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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      The dhcp range should not include the opt1 interface address. I'm surprised pfSense allowed you to choose that. If it hands out 192.168.2.1 to the host it won't be to connect as it will have the same address! Try using only .2.2 or switch to a /29 and use, say, 2.2-2.6.

      Steve

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        satimis
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        @stephenw10:

        The dhcp range should not include the opt1 interface address. I'm surprised pfSense allowed you to choose that. If it hands out 192.168.2.1 to the host it won't be to connect as it will have the same address! Try using only .2.2 or switch to a /29 and use, say, 2.2-2.6.

        Re-edit:

        OPT1
        Static IPv4 configuration
        IPv4 address
        change to:  192.168.2.2  /29
        -> Save -> Apply changes

        Turn off pfSense

        Set
        Adapter 3
        Host-only Adapter
        vboxnet0

        Start pfSense
        WAN (wan)  ->  pppoe1  -> v4/PPPoE: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx./32
        LAN (lan)  ->  em1  ->  v4: 192.168.1.1/24
        OPT1 (opt1)  ->  v4: 192.168.2.2/29

        On Host run;
        $ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart```

        [....] Running /etc/init.d/networking restart is deprecated because it may not r[warnble some interfaces ... (warning).
        [....] Reconfiguring network interfaces...Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.2.2
        Copyright 2004-2011 Internet Systems Consortium.
        All rights reserved.
        For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/

        Listening on LPF/vboxnet0/0a:00:27:00:00:00
        Sending on  LPF/vboxnet0/0a:00:27:00:00:00
        Sending on  Socket/fallback
        DHCPRELEASE on vboxnet0 to 192.168.56.100 port 67
        Plugin rp-pppoe.so loaded.
        Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.2.2
        Copyright 2004-2011 Internet Systems Consortium.
        All rights reserved.
        For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/

        Listening on LPF/vboxnet0/0a:00:27:00:00:00
        Sending on  LPF/vboxnet0/0a:00:27:00:00:00
        Sending on  Socket/fallback
        DHCPDISCOVER on vboxnet0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
        DHCPREQUEST on vboxnet0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
        DHCPOFFER from 192.168.56.100
        DHCPACK from 192.168.56.100
        bound to 192.168.56.101 -- renewal in 575 seconds.
        done.

        
$ ping yahoo.com
ping: unknown host yahoo.com

$ ping 192.168.1.1
connect: Network is unreachable

$ ping 192.168.2.2
connect: Network is unreachable

$ cat /etc/network/interfaces

        auto lo
        iface lo inet loopback

        auto eth0
        iface eth0 inet manual

        auto dsl-provider
        iface dsl-provider inet ppp
        pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up # line maintained by pppoeconf
        provider dsl-provider

        auto vboxnet0
        iface vboxnet0 inet dhcp

        
On pfSense
ping 192.168.56.100/192.168.56.101
100% pocket loss

VM Ubuntu 12.04
$ sudo ifconfig```

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 08:00:27:5a:3d:a4  
          inet addr:192.168.1.100  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fe5a:3da4/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:4840 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:4138 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:4620611 (4.6 MB)  TX bytes:917984 (917.9 KB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:408 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:408 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:63253 (63.2 KB)  TX bytes:63253 (63.2 KB)

        This time pfSense assigns "eth1 …. inet addr:192.168.1.100 ..."

        satimis

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          Hmm, well as I said earlier the presence of 192.168.56.X shows that VBox is NATing the connection somehow and handing out its own IPs. I could have misunderstood the use of the 'host only adapter'. Perhaps another adapter type is better suited to this or it needs further configuration. Hmm, more reading needed!

          I'm not sure why pfSense would be handing out addresses like .100. It could be that the client is specifically asking for it and that the DHCP server remembers what address it handed to that MAC last time.
          I have no idea why the VMs interfaces are being recognised as eth1-3 etc. If they have only one adapter assigned to them in VBox they should recognise that as eth0.

          Steve

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            satimis
            last edited by

            @stephenw10:

            Hmm, well as I said earlier the presence of 192.168.56.X shows that VBox is NATing the connection somehow and handing out its own IPs. I could have misunderstood the use of the 'host only adapter'. Perhaps another adapter type is better suited to this or it needs further configuration. Hmm, more reading needed!

            I'm not sure why pfSense would be handing out addresses like .100. It could be that the client is specifically asking for it and that the DHCP server remembers what address it handed to that MAC last time.
            I have no idea why the VMs interfaces are being recognised as eth1-3 etc. If they have only one adapter assigned to them in VBox they should recognise that as eth0.

