edited by

                  Linux machine is my roommates(he's asleep) so here are the other two for now:

                  Of course, pfsense now seems to be failing at having an internet connection(can't fetch packages anymore) so I'm really not sure what to do with that…I'm really on the verge of just entirely giving up on this, it seems like pfsense is just way too fraught with difficulties to be a reliable and workable solution.

                  Windows IP Configuration

                  Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Haven
                    Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
                    Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
                    IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
                    WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
                    DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : localdomain

                  Ethernet adapter Hamachi:

                  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
                    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Hamachi Network Interface
                    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 7A-79-05-AD-26-C8
                    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
                    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
                    IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2620:9b::5ad:26c8(Preferred)
                    Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::dc58:7679:2740:c607%17(Preferred)
                    IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 5.173.38.200(Preferred)
                    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.0.0.0
                    Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, August 21, 2011 11:05:28 PM
                    Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, August 28, 2012 12:00:37 PM
                    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 5.0.0.1
                    DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 5.0.0.1
                    DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 461011280
                    DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-15-1E-AA-09-00-E0-4D-30-6E-C5
                    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
                                                        fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
                                                        fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
                    NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

                  Ethernet adapter LAN:

                  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
                    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.20) #2
                    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-22-68-52-60-30
                    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
                    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
                    Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::8d5b:aa78:b99b:a5d8%14(Preferred)
                    Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.165.216(Preferred)
                    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
                    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
                    DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 369107560
                    DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-15-1E-AA-09-00-E0-4D-30-6E-C5
                    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
                                                        fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
                                                        fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
                    NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

                  Ethernet adapter Main LAN:

                  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : localdomain
                    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.20)
                    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-22-68-52-60-31
                    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
                    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
                    Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::49b5:87db:9135:c98c%12(Preferred)
                    IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.12(Preferred)
                    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
                    Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, September 11, 2011 5:03:02 PM
                    Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, September 11, 2011 7:03:02 PM
                    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
                    DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
                    DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 301998696
                    DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-15-1E-AA-09-00-E0-4D-30-6E-C5
                    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
                    NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

                  Tunnel adapter isatap.{081DC9D6-E9E6-4B17-9CF9-B34A2A44C4E1}:

                  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
                    Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
                    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
                    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
                    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
                    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

                  Tunnel adapter isatap.{8B40E108-B359-4CA9-8759-DC29D76BD9BE}:

                  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
                    Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
                    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
                    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
                    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
                    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

                  Tunnel adapter isatap.localdomain:

                  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
                    Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : localdomain
                    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
                    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
                    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
                    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

                  Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

                  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
                    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
                    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
                    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
                    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
                    IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e76:1054:3e6c:3f57:fff3(Preferred)
                    Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::1054:3e6c:3f57:fff3%16(Preferred)
                    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
                    NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

                  And netstat:

                  ===========================================================================
                  Interface List
                  17…7a 79 05 ad 26 c8 ......Hamachi Network Interface
                  12...00 22 68 52 60 31 ......Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.20)
                    1...........................Software Loopback Interface 1
                  11...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
                  13...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
                  16...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

                  IPv4 Route Table

                  Active Routes:
                  Network Destination        Netmask          Gateway      Interface  Metric
                            0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0          5.0.0.1    5.173.38.200  9256
                            0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0      192.168.0.1    192.168.0.12    10
                            5.0.0.0        255.0.0.0        On-link      5.173.38.200  9256
                      5.173.38.200  255.255.255.255        On-link      5.173.38.200  9256
                      5.255.255.255  255.255.255.255        On-link      5.173.38.200  9256
                          127.0.0.0        255.0.0.0        On-link        127.0.0.1    306
                          127.0.0.1  255.255.255.255        On-link        127.0.0.1    306
                    127.255.255.255  255.255.255.255        On-link        127.0.0.1    306
                        192.168.0.0    255.255.255.0        On-link      192.168.0.12    266
                      192.168.0.12  255.255.255.255        On-link      192.168.0.12    266
                      192.168.0.255  255.255.255.255        On-link      192.168.0.12    266
                          224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0        On-link        127.0.0.1    306
                          224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0        On-link      192.168.0.12    266
                          224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0        On-link      5.173.38.200  9256
                    255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255        On-link        127.0.0.1    306
                    255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255        On-link      192.168.0.12    266
                    255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255        On-link      5.173.38.200  9256

                  Persistent Routes:
                    Network Address          Netmask  Gateway Address  Metric
                            0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0          5.0.0.1  Default

