[SOLVED] Accessing Web GUI from LAN without IP address

Chrismallia

If you are using windows make sure the network is private

detroitwilly

What are the dns servers and search domains configured on the web browser computer?

Currently the DNS servers entry is blank, which would probably explain why it doesn't resolve… the search domains are 'localdomain' (see attached image). Obviously I need to reference a DNS server here to make things work, but what do I put there? The pfSense box IP, or the hostname?

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detroitwilly

@Chrismallia:

If you are using windows make sure the network is private

The system I am using to access the Web GUI is an Ubuntu VM on a Windows host. The Windows host network is not explicitly private (on a corporate domain currently). But I've disabled DHCP and my Ubuntu VM has a static IP.

Chrismallia

Cant you try from a other machine/laptop to rule out the dns

gjaltemba

Try 192.168.78.1 as dns on ubuntu.

detroitwilly

@Chrismallia:

Cant you try from a other machine/laptop to rule out the dns

I will try this out shortly and reply back.

@gjaltemba:

Try 192.168.78.1 as dns on ubuntu.

Tried this, and added the hostname/IP of the pfSense box back to the hostname overrides, but no luck.

Chrismallia

Trying the new machine See that its on private network and do http://cuyahoga

gjaltemba

Have you tried pfSense webui Diagnostics->DNS Lookup cuyahoga.localdomain

What is the output of dig @192.168.78.1 cuyahoga.localdomain from ubuntu?

detroitwilly

@Chrismallia:

Trying the new machine See that its on private network and do http://cuyahoga

Alright so I separated my machine from the corporate domain, and enabled DHCP on pfSense's LAN. From Windows 7, I have obtain IP and DNS automatically, and http://cuyahoga still does not work. I don't have to add the pfSense box's information to the host override, do I?

Note that I can access the GUI via IP address.

detroitwilly

@gjaltemba:

Have you tried pfSense webui Diagnostics->DNS Lookup cuyahoga.localdomain

What is the output of dig @192.168.78.1 cuyahoga.localdomain from ubuntu?

Alright I ran the dns lookup and got the results in the attached image. I then clicked add alias, and that seems to have done the trick, I can access via http://cuyahoga.localdomain and http://cuyahoga.

I than ran the dig command and got the attached results.

So this obviously solved the problem, but what exactly is happening when I add the alias? Also, can I view aliases in another part of the webui?

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gjaltemba

Glad you got it working.

Firewall->Aliases is not hard to find.

detroitwilly

@gjaltemba:

Glad you got it working.

Firewall->Aliases is not hard to find.

Thanks for the help!