            Hi Steve,

            I have been looking the wrong way in the past.  Actually using VirtualBox NAT for WAN and Intnet for LAN works seamless.

            Steps:-

            1. Host get pppoe connection

            2. pfSense
              Adapter - 1
              NAT

            Adapter - 2
            Internal Network
            intnet

            1. VM1/VM2
              Adapter - 1
              Internal Network
              intnet

            VM1 (Ubuntu 12.04)
            $ sudo ifconfig```

            eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 08:00:27:5a:3d:a4 
                      inet addr:192.168.1.100  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
                      inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fe5a:3da4/64 Scope:Link
                      UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                      RX packets:40209 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                      TX packets:32223 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                      collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                      RX bytes:34263777 (34.2 MB)  TX bytes:3947664 (3.9 MB)

            lo        Link encap:Local Loopback 
                      inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
                      inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
                      UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
                      RX packets:25411 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                      TX packets:25411 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                      collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
                      RX bytes:2086439 (2.0 MB)  TX bytes:2086439 (2.0 MB)

            
VM2 (Debian 7.3)
$ sudo ifconfig```

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 08:00:27:d8:07:4f  
          inet addr:192.168.1.106  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fed8:74f/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:18517 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:18813 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:8109196 (7.7 MiB)  TX bytes:2644640 (2.5 MiB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:420 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:420 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:42609 (41.6 KiB)  TX bytes:42609 (41.6 KiB)

            Both VM1 and VM2 can browse Internet.

            (eth0 and eth1 are another issue, why NOT the same? I'll try fixing it later.  Also 192.168.1.100 may be another issue.  Why not 192.168.1.2/3/4?)

            Now to solve the problem of connecting PC2 I created another LAN, em2

            
WAN (wan)  ->  em0  -> V4/DHCP4: 10.0.2.15/24
LAN (lan)  ->  em1  -> V4: 192.168.1.1/24
OPT1 (opt1)  -> em2  ->
....

            How to setup OPT1?  Whether following you previous advice?  How to make PC2 detect/listen em2?  Thanks

            Rgds
            satimis

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              If you do that then you are double NATing the connection which can break some protocols. It makes port forwarding far more difficult.
              Much better to do it as you had it before so that pfSense does the PPPoE connection directly and gets the public IP address.

              I have to do some more reading about the different interface types in VBox before I can offer further advise.

              Anyone else care to chip in?

              Steve

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                satimis
                last edited by

                @stephenw10:

                If you do that then you are double NATing the connection which can break some protocols. It makes port forwarding far more difficult.
                Much better to do it as you had it before so that pfSense does the PPPoE connection directly and gets the public IP address.

                I also found some disadvantage.  Each time starting pfSense I have to filling WAN and LAN interfaces.

                If not with such config I have to facing 2 problems:

                1. How to connect Host ?
                2. How to connect PC2 ?

                satimis

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  Hmm, it definitely looks like the host-only adapter is the correct way to have the host communicate with the pfSense VM.
                  http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch06.html#network_hostonly
                  I would think that you just need to configure it to not use the VBox DHCP sever. Maybe you have to manually configure it in the same subnet as the OPT1 interface?  :-\

                  Steve

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                  • S
                    satimis
                    last edited by

                    @stephenw10:

                    Hmm, it defibiotely looks like the host-only adapter is the correct way to have the host communicate with the pfSense VM.
                    http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch06.html#network_hostonly

                    Thanks

                    I would think that you just need to configure it to not use the VBox DHCP sever. Maybe you have to manually configure it in the same subnet as the OPT1 interface?  :-\

                    Interfaces -> OPT1
                    I'm not allowed to select DHCP

                    Warning```

                    The following input errors were detected:

                    The DHCP Server is active on this interface and it can be used only with a static IP configuration. Please disable the DHCP Server service on this interface first, then change the interface configuration.

                    
satimis
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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      What I meant was to configure VBox not to run a DHCP server on the host-only adapter. You need to keep a static IP on the pfSense OPT1 interface. You could use static IPs in the host also since there are only going to be two machines in that subnet.

                      Steve

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                        satimis
                        last edited by

                        @stephenw10:

                        What I meant was to configure VBox not to run a DHCP server on the host-only adapter. You need to keep a static IP on the pfSense OPT1 interface. You could use static IPs in the host also since there are only going to be two machines in that subnet.

