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    Strange WAN/LAN Issues with Readynas pfsense 2.2

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    • J
      jsmwalker
      last edited by

      Hi guys,

      Just upgraded to pfsense 2.2, however since the upgrade my readynas is no longer able to connect to the internet. Even pinging the firewall fails and gets no response, details of the ping are below:

      ReadyNas.1 > pfSense.254: ICMP echo request, id 31285, seq 1, length 64
      20:41:14.977314 ReadyNas:5a > pfSense:b9, ethertype IPv4 (0x0800), length 98: (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 0, offset 0, flags [DF], proto ICMP (1), length 84)
          ReadyNas.1 > pfSense.254: ICMP echo request, id 31285, seq 2, length 64
      20:41:15.818569 ReadyNas:5a > pfSense:b9, ethertype IPv4 (0x0800), length 67: (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 29889, offset 0, flags [DF], proto UDP (17), length 53)

      However everything else on the network appears to work correctly. To confirm this is all types of connections (UDP/TCP etc)

      ReadyNas.1.52719 > pfSense.53: [udp sum ok] 49665+ A? plex.tv. (25)
      20:41:15.975561 ReadyNas:5a > pfSense:b9, ethertype IPv4 (0x0800), length 98: (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 0, offset 0, flags [DF], proto ICMP (1), length 84)

      Any thoughts on what could be causing this? Firewall just doesn't respond to it in anyway, there is a nat address, but another box has a nat and doesn't cause any issues.

      Cheers

      J

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      • johnpozJ
        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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        And can other devices ping pfsense?  Do you have any rules on lan of pfsense that would block ping?

        is the do not frag set on that packet [DF]  why would that be set?  You could try setting

        Clear invalid DF bits instead of dropping the packets
        This allows for communications with hosts that generate fragmented packets with the don't fragment (DF) bit set. Linux NFS is known to do this. This will cause the filter to not drop such packets but instead clear the don't fragment bit.

        In the pfsense advanced options firewall/nat

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        • J
          jsmwalker
          last edited by

          Hi there,

          Yep nothing else having any issues at all (tested a second readynas, same issue) Here is the output from Laptop:

          21:25:35.985266 Laptop:03 > pfSense:b4, ethertype IPv4 (0x0800), length 74: (tos 0x0, ttl 128, id 13623, offset 0, flags [none], proto ICMP (1), length 60)
              Laptop.190 > pfSense:254: ICMP echo request, id 1, seq 6569, length 40
          21:25:35.985304 pfSense:b4 > 00:25:00:49:28:03, ethertype IPv4 (0x0800), length 74: (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 59943, offset 0, flags [none], proto ICMP (1), length 60)
              pfSense:254 > Laptop.190: ICMP echo reply, id 1, seq 6569, length 40
          21:25:37.000432 00:25:00:49:28:03 > pfSense:b4, ethertype IPv4 (0x0800), length 74: (tos 0x0, ttl 128, id 13624, offset 0, flags [none], proto ICMP (1), length 60)

          And another Scientific Linux box has no issue. Made the change Ignore DF and still not working. Just to confirm no rules set on Lan interface to block anything apart from IPv6 traffic, and tested Readynas on another IP from DHCP range and also made no difference. Very very strange indeed..

          Thanks for your quick response, let me know any other thoughts and ideas, have been using pfSense since 1.2.1 (maybe earlier) and never had an issue like this before.

          Cheers

          J

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          • johnpozJ
            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
            last edited by

            Notice your laptop is not setting DF "flags [none]"

            Why would readynas set DF on a icmp echo request that is clearly tiny packet ;)

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            • J
              jsmwalker
              last edited by

              LOL, that would involve me saying something about netgear taking over a great product… and erm... anyway we digress  :)

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              • J
                jsmwalker
                last edited by

                To make you happy..

                21:47:01.702827 ReadyNas:5a > pfSense:b9, ethertype IPv4 (0x0800), length 98: (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 26639, offset 0, flags [none], proto ICMP (1), length 84)
                    ReadyNas:1 > pfSense.254: ICMP echo request, id 27475, seq 13, length 64
                21:47:02.042045 pfSense:b9 > 00:0c:29:02:b6:99, ethertype IPv4 (0x0800), length 98: (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 60173, offset 0, flags [none], proto ICMP (1), length 84)
                21:47:02.702837 ReadyNas:5a > pfSense:b9, ethertype IPv4 (0x0800), length 98: (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 26640, offset 0, flags [none], proto ICMP (1), length 84)
                    ReadyNas:1 > pfSense.254: ICMP echo request, id 27475, seq 14, length 64

                However this doesn't pass any traffic :-(

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                • J
                  jsmwalker
                  last edited by

                  Just to add fun to this, pfsense will pass traffic to the internet:

                  pfSenseWan210 > 8.8.8.8: ICMP echo request, id 4340, seq 1, length 64
                  22:04:52.865653 e8:e7:32:3d:f7:e2 > pfSenseWan, ethertype IPv4 (0x0800), length 98: (tos 0x0, ttl 54, id 31084, offset 0, flags [none], proto ICMP (1), length 84)
                      8.8.8.8 > pfSenseWan210: ICMP echo reply, id 4340, seq 1, length 64
                  22:04:52.865682 pfSenseWan > e8:e7:32:3d:f7:e2, ethertype IPv4 (0x0800), length 70: (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 57103, offset 0, flags [none], proto ICMP (1), length 56)

                  And gets a response back, but never passes that back to the Readynas..

                  J

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                  • johnpozJ
                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                    last edited by

                    So readynas pinged 8.8.8.8, pfsense sent that out wan got a response.. but you don't ever see the packet go out the lan interface back to readynas mac??

                    So you don't have any static arp stuff setup?  Or any rules with specific gateways?

                    Enable Static ARP entries
                      Note: This option persists even if DHCP server is disabled. Only the machines listed below will be able to communicate with the firewall on this NIC.

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                      jsmwalker
                      last edited by

                      Hangs head in shame and walks away… yes Enable Static arp was set.....

                      Can we all just delete this thread now?

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                        doktornotor Banned
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                        @jsmwalker:

                        Can we all just delete this thread now?

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                        • johnpozJ
                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                          last edited by

                          Why should the thread be deleted, it gives example troubleshooting the problem.. Your sniffing and not seeing response, etc.  And then things to look at - like why was DF set, and final solution static arp.

                          What is odd, is did you enable static arp after the upgrade?  And just forgot?  Or removed the freenas mac for some other reason??  Was it enabled before the upgrade and didn't work??

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