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    Pfsense and freenas

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    • R
      rakeshbaden2hotmail.com
      last edited by

      hi steve thanks for your reply i will try to explain my setup.

      1 cable modem into the house

      2. then pfsense connected to it

      3. from pfsense i have a cable going to my loft room to a switch and onto that switch i have apple time capsule connected, smart tv ,freenas server and a printer too and another cable from out from that swich going into my living room connected to another switch

      4. from that switch i have my smart tv connected and my desktop pc and my vodafone sure signal.

      5. i also have two apple airport exprees too.

      i hope this might help you guys to help me with my problem please please i don't know what to do.

      many thanks

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      • KOMK
        KOM
        last edited by

        What is your LAN IP address, and what is the IP address of your FreeNAS server?

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        • KOMK
          KOM
          last edited by

          When you turn your FreeNAS server on and lose Internet, is there anything in the pfSense System log?  Anything in your FreeNAS log?  Are any of these virtual machines that may have the same MAC address?

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          • R
            rakeshbaden2hotmail.com
            last edited by

            hi kom

            i am going to check my mac address in the mean time i can tell you that i can still access my freenas server on my network only this i lose is the internet. one more thing i get is the DNS server isn't responding. this might give you a clue what might be the problem i hope.

            i will try now to check the pfsense log and freenas log if i can find it easy and the mac address for pfsense and freenas .

            many thanks

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            • DerelictD
              Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
              last edited by

              Sounds like your pfSense and FreeNAS have the same IP address.

              What is the IP address of pfSense's LAN interface?

              Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
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              • johnpozJ
                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                last edited by

                You might get better help in section of your native language.

                What is the IP address of pfsense lan interface?  10.1.1.?  What is the IP of your freenas 10.?.?.?

                What is the mask /8 /24? 255.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 ??

                Those IPs you gave are not on the same network, unless you have a very large mask.  But why can you not give the exact IP?

                When you say you loose internet, can you not get to pfsense web gui?  Can you ping pfsense lan IP?  You sure the freenas nic is not just bad spewing garbage?  As mentioned - is there any errors on pfsense when this happens.  Do a simple sniff on pfsense lan - what are you seeing.  If you can not get to pfsense lan when you turn on freenas..

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                • KOMK
                  KOM
                  last edited by

                  If none of these boxes are virtual then I wouldn't waste the time getting their MAC addresses.

                  What is your DNS server?  Here is a test.  Turn on your FreeNAS box and then try to go to www.cnn.com.  If that fails, try to go to http://157.166.239.177 or http://157.166.238.48.  If that works then your problem is DNS only.  Try to localize the problem to your entire connection or just DNS alone.

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                  • R
                    rakeshbaden2hotmail.com
                    last edited by

                    hi kom

                    i just done what you had asked to turn on the freenas and try to click onto the link.
                    none of them worked.

                    i am more confused now then before please please help.

                    many thanks in advance

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                    • KOMK
                      KOM
                      last edited by

                      So none of them worked at all, especially the IP address-based ones?

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                      • KOMK
                        KOM
                        last edited by

                        Your DNS servers are not the problem.  Did you check your System log in pfSense (Status - System Logs) and whatever log FreeNAS has?  Are your LAN clients static IP or DHCP?

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                        • R
                          rakeshbaden2hotmail.com
                          last edited by

                          hi kom

                          this is from gateways log in pfsense

                          Nov 18 10:15:07 apinger: ALARM: WAN_DHCP(82.34.84.1) *** down ***
                          Nov 18 10:15:14 apinger: alarm canceled: WAN_DHCP(82.34.84.1) *** down ***

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                          • DerelictD
                            Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                            last edited by

                            Nov 18 21:15:50  kernel: arp: 02:62:91:00:11:0b is using my IP address 10.0.1.2 on em1!
                            Nov 18 21:15:51  kernel: arp: 02:62:91:00:11:0b is using my IP address 10.0.1.2 on em1!
                            Nov 18 21:15:52  kernel: arp: 02:62:91:00:11:0b is using my IP address 10.0.1.2 on em1!
                            Nov 18 21:15:53  kernel: arp: 02:62:91:00:11:0b is using my IP address 10.0.1.2 on em1!
                            Nov 18 21:15:54  kernel: arp: 02:62:91:00:11:0b is using my IP address 10.0.1.2 on em1!
                            Nov 18 21:15:55  kernel: arp: 02:62:91:00:11:0b is using my IP address 10.0.1.2 on em1!
                            Nov 18 21:15:56  kernel: arp: 02:62:91:00:11:0b is using my IP address 10.0.1.2 on em1!
                            Nov 18 21:15:57  kernel: arp: 02:62:91:00:11:0b is using my IP address 10.0.1.2 on em1!
                            Nov 18 21:15:58  kernel: arp: 02:62:91:00:11:0b is using my IP address 10.0.1.2 on em1!

                            Fix this.  You have duplicate IP addresses.

                            Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
                            A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
                            DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
                            Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

                              Yep. Doesn't get more conclusive than that.  ;)
                              Change the FreeNAS IP.

                              Steve

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                              • R
                                rakeshbaden2hotmail.com
                                last edited by

                                hi steve and derelict

                                hi thanks for your reply, i am slow in this field please point me to right direction which ip address you are pointing to and how to change that please. at least my family be able to use there internet properly.

                                many thanks

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                                • DerelictD
                                  Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                                  last edited by

                                  In FreeNAS hit Network, Interfaces, click your interface, click edit.  You need to set it to an unused IP address.

                                  Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
                                  A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
                                  DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
                                  Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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                                  • R
                                    rakeshbaden2hotmail.com
                                    last edited by

                                    hi derelict

                                    thanks for your reply i might sound silly but may i ask how did you know i have duplicate ip address for freenas.

                                    please if you don't mind

                                    many thanks

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                                    • stephenw10S
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                      last edited by

                                      pfSense is telling you in it's log. 'Something is using my IP'. It must be FreeNAS since the issue starts when it boots. It gives you the MAC though so you can check.

                                      Steve

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                                      • DerelictD
                                        Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                                        last edited by

                                        Click on Interfaces, Select your Interface, Click Edit.

                                        Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
                                        A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
                                        DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
                                        Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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                                        • KOMK
                                          KOM
                                          last edited by

                                          Glad to see that this issue is almost fixed.  This would have gone much faster if we had the correct information from the start with regard to the IP addresses of pfSense and FreeNAS, and if you had a little more knowledge of TCP/IP and networking in general.

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                                          • stephenw10S
                                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                            last edited by

                                            Everyone was there at some point.  ;)

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