                        Performed another test:

                        pfSense

                        Adapter 1
                        Bridge
                        eth0

                        Adapter 2
                        Internal Network
                        intnet

                        Adapter 3
                        Host-Only Network
                        vboxnet

                        WAN (wan)  -> pppoe2  -> v4/PPPoE: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
                        LAN (lan  -> em1  -> v4: 192.168.1.1/24
                        OPT1 (opt1)  -> em2  ->: v4: 192.168.2.2/29
                        (Why pppoe2?  NOT pppoe1?)

                        OPT1
                        IPv4 Configuration Type  Static IPv4
                        IPv6 Configuration Type  None
                        IPv4 address  192.168.2.2

                        VM Ubuntu can connect Internet
                        Adapter 1
                        Internal Network
                        intnet

                        Host can't connect Internet

                        $ sudo ifconfig```

                        eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:26:18:44:b6:1a 
                                  inet6 addr: fe80::226:18ff:fe44:b61a/64 Scope:Link
                                  UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                                  RX packets:158 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                                  TX packets:349 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:2
                                  collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                                  RX bytes:10631 (10.3 KiB)  TX bytes:23660 (23.1 KiB)
                                  Interrupt:18

                        eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 90:f6:52:03:57:86 
                                  UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                                  RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                                  TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                                  collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                                  RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
                                  Interrupt:43 Base address:0x6000

                        lo        Link encap:Local Loopback 
                                  inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
                                  inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
                                  UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
                                  RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                                  TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                                  collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
                                  RX bytes:480 (480.0 B)  TX bytes:480 (480.0 B)

                        vboxnet0  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 0a:00:27:00:00:00 
                                  inet addr:192.168.56.1  Bcast:192.168.56.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
                                  inet6 addr: fe80::800:27ff:fe00:0/64 Scope:Link
                                  UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                                  RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                                  TX packets:60 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                                  collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                                  RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:9952 (9.7 KiB)

                        
$ ping 192.168.56.1```

PING 192.168.56.1 (192.168.56.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.56.1: icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=0.022 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.56.1: icmp_req=2 ttl=64 time=0.022 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.56.1: icmp_req=3 ttl=64 time=0.022 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.56.1: icmp_req=4 ttl=64 time=0.021 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.56.1: icmp_req=5 ttl=64 time=0.022 ms
^C
--- 192.168.56.1 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 3999ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.021/0.021/0.022/0.005 ms

                        $ cat /etc/network/interfaces```

                        auto lo
                        iface lo inet loopback

                        auto eth0
                        iface eth0 inet manual

                        auto dsl-provider
                        iface dsl-provider inet ppp
                        pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up # line maintained by pppoeconf
                        provider dsl-provider

                        auto vboxnet0
                        iface vboxnet0 inet dhcp

                        OPT1 (opt1)  -> em2  ->: v4: 192.168.2.2/29

                        Do I need another physical NIC to satisfy em2?

If it is then I need another physical NIC for connecting PC2?

satimis
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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          The vboxnet adapter is still showing a 192.168.56.X address which means that VBox is still running a dhcp server somehow. You could try just setting that as static in PC1 and put it in the same subnet as the OPT1 interface, 192.168.2.3 for example.

                          You will need another physical interface to connect to PC2.

                          The OPT1 interface does not need to be physical. It appears as em2 in pfSense because the VBox adapter replicates an Intel Gigabit card.

                          Steve

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                            satimis
                            last edited by

                            @stephenw10:

                            The vboxnet adapter is still showing a 192.168.56.X address which means that VBox is still running a dhcp server somehow. You could try just setting that as static in PC1 and put it in the same subnet as the OPT1 interface, 192.168.2.3 for example.

                            You will need another physical interface to connect to PC2.

                            The OPT1 interface does not need to be physical. It appears as em2 in pfSense because the VBox adapter replicates an Intel Gigabit card.

                            Host

                            $ cat /etc/network/interfaces```

                            The loopback network interface

                            auto lo
                            iface lo inet loopback

                            auto eth0
                            iface eth0 inet manual

                            auto dsl-provider
                            iface dsl-provider inet ppp
                            pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up # line maintained by pppoeconf
                            provider dsl-provider

                            auto vboxnet0
                            iface vboxnet0 inet static
                            address 192.168.2.3
                            netmask 255.255.255.0
                            gateway 192.168.2.2

                            
$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart```

[....] Running /etc/init.d/networking restart is deprecated because it may not r[warnble some interfaces ... (warning).
[....] Reconfiguring network interfaces...Plugin rp-pppoe.so loaded.
done.

