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    No Internet connection until I reseat the WAN cable

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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    • K
      K1ngjulien
      last edited by

      Hi, after many attempts at moving my pfSense-router I finally have it set up on the new machine.

      The only problem is that when I reboot the router I have to unplug and replug the WAN cable and only then can I get an Internet connection on the LAN side.

      I can connect to the webConfigurator also most of the times.

      The router itself has internet access as I can ping "1.1.1.1" without any issues from the shell.
      When I try to do that on a device conected to the LAN interface it only works after reseating the WAN cable.

      After that everything works fine.

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        1.1.1.1 is a bad example, it's anycasted and not all of the 1.1.1.1 servers respond to ICMP echo (ping), if any.

        If you are getting a response from 1.1.1.1, it's probably not coming from what you expect or want. Use a different target.

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        • K
          K1ngjulien
          last edited by

          Its the same with any other adress, 1.1.1.1 was just an example.

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          • SammyWooS
            SammyWoo
            last edited by

            What does the browser says when it doesn't work?Ā  Amazingly return/un-returned message has meaning…

            SITE UNREACHABLE = routing issue/missing gateway.
            SITE NOT FOUND = no DNS resolution.
            SITS FOR A WHILE BEFORE RETURNING ERROR = TTL timeout, packet dropped by somebody in transit. Sometimes congestion.

            Odd.

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