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    • C
      Chrismallia
      last edited by

      You have to create a firewall rule to pass DHCP,and internet connection, so start with creating a Any rule, without this rule you will never connect

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      • ?
        Guest
        last edited by

        The VLAN1 is mostly and often used by nearly all vendors as the default VLAN and this could be used by the admin as the
        admin VLAN too, because all devices are inside of this so called default VLAN, changing or suing it in another direction or
        for other things could cause later problems that can´t really solved out or plain identified.
        I would create three VLANs more then;

        • for the various PCs connected to that small switch
          VLAN10-computers-192.168.1.0/24 (255.255.255.0) LAN and internet connection
        • for the private wireless devices secured with FreeRadius Server using certificates
          VLAN20-private_wifi-192.168.2.0/24 LAN and internet connection
        • for the external wireless devices (guests)
          VLAN30-guest_wifi-192.168.3.0/24 enabled client isolation and internet connection only

        I've attempted to configure a VLAN in pfSense and the UniFi contoller to enable a guest wireless network.

        Could be also matching well and running to your case for sure. But please think about that pfSense is offering also a large
        amount of security options easy to install, activate and use for that entire use case like you are trying to set up.

        • OpenLDAP Server fpr the wired computers
        • FreeRadius Server for the private wireless (internal) devices
        • Captive Portal with vouchers system for the guest wireless (external) devices
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          chrisp87
          last edited by

          Thanks for the replies.

          There are two rules for the LAN interface by default, and I created these same rules for the OPT1 interface. However, I am unable to connect to the Guest wireless network.

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          • NogBadTheBadN
            NogBadTheBad
            last edited by

            As your not seeing any packets that hit the allow rule I think it's an issue with the trunk port that the ap's connected to.

            Try a packet capture and have a look in Wireshark

            Do you get an IP address when connected to a switch via ethernet thats set to vlan 2 ?

            Also rename the opt1 interface to Guest and block access to the local subnets when it's working :)

            Andy

            1 x Netgate SG-4860 - 3 x Linksys LGS308P - 1 x Aruba InstantOn AP22

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              chrisp87
              last edited by

              No, I'm not getting an IP address when I try to connect to the Guest wireless network. Computers are unable to connect to the wireless network (see the attached screenshot). This makes me think the issue lies in the VLAN configuration on the Ubiquiti equipment (either the switch, access point, or both).

              Does anyone here have experience with VLANs and multiple SSIDs with pfSense and Ubiquiti equipment?

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              • NogBadTheBadN
                NogBadTheBad
                last edited by

                Set up a port untagged ( access ) in vlan 2 and connect a pc via ethernet, if that doesn't work check out the port the router connects to.

                Nope but here's how my Linksys switch is set up :-

                VLAN ID VLAN
                2       USER
                3       GUEST
                4       IOT
                5       DMZ
                6       VOICE
                4093        Default

                Unifi controller in GE3, ap in GE2 & router in GE1

                GE1 Trunk 4093 Admit All Enabled 2T, 3T, 4T, 5T, 6T, 4093UP
                GE2 Trunk 4093 Admit All Enabled 2T, 3T, 4T, 4093UP
                GE3 Access 4093 Admit All Enabled 4093UP

                T = Tagged
                U = Untagged

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoK8N7uB6ho

                Andy

                1 x Netgate SG-4860 - 3 x Linksys LGS308P - 1 x Aruba InstantOn AP22

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                • NogBadTheBadN
                  NogBadTheBad
                  last edited by

                  You can also do a tcpdump from the ap,  interface eth0.X X=vlan ID

                  mac-pro:~ andyk$ ssh admin@ap-1
                  admin@ap-1's password:

                  BusyBox v1.19.4 (2017-04-13 16:15:06 PDT) built-in shell (ash)
                  Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

                  BZ.v3.7.55# ifconfig -a
                  ath0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 80:2A:A8:97:9D:8C 
                            inet6 addr: fe80::822a:a8ff:fe97:9d8c/64 Scope:Link
                            UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC ALLMULTI MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                            RX packets:213887 errors:6 dropped:6 overruns:0 frame:0
                            TX packets:1348980 errors:0 dropped:3280934 overruns:0 carrier:0
                            collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
                            RX bytes:41600604 (39.6 MiB)  TX bytes:1234013163 (1.1 GiB)

                  ath1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 82:2A:A8:97:9D:8C 
                            inet6 addr: fe80::802a:a8ff:fe97:9d8c/64 Scope:Link
                            UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC ALLMULTI MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                            RX packets:34585 errors:3 dropped:3 overruns:0 frame:0
                            TX packets:51198 errors:0 dropped:57986 overruns:0 carrier:0
                            collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
                            RX bytes:38302015 (36.5 MiB)  TX bytes:70419182 (67.1 MiB)

