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    Cablem Modem Access - Behind Pfsense

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    • G
      ghkrauss
      last edited by

      What port did you specify in the Firewall Outbound setup?

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        highwire
        last edited by

        I left all the ports blank ('all ports').

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          chpalmer
          last edited by

          What is the absolute error on your browser when you try?  HTTPS might just be a certificate error and refusal to connect.

          Triggering snowflakes one by one..
          Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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            ghkrauss
            last edited by

            No certificate error. But just wondered if htts might be an issue. I am still working on this today to see if I can make any progress.  It may be just some issue with the Netgear CM 500 cable modem. I had an older Arris SB 6141 cable modem and had absolutely no issue. If these firm could just have a "engineering standards approach there would be less issues!

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              wbond
              last edited by

              Have you tried forcing http?  I can reach my cable modem with http://192.168.100.1, but not https://192.168.100.1.

              *update: Mine is a Netgear CM600.

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                ghkrauss
                last edited by

                Thanks for tip. I tried it and it started to connect but then just stalled after I put in the user and password. I then tried to repeat the process and no connection was available. Some strange process…

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                • chpalmerC
                  chpalmer
                  last edited by

                  Well- I gotta thank you.  You have talked me out of buying the Netgear modem.  Im going to wait for Zoom to come out with a 32X8 modem.

                  Triggering snowflakes one by one..
                  Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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                    ghkrauss
                    last edited by

                    You are making the correct decision! I am not having any issues with the Netgear CM500 other than the remote login. We are about to go to 200MB traffic service so it was time to upgrade and I did research and felt Netgear would be ok? The Netgear modem is in a machine room with the Pfsense router and a GB switch so I now will have to go down and checkout matters locally if an investigation is required. I am very please with the many Pfsense board members that made suggestions. The Pfsense community is a great group.

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                      vanyie
                      last edited by

                      @chpalmer:

                      @chpalmer:

                      What is your LAN subnet  ?

                      Please!  ;)

                      Here are screen shots of the current firewall rules. The cable modem is my own hardware. The GUI for the cable mode is operational if I make a direct connection with a notebook computer (no firewall).

                      Can you also post what your firewall logs say when you try to connect?  Is there anything there that would indicate a block?  (my guess is you will see nothing there.)

                      Try from your desktop-  c:/>ping 192.168.100.1

                      Try from your pfsense box..  /diagnostic/ping  192.168.100.1

                      Sorry i have the same problem but
                      firewall ping router succesfully using diagnostic tools
                      i don't ping router from my pc using cmd

                      does anyone has suggestion?

                      Version 2.4.2-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                      built on Tue Dec 12 13:45:26 CST 2017
                      FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE-p6

                      Thanks
                      Vanyie

                      Pfsense

                      ![ping from pfsense.png](/public/imported_attachments/1/ping from pfsense.png)
                      ![ping from pfsense.png_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/ping from pfsense.png_thumb)
                      ![ping from pc.png](/public/imported_attachments/1/ping from pc.png)
                      ![ping from pc.png_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/ping from pc.png_thumb)

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                        vanyie
                        last edited by

                        Solved, sorry, thanks to all.

                        I don't know what was going wrong.
                        I changed modem IP, changed Firewall Wan IP. Now everithing works and i can reach router from Firewall LAN

                        ???

                        Thanks

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                          techengine
                          last edited by stephenw10

                          If that all happens through your WAN port, maybe the block bogons option on your WAN interface is getting in the way? I’ve never had to disable that before to hit 100.1, but maybe it’s a “feature” of newer versions of pfSense (I haven’t touched pfSense in almost 2 years)

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