WAN ok but no LAN
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In the initial installation, pfsense assings em0 as a WAN interface, but can't see any LAN interface.
I have assigned an WAN ip and i can login to the web menu, but still no LAN there.
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I have assigned an WAN ip and i can login to the web menu, but still no LAN there.
Probably because the FreeBSD kernel (10.x) of pfSense (2.2.2) didn't recognize your NIC.
Btw, how did you connect to the "web menu", knowing that LAN isn't working ? The web me,nu isn't accessible from WAN ….
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I was running pfsense in virtualbox, which needs configuration for the 2nd NIC. So, that was the problem.
As for your other question, i just typed the WAN ip and it gave me access to the webmenu!
Isn't it possible to access it that way? I'm 99% sure that i could only see a WAN interface there… -
I was running pfsense in virtualbox, which needs configuration for the 2nd NIC. So, that was the problem.
Strange.
pfSense just won't run if it has only one interface - which is for a router an impossible situation.As for your other question, i just typed the WAN ip and it gave me access to the webmenu!
Isn't it possible to access it that way? I'm 99% sure that i could only see a WAN interface there…If the web interface (GUI) is accessible by default from WAN, then this would be a huge security issue ;)
Check for yourself: my WAN IP right now is 90.16.150.54 running pfSEnse - I have NO WAN firewall rules -> you won't be able to connect.
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If you only have one NIC assigned, then management is open on that one NIC (which is WAN). Where you have >= 2 NICs assigned, then WAN has its usual behavior of allowing nothing. It works that way for appliance-type usage, where maybe it's just a VPN endpoint or DHCP server or reverse proxy or any number of other possible uses.
