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    DHCP Server not working?

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      tandyuk
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      Hi,

      Have just done a fresh install, using http://snapshots.pfsense.org/FreeBSD_RELENG_8_3/amd64/pfSense_RELENG_2_1/livecd_installer/pfSense-LiveCD-2.1-RC0-amd64-20130612-1823.iso.gz

      LAN subnet is configured as 192.168.65.0/24, with the pfsense having 192.168.65.1
      WAN is PPPoE, and is connected - pfsense can ping the internet.

      DHCP server is configured with 192.168.65.100 - 192.168.65.199, all other settings are blank.

      Under System general setup, DHCP Servers are set to google, using WAN_PPPOE as gateway.

      Using windows 8 however, DHCP is not working as expected:

      C:\Users\james_000>ipconfig /renew
      Windows IP Configuration

      Ethernet adapter Ethernet:
        IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.65.100
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
                                            192.168.65.1

      C:\Users\james_000>route print

      Interface List
      12…1c 6f 65 f9 ea 70 ......Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
       1...........................Software Loopback Interface 1
      14...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
      15...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2

      IPv4 Route Table

      Active Routes:
      Network Destination        Netmask          Gateway       Interface  Metric
               0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0         On-link    192.168.65.100     25
               0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0     192.168.65.1   192.168.65.100     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
           169.254.0.0      255.255.0.0         On-link    192.168.65.100     30
       169.254.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link    192.168.65.100    266
          192.168.65.0    255.255.255.0         On-link    192.168.65.100    266
        192.168.65.100  255.255.255.255         On-link    192.168.65.100    266
        192.168.65.255  255.255.255.255         On-link    192.168.65.100    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    192.168.65.100    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    192.168.65.100    266

      Persistent Routes:
       None

      IPv6 Route Table

      Active Routes:
      If Metric Network Destination      Gateway
       1    306 ::1/128                  On-link
       1    306 ff00::/8                 On-link

      Persistent Routes:
       None

      C:\Users\james_000>ping 8.8.8.8

      Pinging 8.8.8.8 with 32 bytes of data:
      PING: transmit failed. General failure.
      PING: transmit failed. General failure.
      PING: transmit failed. General failure.

      Ping statistics for 8.8.8.8:
         Packets: Sent = 3, Received = 0, Lost = 3 (100% loss),
      Control-C

      No clue where windows 8 is getting the 0.0.0.0 gateway from.

      Also the dhcp server doesnt appear to be giving out DNS server ips.

      Once configured manually, the connection is fine and I can access the net as normal.

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        tandyuk
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        Ok, so after some further testing, this issue repeats itself on my windows 8 desktop.

        Windows XP, Windows server 2012, OpenSuse and my VOIP phone get an address properly.
        My pc however still gets 0.0.0.0 as a gateway address, and is unable to ping anything outside the lan.

        Im guessing this must be an issue with my desktop, which is windows 8 pro x64, and has virtualbox installed.

        I am just installing a vm with windows 8 to see if it is repeatable there.

        Glad to report however that dhcp does appear to be working properly on everything other than my desktop! :)

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