                  ath2      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 92:2A:A8:97:9D:8C 
                            inet6 addr: fe80::902a:a8ff:fe97:9d8c/64 Scope:Link
                            UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC ALLMULTI MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                            RX packets:135587 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                            TX packets:4722276 errors:0 dropped:103 overruns:0 carrier:0
                            collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
                            RX bytes:25571266 (24.3 MiB)  TX bytes:3736547134 (3.4 GiB)

                  ath3      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 80:2A:A8:98:9D:8C 
                            BROADCAST PROMISC ALLMULTI MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                            RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                            TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                            collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
                            RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

                  ath3.2    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 80:2A:A8:98:9D:8C 
                            BROADCAST ALLMULTI MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                            RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                            TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                            collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
                            RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

                  ath3.3    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 80:2A:A8:98:9D:8C 
                            BROADCAST ALLMULTI MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                            RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                            TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                            collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
                            RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

                  ath3.4    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 80:2A:A8:98:9D:8C 
                            BROADCAST ALLMULTI MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                            RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                            TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                            collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
                            RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

                  ath4      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 82:2A:A8:98:9D:8C 
                            inet6 addr: fe80::802a:a8ff:fe98:9d8c/64 Scope:Link
                            UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC ALLMULTI MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                            RX packets:3884367 errors:3059 dropped:3059 overruns:0 frame:0
                            TX packets:8445514 errors:20775 dropped:1311 overruns:0 carrier:0
                            collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
                            RX bytes:1141510972 (1.0 GiB)  TX bytes:2623914446 (2.4 GiB)

                  ath5      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 92:2A:A8:98:9D:8C 
                            inet6 addr: fe80::902a:a8ff:fe98:9d8c/64 Scope:Link
                            UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC ALLMULTI MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                            RX packets:150 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                            TX packets:109 errors:5 dropped:58062 overruns:0 carrier:0
                            collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
                            RX bytes:26326 (25.7 KiB)  TX bytes:55143 (53.8 KiB)

                  ath6      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr A2:2A:A8:98:9D:8C 
                            inet6 addr: fe80::a02a:a8ff:fe98:9d8c/64 Scope:Link
                            UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC ALLMULTI MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                            RX packets:1369623 errors:17 dropped:17 overruns:0 frame:0
                            TX packets:2075569 errors:9959 dropped:815 overruns:0 carrier:0
                            collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
                            RX bytes:192941660 (184.0 MiB)  TX bytes:3002466372 (2.7 GiB)

                  br0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 80:2A:A8:96:9D:8C 
                            inet addr:172.16.1.11  Bcast:172.16.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
                            inet6 addr: fe80::822a:a8ff:fe96:9d8c/64 Scope:Link
                            UP BROADCAST RUNNING ALLMULTI MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                            RX packets:992831 errors:0 dropped:544 overruns:0 frame:0
                            TX packets:505813 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                            collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
                            RX bytes:93349951 (89.0 MiB)  TX bytes:280369726 (267.3 MiB)

                  br0.2    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 80:2A:A8:96:9D:8C 
                            UP BROADCAST RUNNING ALLMULTI MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                            RX packets:4249931 errors:0 dropped:1108 overruns:0 frame:0
                            TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                            collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
                            RX bytes:2957666172 (2.7 GiB)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

                  br0.3    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 80:2A:A8:96:9D:8C 
                            UP BROADCAST RUNNING ALLMULTI MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                            RX packets:58082 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                            TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                            collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
                            RX bytes:10662123 (10.1 MiB)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

                  br0.4    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 80:2A:A8:96:9D:8C 
                            UP BROADCAST RUNNING ALLMULTI MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                            RX packets:4439648 errors:0 dropped:8 overruns:0 frame:0
                            TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                            collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
                            RX bytes:3255456016 (3.0 GiB)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

                  eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 80:2A:A8:96:9D:8C 
                            inet6 addr: fe80::822a:a8ff:fe96:9d8c/64 Scope:Link
                            UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC ALLMULTI MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                            RX packets:20503846 errors:0 dropped:24098 overruns:0 frame:0
                            TX packets:6143133 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                            collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                            RX bytes:4182787280 (3.8 GiB)  TX bytes:1734278600 (1.6 GiB)
                            Interrupt:4

                  eth0.2    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 80:2A:A8:96:9D:8C 
                            UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC ALLMULTI MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                            RX packets:12819546 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                            TX packets:4097401 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                            collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
                            RX bytes:14406471951 (13.4 GiB)  TX bytes:1178268853 (1.0 GiB)

