Cant See or Ping Local LAN Clients
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I'll assume you're using Windows. If you connect to a "new network" and you tell it "public" or in some cases, it will assume a network is public, Windows will assume local clients are hostile and will block pings and multi-casts.
I had this issue when I attempted to VPN to my PFSense box, only to find out my wife could not ping my computer and SMB was not working. Turned out Windows assumed the network was public and was blocking everything. Once I found out how to change that setting, SMB and ping started working.
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But from a android Tablet PFsense is not letting wireless items talk to each other.
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Go to Interfaces –> WLAN
Enable the option "Allow intra-BSS communication"Some discovery services need this. I can recall a problem with Chromecast devices for example, unless this is checked they wouldn't work.
Best regards!
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That is enabled.
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You mention router - are you talking about pfsense as your router, or do you have some other router?
I don't even see where you say that pfsense is providing your wireless, other then when asked if intra-BSS is on you say it is, so assume pfsense has a wireless card in it. You have no other wireless routers running wireless that your devices are connected to?
Can you draw up your network, on a napkin if that is all you have and take a picture of it with your phone if need be to post it.
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Well here is the Layout
Internet <> Cable Modem <> WAN (DC0) <> Pfsense <> [Bridge {LAN (Bridge) <> OPT1 (DC1)}] <> WIFI (RAL0)
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"[Bridge {LAN (Bridge) <> OPT1 (DC1)}]"
So your bridge has 1 interface in it? DC1 - if it was a bridge between your wireless and your wired it would have both interfaces in.. What is the point of a bridge with 1 interface?
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thats what everybody told me to do i will post a picture of the setup.
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Show your bridge setup please - I would think that should show both interfaces.
See how added test bridge see how it has 2 interfaces in it.
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Here it is.
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Ok what IPs do you have setup on these interfaces, and the bridge interface - and what firewall rules do you have setup?
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Ok what IPs do you have setup on these interfaces, and the bridge interface - and what firewall rules do you have setup?
I think that needs to be flipped around a little…
Ok what IP do you have setup on BRIDGE0 (WIFI and OPT2 should have none), and what firewall rules do you have setup on BRIDGE0, WIFI, and OPT2?
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I agree they should have none - which should be his answer..
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wifi and opt 2 have no IP.
As for rules they will be below in pictures.
In the lan rules dont mind the Andy Stuff.
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What does Andy IP resolve too - I am curious to what you think those rules will accomplish? With that one rule source IP being andy IP, if that is a local IP you could be blocking all kinds of stuff outbound from lan, like normal web traffic. Source ports could be pretty much anything above 1024 with normal traffic.
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Just so I'm clear, LAN is assigned to BRIDGE0 right?
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Andy's ip covers his wired and wireless IP 192.168.103, 192.168.1.113.
Wel he was using Bittorrent and i told him not to and he still did it. It blocks the ports for Bittorrent and opens up the others for web surfing and things.Yes LAN is the BRIDGE0 and all my ips are static to keep track of who is on.
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Sorry - now I see your interface assignment screen cap in post #9.
Andy's ip covers his wired and wireless IP 192.168.103, 192.168.1.113.
Why two different subnets? The point of bridging the two (OPT2/WIFI) is to get them on the same subnet/broadcast domain.
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My Mistake its 192.168.1.103 wired and 192.168.1.113 wireless sorry.
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Then it should be working. Check the software firewalls/LAN modes (public,work,etc) on the devices that can't talk to each other. Are they getting ARP for each other?
