Network shared drive blocked?
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Your Linksys' LAN ports are a switch, not separate interfaces that are bridged. That's why it works without any configuration.
The easiest, sanest, and least complicated way to get where you want to be is to add a cheap switch into your setup. The PC to PC performance will likely be better too.
Getting back to your current setup, what firewall rules do you have on each OPT interface?
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There are no rules on the OPTs. Only the LAN has its two default rules which I assume the OPTs follow since they are bridged to the LAN.
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You need an allow to any on each OPT.
Please clarify what you mean by "Network shared drive blocked." I assume this is a Windows network. Does this mean that you can't see the share in the Network list? That may never work like it does across a switch.
What happens on one of the PC you wish to see the share on when you open Windows Explorer and enter \IP_of_machine_with_share in the address bar? Can you see the share then?
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Yes this is a windows network. When I type the ip of the computer i want to browse in my browsers address bar nothing shows up. I will try to "allow any" for the OPTs and see if that works. Hopefully there is a way to config pfSense to work the way my router does.
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I doubt that you will be able to see shares in the Network. That visibility requires broadcasts which don't play well on routers.
If you can live without that visibility and be able to access the share (try mapping it to a network drive) then OK.
But like I said, get a switch if you want to work like it was intended to.
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Woot! "Pass any" for all the OPTs worked. I can access my desktops slave drive from my laptop through the network now. Thanks gderf! I just hope I didn't open any security holes…
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That's what I did, mapped a network drive. I was trying to be as clear about my issue as possible. Putting problems into words that others can understand without actually being there can be a challenge at times.
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Well, there isn't going to be any real security between the PCs, but there wan't any before on the Linksys either, nor would there be any across a switch. You need firewalls on each individual machine to get that.
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I'm not concerned about security between computers in my home network. I just care about security from the internet.
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Shouldn't be any problems. You have to deliberately allow unsolicited incoming traffic via NATs and Rules.