Just moved from the UK to China - problems

Waqar.UK

ZOMG. At the interfaces autodetection, get ALL cables unplugged. Let it probe for WAN. Plug in the cable to what you think is your WAN. Does it get an IP lease? If not, plug in the cable in what you think is your LAN.

I have tried that, only the LAN is recognised, the WAN only flashes orange.

Ok, you should now be able to browse into pfsense. Connect the wan port after you have browsed to the control panel.

Assuming you can now browse to the control panel AND you have connected the WAN cable, you will the need check your wan settings are correct and your lan dhcp server settings are correct before restoring your laptop lan setting to DHCP.

Waqar.UK

@marjohn56:

Ok, you should now be able to browse into pfsense. Connect the wan port after you have browsed to the control panel.

I have connected my WAN cable (same one that goes into the old tp link router which allows me internet access), but all I get is a orange flashing led with no green led.

Waqar.UK

@marjohn56:

Assuming you can now browse to the control panel AND you have connected the WAN cable, you will the need check your wan settings are correct and your lan dhcp server settings are correct before restoring your laptop lan setting to DHCP.

How do I, do that please? As the internet was set up by the estate agent who only gave me the ssid and password to connect wirelessly.

Attached is a screen grab of my WAN settings.

![WAN in China.png](/public/imported_attachments/1/WAN in China.png)
![WAN in China.png_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/WAN in China.png_thumb)

What are you connecting the WAN port to?

Dok, is this you having a laugh? :o

Waqar.UK

@marjohn56:

What are you connecting the WAN port to?

Dok, is this you having a laugh? :o

I am connecting my Ethernet coming into my flat to my pfsense box WAN.

belt9

This has been super entertaining!

How certain are you that this WAN cable you are connecting to has a live WAN connection?

Turn the wifi adapter on your laptop completely off, then plug the ethernet cable you think is WAN into you laptop or desktop.

Can you access the internet?

If not, restart the computer and try again.

If you still can't access the internet, see if you can ping something ubiquitous.

Try```
ping www.baidu.com


If that doesn't work, then the cable you think is WAN, is actually not WAN at all.

doktornotor

@belt9:

How certain are you that this WAN cable you are connecting to has a live WAN connection?
If that doesn't work, then the cable you think is WAN, is actually not WAN at all.

The guy is just NOT reading.

mtarbox

This is perfect. I'm wondering if he had the interwebs turned on when he moved?
Would his new location be a part of the issue? Doesn't China proxy everything, to protect its citizens, or is that just DPRK?
On a lighter note, I too have a Qotom box, however my nics register as re0 and re1.

@belt9:

This has been super entertaining!

How certain are you that this WAN cable you are connecting to has a live WAN connection?

Turn the wifi adapter on your laptop completely off, then plug the ethernet cable you think is WAN into you laptop or desktop.

Can you access the internet?

If not, restart the computer and try again.

If you still can't access the internet, see if you can ping something ubiquitous.

Try```
ping www.baidu.com
If that doesn't work, then the cable you think is WAN, is actually not WAN at all.

@doktornotor:

@belt9:

How certain are you that this WAN cable you are connecting to has a live WAN connection?
If that doesn't work, then the cable you think is WAN, is actually not WAN at all.

The guy is just NOT reading.

I still think it's you on a wind-up.

@mtarbox:

This is perfect. I'm wondering if he had the interwebs turned on when he moved?
Would his new location be a part of the issue? Doesn't China proxy everything, to protect its citizens, or is that just DPRK?
On a lighter note, I too have a Qotom box, however my nics register as re0 and re1.

I think it all has to go through the Great Firewall of China. Quite surprised he's managed to get this far, but no mention of the party please, otherwise he'll be Peking Ducked.

@Waqar.UK:

@marjohn56:

Ok, you should now be able to browse into pfsense. Connect the wan port after you have browsed to the control panel.

I have connected my WAN cable (same one that goes into the old tp link router which allows me internet access), but all I get is a orange flashing led with no green led.