                            $ sudo ifconfig```

                            eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:26:18:44:b6:1a 
                                      inet6 addr: fe80::226:18ff:fe44:b61a/64 Scope:Link
                                      UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                                      RX packets:7199 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                                      TX packets:6103 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
                                      collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                                      RX bytes:7467076 (7.1 MiB)  TX bytes:1101048 (1.0 MiB)
                                      Interrupt:18

                            eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 90:f6:52:03:57:86 
                                      UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                                      RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                                      TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                                      collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                                      RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
                                      Interrupt:43 Base address:0x6000

                            lo        Link encap:Local Loopback 
                                      inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
                                      inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
                                      UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
                                      RX packets:27 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                                      TX packets:27 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                                      collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
                                      RX bytes:2025 (1.9 KiB)  TX bytes:2025 (1.9 KiB)

                            vboxnet0  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 0a:00:27:00:00:00 
                                      inet addr:192.168.2.3  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
                                      inet6 addr: fe80::800:27ff:fe00:0/64 Scope:Link
                                      UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                                      RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                                      TX packets:315 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                                      collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                                      RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:48634 (47.4 KiB)

                            
$ ping yahoo.com```

ping: unknown host yahoo.com

                            $ ping 67.195.160.76 (yahoo ip)
                            PING 67.195.160.76 (67.195.160.76) 56(84) bytes of data.
                            Just hanging here.

                            VM Ubuntu
                            $ ping 192.168.2.3```

                            PING 192.168.2.3 (192.168.2.3) 56(84) bytes of data.
                            64 bytes from 192.168.2.3: icmp_req=1 ttl=63 time=0.229 ms
                            64 bytes from 192.168.2.3: icmp_req=2 ttl=63 time=0.332 ms
                            64 bytes from 192.168.2.3: icmp_req=3 ttl=63 time=0.342 ms
                            64 bytes from 192.168.2.3: icmp_req=4 ttl=63 time=0.310 ms
                            64 bytes from 192.168.2.3: icmp_req=5 ttl=63 time=0.465 ms
                            64 bytes from 192.168.2.3: icmp_req=6 ttl=63 time=0.296 ms
                            ^C
                            --- 192.168.2.3 ping statistics ---
                            6 packets transmitted, 6 received, 0% packet loss, time 5000ms
                            rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.229/0.329/0.465/0.070 ms

                            
pfSense
ping 192.168.2.3
works

Edit
===
Host
$ ping 192.168.2.2
PING 192.168.2.2 (192.168.2.2) 56(84) bytes of data.
hanging here as well

satimis
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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

                              Aha!
                              The host box is probably not using the vboxnet interface as it's default route. What does 'route' show?

                              Steve

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                                satimis
                                last edited by

                                @stephenw10:

                                Aha!
                                The host box is probably not using the vboxnet interface as it's default route. What does 'route' show?

                                $ sudo ifconfig```

                                eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:26:18:44:b6:1a 
                                          inet6 addr: fe80::226:18ff:fe44:b61a/64 Scope:Link
                                          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                                          RX packets:126 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                                          TX packets:127 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
                                          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                                          RX bytes:12304 (12.0 KiB)  TX bytes:11683 (11.4 KiB)
                                          Interrupt:18

                                eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 90:f6:52:03:57:86 
                                          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                                          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                                          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                                          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                                          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
                                          Interrupt:43 Base address:0x4000

                                lo        Link encap:Local Loopback 
                                          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
                                          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
                                          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
                                          RX packets:28 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                                          TX packets:28 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                                          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
                                          RX bytes:2228 (2.1 KiB)  TX bytes:2228 (2.1 KiB)

                                vboxnet0  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 0a:00:27:00:00:00 
                                          inet addr:192.168.2.3  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
                                          inet6 addr: fe80::800:27ff:fe00:0/64 Scope:Link
                                          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                                          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                                          TX packets:171 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                                          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                                          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:22317 (21.7 KiB)

                                
$ sudo route```

Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
default         192.168.2.2     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 vboxnet0
192.168.2.0     *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 vboxnet0

                                $ sudo ip r```

                                default via 192.168.2.2 dev vboxnet0
                                192.168.2.0/24 dev vboxnet0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.2.3

                                
$ sudo systemctl start dhcpcd@vboxnet0.service```

Failed to get D-Bus connection: No connection to service manager.

                                Does it need a physical NIC ?

                                satimis

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                  Ah, so the pfSense VM can ping 192.168.2.3 but the host cannot ping 192.168.2.2?

