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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?

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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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                                        • R
                                          rakeshbaden2hotmail.com
                                          last edited by

                                          hi everybody

                                          first of all i like to say a very big thanks to all for your support. i have got the internet still  working with everybody help in here. i got still one small problem with my freenas server i lost my ipmi connection with it. my original problem was losing internet connection once the freenas server comes on. i changed my (IPv4 Default Gateway) and ( Nameserver 1) in freenas under global configuration which was same as my pfsense ip address. but since then i can't use my ipmi connection. any advice please

                                          many thanks

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                                          • johnpozJ
                                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            what??  You would want your gateway and name server to be pfsense IP..  What other gateway do you have?  What other name server?  In a typical setup, all lan devices would use pfsense as their gateway off the lan, and as the nameserver - ie to lookup www.google.com

                                            You need to change the IP of your freenas,  not to be the same as pfsense lan IP, ie the big warning pfsense was telling you

                                            "kernel: arp: 02:62:91:00:11:0b is using my IP address 10.0.1.2 on em1"

                                            So what did you change the freenas IP to be??  What IP did you or do you have setup on the IPMI?

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