Setup pfsence in Bridge mode

stephenw10

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

Steve

Cleetus Antony

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

stephenw10

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

Steve

Cleetus Antony

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

Cleetus Antony

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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stephenw10

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

Cleetus Antony

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 ?

stephenw10

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

Steve

Cleetus Antony

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 ?

stephenw10

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