                                  Did you add a firewall rule to the OPT1 interface in pfSense to allow that traffic?
                                  Your screenshot earlier of rules on OPT1 shows only TCP traffic allowed and not ICMP (ping) or UDP (dns).

                                  Steve

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                                    satimis
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                                    @stephenw10:

                                    Ah, so the pfSense VM can ping 192.168.2.3 but the host cannot ping 192.168.2.2?

                                    No.

                                    $ sudo ifconfig```

                                    eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:26:18:44:b6:1a 
                                              inet6 addr: fe80::226:18ff:fe44:b61a/64 Scope:Link
                                              UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                                              RX packets:3671 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                                              TX packets:3500 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
                                              collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                                              RX bytes:3307162 (3.1 MiB)  TX bytes:758567 (740.7 KiB)
                                              Interrupt:18

                                    eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 90:f6:52:03:57:86 
                                              UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                                              RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                                              TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                                              collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                                              RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
                                              Interrupt:43 Base address:0x6000

                                    lo        Link encap:Local Loopback 
                                              inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
                                              inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
                                              UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
                                              RX packets:35 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                                              TX packets:35 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                                              collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
                                              RX bytes:3240 (3.1 KiB)  TX bytes:3240 (3.1 KiB)

                                    vboxnet0  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 0a:00:27:00:00:00 
                                              inet addr:192.168.2.3  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
                                              inet6 addr: fe80::800:27ff:fe00:0/64 Scope:Link
                                              UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                                              RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                                              TX packets:157 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                                              collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                                              RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:21625 (21.1 KiB)

                                    
$ ping 192.168.2.2```

PING 192.168.2.2 (192.168.2.2) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 192.168.2.3 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.2.3 icmp_seq=5 Destination Host Unreachable
^C
--- 192.168.2.2 ping statistics ---
8 packets transmitted, 0 received, +2 errors, 100% packet loss, time 6999ms

                                    Did you add a firewall rule to the OPT1 interface in pfSense to allow that traffic?
                                    Your screenshot earlier of rules on OPT1 shows only TCP traffic allowed and not ICMP (ping) or UDP (dns).

                                    Changed it already TCP/UDP
                                    (pls see photo attached)

                                    Still same result;
                                    $ ping 67.195.160.76```

                                    PING 67.195.160.76 (67.195.160.76) 56(84) bytes of data.
                                    From 192.168.2.3 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
                                    From 192.168.2.3 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
                                    From 192.168.2.3 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
                                    From 192.168.2.3 icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable
                                    From 192.168.2.3 icmp_seq=5 Destination Host Unreachable
                                    From 192.168.2.3 icmp_seq=6 Destination Host Unreachable
                                    ^C
                                    --- 67.195.160.76 ping statistics ---
                                    8 packets transmitted, 0 received, +6 errors, 100% packet loss, time 7038ms
                                    pipe 3

                                    
satimis

![Screenshot_opt1_firewall.png](/public/_imported_attachments_/1/Screenshot_opt1_firewall.png)
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                                    • stephenw10S
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                      Ping traffic is not TCP or UDP it's ICMP so unless you allow that too it will be blocked by the firewall.
                                      Just change the protocol to 'all' for now to test the connection. You can always tighten up the rules later.

                                      Steve

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                                        satimis
                                        last edited by

                                        @stephenw10:

                                        Ping traffic is not TCP or UDP it's ICMP so unless you allow that too it will be blocked by the firewall.
                                        Just change the protocol to 'all' for now to test the connection. You can always tighten up the rules later.

                                        Protocol - "all" is NOT available ONLY "any"
                                        Change it to "any"

                                        $ ping 192.168.2.2```

                                        PING 192.168.2.2 (192.168.2.2) 56(84) bytes of data.
                                        From 192.168.2.3 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
                                        From 192.168.2.3 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
                                        From 192.168.2.3 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
                                        ^C
                                        --- 192.168.2.2 ping statistics ---
                                        4 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% packet loss, time 3014ms
                                        pipe 3

                                        Still the same

satimis
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                                        • stephenw10S
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                          Hmm. But you can still ping 192.168.2.3 from pfSense?

                                          Sorry I meant 'any', yes.

                                          Steve

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                                            satimis
                                            last edited by

                                            @stephenw10:

                                            Hmm. But you can still ping 192.168.2.3 from pfSense?

                                            Yes, without problem.  Also VM can ping host on 192.168.2.3

                                            satimis

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