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    Can not get to the internet from machine behind pfsense, please help

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      geo77
      last edited by

      Greetings,

      I'm trying to configure a virtual network with virtualbox and pfsense.

      Here is the issue,

      I have everything set up and can ping from the pfsense console without a problem, but I can not ping or go to any site from a client machine. I noticed if I ping from the client machine, the prompt comes back with an iip address, but then it times out. Like this:

      C:\Users\sgb77>ping yahoo.com

      Pinging yahoo.com [206.190.36.45] with 32 bytes of data:
      Request timed out.
      Request timed out.
      Request timed out.
      Request timed out.

      Ping statistics for 206.190.36.45:
          Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

      Again when I ping from pfsense shell, there is no problem, and I can get to the web interface without a problem from the client machine.

      Here is my configuration:

      pfsense machine:
      Since I'm runing this machine as a virtual machine my WAN configuration is as follows:
      domain: mydomain.com
      ip 192.168.1.50 /24
      gateway: 192.168.1.1 //this is my phisical router
      DNS: dns servers in the net

      Block private networks: unchecked

      LAN
      ip 192.168.2.1/24
      gateway: 192.168.2.1

      CLIENT machine:
      ip:192.168.2.5
      subnet: 255.255.255.0
      gateway: 192.168.2.1
      dns: 192.168.2.1

      I have read the post below and have made sure to do most of what's there, but still no luck. I do see error logs in the firewall, but they don't make sense to me.
      I'm attaching the log

      https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=45956.0

      Any help will be greatly apreciated.
      pfsenselogs.txt

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        bryan.paradis
        last edited by

        What are your outbound firewire rules looking like? Also the rules for LAN.

        What does your firewall log say?

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          geo77
          last edited by

          I'm attaching my Lan firewall rules, they were there by default, and there are no rules in the Wan tab.

          My previous post, has an attachment with my firewall logs, I can also do a screen shot if the log is not readble.

          Thanks!

          LanFirewallRules.jpg
          LanFirewallRules.jpg_thumb

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            ptt Rebel Alliance
            last edited by

            LAN
            ip 192.168.2.1/24
            gateway: 192.168.2.1

            You don't need a GW on a LAN type interface…. remove it and your problem will be gone ;)

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              geo77
              last edited by

              That did it.  :)
              You guys are awesome, it had to be one of those things that I would've never thought would affect anything, obviously I still have a lot to learn!

              Thanks gentlemen, your help is much appreciated, I'm sure I'll be back here soon…  ;D

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