                  IPv6 Route Table

                  Active Routes:
                  If Metric Network Destination      Gateway
                    1    306 ::1/128                  On-link
                  16    58 2001::/32                On-link
                  16    306 2001:0:4137:9e76:870:c3d:3f57:fff3/128
                                                      On-link
                  17    276 2620:9b::/96            On-link
                  17    276 2620:9b::5ad:26c8/128    On-link
                  12    266 fe80::/64                On-link
                  17    276 fe80::/64                On-link
                  16    306 fe80::/64                On-link
                  16    306 fe80::870:c3d:3f57:fff3/128
                                                      On-link
                  12    266 fe80::49b5:87db:9135:c98c/128
                                                      On-link
                  17    276 fe80::dc58:7679:2740:c607/128
                                                      On-link
                    1    306 ff00::/8                On-link
                  16    306 ff00::/8                On-link
                  12    266 ff00::/8                On-link
                  17    276 ff00::/8                On-link

                  Persistent Routes:
                  If Metric Network Destination      Gateway
                    0 4294967295 2620:9b::/96            On-link

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                  • Cry HavokC Offline
                    Cry Havok
                    last edited by

                    You've got 2 default gateways there - your LAN and Hamachi. Try disabling Hamachi and try again.

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                    • W Offline
                      wallabybob
                      last edited by

                      @No1451:

                      Of course, pfsense now seems to be failing at having an internet connection(can't fetch packages anymore) so I'm really not sure what to do with that…I'm really on the verge of just entirely giving up on this,

                      Please provide more details of the package fetch failure: what package? What was reported? etc There has been some discussion in the forums in the last few weeks about problems downloading packages.

                      Lots of people have found pfSense a very effective firewall. If you want to use it effectively you need to make some investment in learning to use it, especially when you connect equipment with "non standard" configurations.

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                      • N Offline
                        No1451
                        last edited by

                        @wallabybob:

                        @No1451:

                        Of course, pfsense now seems to be failing at having an internet connection(can't fetch packages anymore) so I'm really not sure what to do with that…I'm really on the verge of just entirely giving up on this,

                        Please provide more details of the package fetch failure: what package? What was reported? etc There has been some discussion in the forums in the last few weeks about problems downloading packages.

                        Lots of people have found pfSense a very effective firewall. If you want to use it effectively you need to make some investment in learning to use it, especially when you connect equipment with "non standard" configurations.

                        I've attempted to learn it, I have done everything to the letter of the pfsense book….and yet it doesn't work. There is nothing non-standard about my self, I have a few machines connected and trying to hit the internet through pfsense, that seems like a fairly basic setup. My aim was to do the bare minimum with it before trying to add extra flash on top.

                        I've removed the Hamachi connection, my machine can still do DNS lookups but can't ping or load webpages.

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                        • Cry HavokC Offline
                          Cry Havok
                          last edited by

                          Please, again, provide the output of netstat -rn

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                          • N Offline
                            No1451
                            last edited by

                            ===========================================================================
                            Interface List
                            12…00 22 68 52 60 31 ......Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.20)
                              1...........................Software Loopback Interface 1
                            11...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
                            16...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

                            IPv4 Route Table

                            Active Routes:
                            Network Destination        Netmask          Gateway      Interface  Metric
                                      0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0      192.168.0.1    192.168.0.10    10
                                    127.0.0.0        255.0.0.0        On-link        127.0.0.1    306
                                    127.0.0.1  255.255.255.255        On-link        127.0.0.1    306
                              127.255.255.255  255.255.255.255        On-link        127.0.0.1    306
                                  192.168.0.0    255.255.255.0        On-link      192.168.0.10    266
                                192.168.0.10  255.255.255.255        On-link      192.168.0.10    266
                                192.168.0.255  255.255.255.255        On-link      192.168.0.10    266
                                    224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0        On-link        127.0.0.1    306
                                    224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0        On-link      192.168.0.10    266
                              255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255        On-link        127.0.0.1    306
                              255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255        On-link      192.168.0.10    266

                            Persistent Routes:
                              Network Address          Netmask  Gateway Address  Metric
                                      0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0          5.0.0.1  Default

