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      Cleetus Antony
      last edited by

      Hi Steve,

      I have followed the steps and its asking only to put the WAN interface name; I have put bge0 (Broadcom NIC) and it gets IP address by DHCP.  But its not asking about LAN interface at all ( Second NIC is Realtek NIC and it is up and its "re0" ). I went forward and gone into the GUI and I added the LAN interface. Next when I try to create the Bridge, I cannot see the LAN interface in the list to add with WAN.
      Anything I am missing ?

      Appreciate your reply

      Thanks
      Cleetus

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        Hmm, you should be able to. Sometimes the interfaces in the list can be difficult to see in the browser, try using thee cursor keys to move down the list and use Ctrl to select both WAN and LAN. The LAN should be IP type 'none'.

        Steve

        Edit: Have you assigned re0 as LAN yet?

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          Cleetus Antony
          last edited by

          Yes..Now I cud make LAN, WAN and Bridge. I made rule for LAN and WAN allowing tcp/udp traffic any any to any. Still when i connect to network, everything gets dropped and no internet access for network.

          Pfsense has only one IP address now which was assigned to WAN interface before creating the bridge.

          Attached the screenshots. plz have a look.

          LAN_rules.jpg
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          WAN_rules.jpg
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          Bridge.jpg
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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            OK, so how much of the instructions in the guide did you follow?
            Do you see anything in the firewall logs?

            Steve

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              Cleetus Antony
              last edited by

              I think I have fixed the issue. Now its passing the traffic and limiting the IN/OUT traffic.

              I have just made a small network and checked the box now. Will have to connect to my real network where around 500 users are using internet.

              Thank you very much Steve for the valuable tips u hv provided.

              Cleetus

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                No problem.  :) Any idea what the fix was?

                Steve

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                  Cleetus Antony
                  last edited by

                  Ohhh.. that was silly…I was keep on trying in my access layer by connecting 2 interfaces of pfsence as bridge.. today I connected in my core later and things found its working by making a totally separate network.... in next few days I will connect in my real  network and see how things are working...

                  Thank you steve again
                  Cleetus

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                    Cleetus Antony
                    last edited by

                    I have connected my Laptop(Static LAN IP configuration) to LAN port of Pfsense Box and its WAN interface I connected to my Cisco 2800 Router. That time I can connect to the internet.

                    But When I setup the network by using Cisco 3560 SW (DHCP srvr) and Cisco 2800 Router and kept pfsense in between, I can see that traffic is not passing thru pfsense. I can access the Box in this setup  but not able to ping my Router. But when I ping the router from the GUI of pfsense, its able to ping the Router. Wonder why I cannot connect to the internet.

                    Attaching the some docs which reveals the current situation.

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                    Scenario.jpg
                    Rule-WAN.jpg
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                    Rule-LAN.jpg
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                    Rule-Bridge.jpg
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                    ![Filter in Bridge.jpg](/public/imported_attachments/1/Filter in Bridge.jpg)
                    ![Filter in Bridge.jpg_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/Filter in Bridge.jpg_thumb)

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      If your Cisco device is using IPv6 then no traffic will pass. Your IPv6 rule has source 'lan net' but your LAN interface doesn't have an IP so it can never match anything.

                      Steve

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                        Cleetus Antony
                        last edited by

                        I have used cisco devices with only IP4

                        The devices I have used as test devices.. not a running devices on network.
                        No IPv6 services is running

                        did u chk the rules i set ? is ther anything i m missing in rules sections for any of the interfaces ?

                        Is der  the Anti lockout rule in LAN interface makes any issue ?

                        I have removed the IPv6 rules and checked.. still no luck.

                        Why the pfsense is passing the laptop traffic when the laptop is configured with static Ip configuration; but not passing traffic with dhcp enabled ?

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          Are you getting an IP correctly via DHCP? Correct subnet and gateway?
                          Do you see anything blocked in the firewall logs?

                          Steve

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                            Cleetus Antony
                            last edited by

                            I am getting correct IP, GW and DNS….. Same IP as static passes the traffic...!!!!!!!!!!!!

                            No block logs are in System logs.... is that same u r talking about firewall logs ?

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

                              The system log is distinct from the firewall log, they are on separate tabs in the webgui logs page.

                              If your traffic is not getting through it's not arriving at the firewall, it's being blocked by the firewall or it's not being routed out of the firewall.

                              Steve

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