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    Losing internet connection over time

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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    • K
      kejianshi
      last edited by

      That sure is alot of IPs on one MAC…

      I'd have thought that a 1:1 relationship between MAC and IP in ARP table would be better...

      How many WAN nics do you have?

      Your ISP gave you 20 IPs right?

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        orientalsniper
        last edited by

        Exactly, I don't know why they got the same MAC address. In the DHCP screenshot you can see they are different.

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          kejianshi
          last edited by

          How did you assign the IPs?  Did you use Virtual IPs for each public IP or what?

          I'm Not sure what you have going, but you should not have a DHCP server running on your WAN interface.

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            orientalsniper
            last edited by

            Private IP's automatically assigned by DHCP in LAN.

            Public IP's manually assigned to Virtual IP's.

            Virtual IP's linked to private with NAT 1:1.

            WAN is the first public static IP, no DHCP.

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              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              The VIPs inherit the MAC from the host interface. If your upstream ISP has a problem with it (it may) you can try spoofing the MAC on the VIPs.

              Steve

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                kejianshi
                last edited by

                Yeah - That sucks having the MACs all the same like that. 
                One would think it would cause issue.  I would definitely spoof them all different.

                I take it that this is 2.1?  2.03 gave me horrid headaches with many WAN IPs.

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                  orientalsniper
                  last edited by

                  Oh my, didn't know we had 2.1! Also, I can't find where to spoof MAC in VIP's. I think I'm going to download 2.1 and try again.

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                    kejianshi
                    last edited by

                    Don't download.  Upgrade from the firmware panel.  Change your upgrade to the 2.1RC and make sure it is the same architecture as what you are running now (32 or 64 bit).  Save you current config first.

                    Yeah - My limited experience with multi-wan IP is that once you exceed 4 IPs 2.03 starts having issue.  At least it did with me.

                    2.1 has been great.

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                      orientalsniper
                      last edited by

                      Just upgraded to 2.1.

                      Nothing is connected to the internet now, not even pfSense, but direct cable from modem to computer does.

                      ???

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                        kejianshi
                        last edited by

                        You probably need to restore your settings…  Worse case, set pfsense to default and reconfigure.  If you have done it once successfully, second time should be very fast.  Also, make sure you set up DNS.  People often think they have no internet but really they do.

                        If you open the gateway monitor, is it online or offline?

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