That could mean that all you have is 100Mbps connection or even 10Mbps ( yuk ).

I think I am now understanding that the WAN cable as it comes in is currently connected to the old TP-Link router, for which you have been given the SSID and password.

OK, let's see how close I am to the truth, connect the WAN cable to pfSense, go to the pfSense control panel and what does it say about the interfaces, they should both be up ( if your laptop is connected to the LAN port that is! ). Does the WAN show it is connected at all ( Speed wise )?

Ideally, you would need to log into the old TP-Link and see how the WAN connection is set-up, it may be a static IP for all you know on the WAN side.

Grimson

@marjohn56:

Ideally, you would need to log into the old TP-Link and see how the WAN connection is set-up, it may be a static IP for all you know on the WAN side.

Could also be a MAC filter on the other side, trying to prevent the use of different hardware. So it could help to use the WAN MAC of the TP-Link for the WAN interface in pfSense.

belt9

If it's just Mac filtering then can set pfSense to spoof the tplink.

Waqar.UK

@belt9:

This has been super entertaining!

How certain are you that this WAN cable you are connecting to has a live WAN connection?

Turn the wifi adapter on your laptop completely off, then plug the ethernet cable you think is WAN into you laptop or desktop.

Can you access the internet?

If not, restart the computer and try again.

If you still can't access the internet, see if you can ping something ubiquitous.

Try```
ping www.baidu.com
If that doesn't work, then the cable you think is WAN, is actually not WAN at all.

I have tried that, by directly connecting the Ethernet cable coming from the wall to my pfsense box, no WAN connection.

Waqar.UK

@Grimson:

@marjohn56:

Ideally, you would need to log into the old TP-Link and see how the WAN connection is set-up, it may be a static IP for all you know on the WAN side.

Could also be a MAC filter on the other side, trying to prevent the use of different hardware. So it could help to use the WAN MAC of the TP-Link for the WAN interface in pfSense.

I think so too. So how do I by pass this?

Waqar.UK

@marjohn56:

@Waqar.UK:

@marjohn56:

Ok, you should now be able to browse into pfsense. Connect the wan port after you have browsed to the control panel.

I have connected my WAN cable (same one that goes into the old tp link router which allows me internet access), but all I get is a orange flashing led with no green led.

That could mean that all you have is 100Mbps connection or even 10Mbps ( yuk ).

I think I am now understanding that the WAN cable as it comes in is currently connected to the old TP-Link router, for which you have been given the SSID and password.

OK, let's see how close I am to the truth, connect the WAN cable to pfSense, go to the pfSense control panel and what does it say about the interfaces, they should both be up ( if your laptop is connected to the LAN port that is! ). Does the WAN show it is connected at all ( Speed wise )?

Ideally, you would need to log into the old TP-Link and see how the WAN connection is set-up, it may be a static IP for all you know on the WAN side.

I have no WAN connection if I look at Interface drop down in web gui.

Waqar.UK

@marjohn56:

@Waqar.UK:

@marjohn56:

Ok, you should now be able to browse into pfsense. Connect the wan port after you have browsed to the control panel.

I have connected my WAN cable (same one that goes into the old tp link router which allows me internet access), but all I get is a orange flashing led with no green led.

That could mean that all you have is 100Mbps connection or even 10Mbps ( yuk ).

I think I am now understanding that the WAN cable as it comes in is currently connected to the old TP-Link router, for which you have been given the SSID and password.

OK, let's see how close I am to the truth, connect the WAN cable to pfSense, go to the pfSense control panel and what does it say about the interfaces, they should both be up ( if your laptop is connected to the LAN port that is! ). Does the WAN show it is connected at all ( Speed wise )?

Ideally, you would need to log into the old TP-Link and see how the WAN connection is set-up, it may be a static IP for all you know on the WAN side.

Sadly, I do not have access to the old TP-Link router, Only have SSID and WPA2- AES password.

belt9

well if it is MAC filtering and you no longer have access to the NIC it's assigned to then I would think your best bet would be to find the network manager and request that your NIC's MAC be added to the list.