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    Ping to WAN or LAN fails (pfsense 2.3)

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    • johnpozJ
      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
      last edited by

      "then I pinged 192.168.10.1 on the firewall and that failed."

      You mean pfsense could not ping its own interface?

      Looks like something changed and your openvpn reset?  You have gateways on your lan??

      "Reloading endpoints that may use LANGTW."

      So there are downstream networks from pfsense?  Could draw out your network?

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      • G
        Gadmin
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        Gateways:
        Name Gateway         Monitor         RTT          RTTsd Loss         Status Description
        WANGW 62.58.41.65 8.8.8.8         9.658ms 1.333ms  0.0% Online WAN Gateway
        LANGTW 192.168.1.253 192.168.1.253 0.586ms 0.333ms 0.0% Online Main Switch
        CiscoVPN 192.168.1.248 192.168.1.248 0.736ms 0.205ms 0.0% Online Cisco ASA 5505 MR

        Static Routes:

        192.168.10.0/24 LANGTW - 192.168.1.253 LAN Office Subnet  
        192.168.160.0/24 CiscoVPN - 192.168.1.248 LAN VPN Australia  
        192.168.20.0/24 LANGTW - 192.168.1.253 LAN DTP Subnet  
        192.168.30.0/23 LANGTW - 192.168.1.253 LAN R&D Subnet  
        192.168.40.0/24 LANGTW - 192.168.1.253 LAN Production Subnet  
        192.168.50.0/24 CiscoVPN - 192.168.1.248 LAN MR systems Subnet  
        192.168.60.0/24 LANGTW - 192.168.1.253 LAN Overige Subnet  
        192.168.70.0/24 CiscoVPN - 192.168.1.248 LAN VPN Clients Subnet

        The openvpn server is disabled.

        Apr 29 11:20:19	dpinger		send_interval 500ms loss_interval 2000ms time_period 60000ms report_interval 0ms data_len 1 alert_interval 1000ms latency_alarm 500ms loss_alarm 20% dest_addr 192.168.1.248 bind_addr 192.168.1.101 identifier "CiscoVPN "
        Apr 29 11:20:19	dpinger		send_interval 500ms loss_interval 2000ms time_period 60000ms report_interval 0ms data_len 1 alert_interval 1000ms latency_alarm 500ms loss_alarm 20% dest_addr 192.168.1.253 bind_addr 192.168.1.101 identifier "LANGTW "
        Apr 29 11:20:19	dpinger		send_interval 500ms loss_interval 2000ms time_period 60000ms report_interval 0ms data_len 1 alert_interval 1000ms latency_alarm 500ms loss_alarm 20% dest_addr 8.8.8.8 bind_addr 62.58.41.67 identifier "WANGW "
        Apr 29 10:43:16	dpinger		CiscoVPN 192.168.1.248: Clear latency 729us stddev 198us loss 5%
        Apr 29 10:43:16	dpinger		LANGTW 192.168.1.253: Clear latency 564us stddev 270us loss 5%
        Apr 29 10:43:15	dpinger		WANGW 8.8.8.8: Clear latency 9368us stddev 621us loss 5%
        
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        • johnpozJ
          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
          last edited by

          Why do you have a LAN GW??  So all these networks are down stream?

          and you also have a vpn connection over the same network??

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          • G
            Gadmin
            last edited by

            Sorry, but I don't know. As I said I'm new with this and the FW was already configured before I worked with this.

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            • johnpozJ
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
              last edited by

              so can pfsense ping its gateways to get to these other networks when they go down??

              192.168.1.253 seems to be the gateway to get to these network.. What is that device?

              192.168.20.0/24  LANGTW - 192.168.1.253  LAN  DTP Subnet     
              192.168.30.0/23  LANGTW - 192.168.1.253  LAN  R&D Subnet     
              192.168.40.0/24  LANGTW - 192.168.1.253  LAN  Production Subnet

              And seems you also have carp setup?

              carp: VHID 3@em2: BACKUP -> MASTER (preempting a slower master)
              carp: VHID 2@em0: BACKUP -> MASTER (master down)
              carp: VHID 1@em1: BACKUP -> MASTER (master down)

              Your really going to have to draw up this network if your wanting help..  Looks like you also have loss on your network

              Apr 29 10:43:16 dpinger LANGTW 192.168.1.253: Clear latency 564us stddev 270us loss 5%

              So your rebooting pfsense when it can not get somewhere, or your rebooting some other server when it can not talk to pfsense?

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              • G
                Gadmin
                last edited by

                The 192.168.1.253 is the main Switch. So every switch is connected to that one and the main switch is connected to both the firewalls.

                We have 2 Firewalls if the first reboots or turns off the second firewall will be the MASTER.

                Yes, I'm rebooting the first firewall when it cannot ping 8.8.8.8 or one of the subnets.

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                • C
                  cmb
                  last edited by

                  Are you using IPsec?

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                  • johnpozJ
                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                    last edited by

                    You sure about that?  This seems to indicate that your master is down

                    carp: VHID 1@em1: BACKUP -> MASTER (master down)

                    Is that off the pfsense that you didn't reboot?

                    First thing I would suggest vs rebooting.. Is actually look to why it can not talk to whatever..  What are the errors in the log when it can not talk.. In carp setup it should failover if there is an issue with it, etc..  So sounds like you have a problem with carp not working as well.

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                    • G
                      Gadmin
                      last edited by

                      Yes, I'm using upsec. See attachment

                      Ipsec.png
                      Ipsec.png_thumb
                      ![Ipsec rules.png](/public/imported_attachments/1/Ipsec rules.png)
                      ![Ipsec rules.png_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/Ipsec rules.png_thumb)

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                      • G
                        Gadmin
                        last edited by

                        It is off the pfsense that I rebooted.

                        And I think your right about the CARP. The second firewall only takes over if the first firewall turns off or reboots.

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                          cmb
                          last edited by

                          Guessing you're hitting the issue described here.
                          https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=110710.msg618388#msg618388

                          which we're working on tracking down. The workaround there should suffice in the mean time for the few who are routinely hitting that.

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                          • G
                            Gadmin
                            last edited by

                            I see that 2.3.1 is released. Will this update solve the problem that we have to run on 1 cpu core to ensure internet connection?

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                              cmb
                              last edited by

                              @Gadmin:

                              I see that 2.3.1 is released. Will this update solve the problem

                              Yes, 2.3.1 and newer fix that issue.

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