Device on LAN can't ping device on LAN2.
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Set up LAN2 for my Dell Poweredge 860 which is an ESXi host running a Windows VM that has game servers on it. I had this working fine before, but now that I've started over I can't seem to get it to work properly. When I try to ping the windows VM on LAN2 from my rig on LAN, it fails. I can vSphere in to the ESXi host and ping the ESXi host, though.
WAN Firewall Rules…
LAN Firewall Rules…
LAN2 Firewall Rules…
NAT Rules…
So far I should have MS RDP and Minecraft ports forwarded as you can see in the last screenshot. You'll also notice that I blocked traffic from LAN2 to LAN1, that is intentional.
So why can't I ping a LAN2 device from LAN? Pretty sure these were the same exact settings I had before when I had Starbound, Terraria, 7 Days To Die, and Minecraft all running on this server. The only different is I'm using different subnets for my LANs and pfSense is on a firebox now instead of a VM on my ESXi host.
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Not sure what happened but I lost internet and network connectivity in that Windows VM. I can't even ping the LAN2 interface from that VM anymore, but it's showing that it is connected to a network. ESXi network settings look fine, didn't touch them.
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Not sure what happened but I lost internet and network connectivity in that Windows VM. I can't even ping the LAN2 interface from that VM anymore, but it's showing that it is connected to a network. ESXi network settings look fine, didn't touch them.
Since you are able to ping and connect to the ESXi host, it sounds to me like pfSense is working properly. I would try disabling the firewall on the Windows VM and see if it's able to ping it's gateway.
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Your port forward rules should almost certainly have 'WAN address' as the destination.
Steve
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Rebooted pfSense and the problem appears to have sorted itself out. Now I just need to work on the port forwards and the fact I can't get connected to this server even via LAN. Thanks guys.
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If you are on LAN and trying to connect to the server using a URL (rather than an IP) you will need one of these solutions:
https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Why_can%27t_I_access_forwarded_ports_on_my_WAN_IP_from_my_LAN/OPTx_networksSteve
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I just had to adjust my port forwards/rules a bit. Got everything sorted out. I can connect on LAN and friends can connect over the internet. 8)
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Win! ;D
Steve