                            IPv6 Route Table

                            Active Routes:
                            If Metric Network Destination      Gateway
                            16    58 ::/0                    On-link
                              1    306 ::1/128                  On-link
                            16    58 2001::/32                On-link
                            16    306 2001:0:4137:9e76:2043:34f1:3f57:fff5/128
                                                                On-link
                            12    266 fe80::/64                On-link
                            16    306 fe80::/64                On-link
                            16    306 fe80::2043:34f1:3f57:fff5/128
                                                                On-link
                            12    266 fe80::49b5:87db:9135:c98c/128
                                                                On-link
                              1    306 ff00::/8                On-link
                            16    306 ff00::/8                On-link
                            12    266 ff00::/8                On-link

                            Persistent Routes:
                            If Metric Network Destination      Gateway
                              0 4294967295 2620:9b::/96            On-link

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                            • Cry HavokC Offline
                              Cry Havok
                              last edited by

                              You still have a persistent route left that you need to remove. As Administrator you need to run:

                              route delete 0.0.0.0 mask 0.0.0.0 5.0.0.1

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                              • N Offline
                                No1451
                                last edited by

                                Worked, no dice

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                                • Cry HavokC Offline
                                  Cry Havok
                                  last edited by

                                  netstat -rn again please

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                                  • N Offline
                                    No1451
                                    last edited by

                                    ===========================================================================
                                    Interface List
                                    12…00 22 68 52 60 31 ......Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.20)
                                      1...........................Software Loopback Interface 1
                                    11...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
                                    16...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

                                    IPv4 Route Table

                                    Active Routes:
                                    Network Destination        Netmask          Gateway      Interface  Metric
                                              0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0      192.168.0.1    192.168.0.10    10
                                            127.0.0.0        255.0.0.0        On-link        127.0.0.1    306
                                            127.0.0.1  255.255.255.255        On-link        127.0.0.1    306
                                      127.255.255.255  255.255.255.255        On-link        127.0.0.1    306
                                          192.168.0.0    255.255.255.0        On-link      192.168.0.10    266
                                        192.168.0.10  255.255.255.255        On-link      192.168.0.10    266
                                        192.168.0.255  255.255.255.255        On-link      192.168.0.10    266
                                            224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0        On-link        127.0.0.1    306
                                            224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0        On-link      192.168.0.10    266
                                      255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255        On-link        127.0.0.1    306
                                      255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255        On-link      192.168.0.10    266

                                    Persistent Routes:
                                      None

                                    IPv6 Route Table

                                    Active Routes:
                                    If Metric Network Destination      Gateway
                                    16    58 ::/0                    On-link
                                      1    306 ::1/128                  On-link
                                    16    58 2001::/32                On-link
                                    16    306 2001:0:4137:9e76:3813:1f87:3f57:fff5/128
                                                                        On-link
                                    12    266 fe80::/64                On-link
                                    16    306 fe80::/64                On-link
                                    16    306 fe80::3813:1f87:3f57:fff5/128
                                                                        On-link
                                    12    266 fe80::49b5:87db:9135:c98c/128
                                                                        On-link
                                      1    306 ff00::/8                On-link
                                    16    306 ff00::/8                On-link
                                    12    266 ff00::/8                On-link

                                    Persistent Routes:
                                    If Metric Network Destination      Gateway
                                      0 4294967295 2620:9b::/96            On-link

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                                    • Cry HavokC Offline
                                      Cry Havok
                                      last edited by

                                      From a computer inside the network please post the output of:

                                      tracert -d 8.8.8.8 (Windows)
                                          traceroute -n 8.8.8.8 (Linux)

                                      Please also post a screenshot of the LAN rules.

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                                      • N Offline
                                        No1451
                                        last edited by

                                        Tracing route to 8.8.8.8 over a maximum of 30 hops

                                        1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.0.1
                                          2    *        *        *    Request timed out.
                                          3    *        *        *    Request timed out.
                                          4    *        *        *    Request timed out.
                                          5    *        *        *    Request timed out.
                                          6    *        *        *    Request timed out.
                                          7    *        *        *    Request timed out.
                                          8    *        *        *    Request timed out.
                                          9    *        *        *    Request timed out.
                                        10    *        *        *    Request timed out.
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                                        • Cry HavokC Offline
                                          Cry Havok
                                          last edited by

                                          The most likely thing is that you have something on the Windows clients that is interfering (a software firewall or some other package).

                                          Can you try booting into a Linux live CD (such as Ubuntu) and see if you get the same result?

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                                          • N Offline
                                            No1451
                                            last edited by

                                            Just tested using my laptop(OS X) and the result was the same. Roommates laptop(Joli OS) has same result.

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