                  eth0.3    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 80:2A:A8:96:9D:8C 
                            UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC ALLMULTI MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                            RX packets:118131 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                            TX packets:34732 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                            collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
                            RX bytes:78603267 (74.9 MiB)  TX bytes:37566793 (35.8 MiB)

                  eth0.4    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 80:2A:A8:96:9D:8C 
                            UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC ALLMULTI MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                            RX packets:6549050 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                            TX packets:1505181 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                            collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
                            RX bytes:6415384228 (5.9 GiB)  TX bytes:215523504 (205.5 MiB)

                  lo        Link encap:Local Loopback 
                            inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
                            inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
                            UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
                            RX packets:268 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                            TX packets:268 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                            collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
                            RX bytes:10568 (10.3 KiB)  TX bytes:10568 (10.3 KiB)

                  wifi0    Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 80-2A-A8-97-9D-8C-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 
                            UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                            RX packets:26921498 errors:1294525 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:1294525
                            TX packets:54708715 errors:203086 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                            collisions:0 txqueuelen:4095
                            RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
                            Interrupt:47 Memory:b8100000-b8120000

                  wifi1    Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 80-2A-A8-98-9D-8C-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 
                            UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                            RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                            TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                            collisions:0 txqueuelen:4095
                            RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
                            Interrupt:40 Memory:b2000000-b2200000

                  BZ.v3.7.55# tcpdump -i eth0.3
                  tcpdump: WARNING: eth0.3: no IPv4 address assigned
                  tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode
                  listening on eth0.3, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 65535 bytes
                  19:39:43.408947 IP6 fe80::208:a2ff:fe0a:9dcb > ff02::1: ICMP6, router advertisement, length 144
                  19:39:48.960463 IP6 fe80::208:a2ff:fe0a:9dcb > ff02::1: ICMP6, router advertisement, length 144
                  19:40:00.968894 IP6 fe80::208:a2ff:fe0a:9dcb > ff02::1: ICMP6, router advertisement, length 144

                  Andy

                  1 x Netgate SG-4860 - 3 x Linksys LGS308P - 1 x Aruba InstantOn AP22

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                  • C
                    chrisp87
                    last edited by

                    Thank you for the details.

                    I added a "Network/VLAN" to port 1 (UniFi access point) and port 10 (pfSense router) in the UniFi controller. I only took screenshots of the port 1 configuration since port 10 has the same configuration. The Guest Network/VLAN now appears to be tagged on these ports. However, there is no trunk mode option in the configuration, and I am still unable to connect to the Guest wireless network. I understand that the VLAN configuration may be slightly different for Ubiquiti equipment, but does this configuration appear correct?

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                    • DerelictD
                      Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                      last edited by

                      This is not ubnt support, right?

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                        chrisp87
                        last edited by

                        I understand that this is not Ubiquiti support. I initially posted the question on https://community.ubnt.com, but it has been a week and nobody has replied to my post. VLANs, and networking in general, is similar regardless of the equipment manufacturer, and since I'm running pfSense as my router, I figured I would ask here. I've already learned a lot more and received more support on this forum than the Ubiquiti community.

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                        • NogBadTheBadN
                          NogBadTheBad
                          last edited by

                          Think it looks right but I'm viewing this from my phone.

                          Andy

                          1 x Netgate SG-4860 - 3 x Linksys LGS308P - 1 x Aruba InstantOn AP22

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                          • NogBadTheBadN
                            NogBadTheBad
                            last edited by

                            Try on the ap :-

                            tcpdump -n -i eth0 -e | grep vlan

                            You'll see lines scrolling past with vlan numbers if the switch is tagging packets.

                            Andy

                            1 x Netgate SG-4860 - 3 x Linksys LGS308P - 1 x Aruba InstantOn AP22

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                            • ?
                              Guest
                              last edited by

                              Does anyone here have experience with VLANs and multiple SSIDs with pfSense and Ubiquiti equipment?

                              For setting pup VLAN here you might be setting up two SSIDs and two VLANs and put each SSID in one VLAN! They must
                              be then both tagged ones!

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                              • DerelictD
                                Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                                last edited by

                                Ubiquiti APs need to be managed via the untagged VLAN. For SSIDs you can tag the VLAN. It's pretty much that simple.

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                                • johnpozJ
                                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  ^yup!! The management has to be untagged - this has been a big complaint from many people..  So you can run a SSID with no tag if you want that on the same layer 2 as your management network.  Or all of your ssids can be on different vlans, either static or you can set them dynamic as well.

                                  So my controller and AP are on my wlan 20 vlan, so on the trunk port connected to my AP vlan 20 is the pvid and is untagged.  This is the same network as my eap-tls authed ssid.  Then the other 3 ssids are for iot devices, guests and stuff that can not do eap-tls..  these 3 vlans are tagged.

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