DNS issues with Kindle Fire

spiffydudex

Hello All,

Prior to all changes, the Fire worked.
I recently installed a pfSense box as a replacement to a DD-WRT box as the main router/dhcp/dns for my house. I have two DD-WRT boxes setup as wireless APs. The APs are set to forward DHCP request and work just fine. I have other wireless clients, laptop, cell phone, etc. and they all connect to the wifi, receive the proper DHCP info and connect to the internet just fine.

However, I have been running into trouble with a Kindle Fire. I have traced the issue to the pfSense and am not sure what to do now. I ran a packet capture and I can see traffic from the Kindle going to the pfSense on port 53, but no return traffic.

I have tried with both DNS forwarder on and off. No return traffic is passed. I have also tried setting a static IP/DNS/Gateway on the Kindle, and no luck.

Current packages:
bandwidthd - HAVP antivirus - squid - Lightsquid

I am unsure of what to try next so I was hoping I could get some light shed on this issue and what I could do to resolve it.

Thanks to all who help!

wallabybob

Do you have a firewall rule allowing at least DNS access on the pfSense interface that the Kindle connects to?

spiffydudex

I have 3 internal interface on the pfSense. All 3 are bridged together, the DHCP runs on this bridge. I copied over the default rules to the LAN1-3 interfaces and the Bridge interface.

These rules are the Anti-lockout rule on LAN 1 and the Default allow LAN to any rule is on all interfaces.

edit:
Ah, it has been solved. The allow LAN to any rule was not on my Bridge interface. Sometimes it helps to have a second set of eyes. Thanks.