VLAN Assistance

jahonix

@easysimpleit Stupid question but I remember it being of use previously: did you reboot pfSense?

easysimpleit

@stephenw10 I’ve made the adjustment but haven’t tested it. I’ll get back to you

easysimpleit

@jahonix I did not but I can. Let me try that.

easysimpleit

At a total loss.

When I monitor the firewall logs, everything that comes across has a green check. As if the FW isn't stopping anything but yet nothing is happening.

Could it be something with the NIC? This is a dedicated NIC, could it be something with the way pfsense deals with multiple interfaces?

Any other suggested on what to check? I really feel like it's something I'm overlooking but can't put my finger on it.

Thanks again everyone.

stephenw10

To be clear devices on that VLAN/SSID do pull an IP address in the correct subnet for the VLAN interface?

Are clients able to resolve IP addresses? If you ping pfsense.org for example?

But no other traffic is shown?

I would run a packet capture on the parent interface and look for VLAN tagged packets coming in.

Steve

easysimpleit

@stephenw10 Hi Stephen, tried that. I have the packet captures and from what I'm seeing or not seeing this still isn't making sense to me. Can I DM you the pcaps and you give me your thoughts? Maybe I'm missing something.

stephenw10

Sure. Mark them with where they were captured and what filtering was in place, if any.

Steve

easysimpleit

@stephenw10 forgive me I was trying to send you the file, not really sure how to do that?

stephenw10

Hmm, good question. New forum...new problems!
I guess via the 'chat' feature which substitutes for PMs here maybe? Though I don't see an obvious way to attach anything....

easysimpleit

If you can email me support@easysimpleit.com, I’ll reply with Dropbox links. If that’s easier

johnpoz

If I recall even the PM system before was limited, I do not think you could attach in pms either on smf??

ashima

I am not sure... but are you running captive portal or proxy ?

I had a similar issue with vlans where captive portal was enabled on the main interface and not on vlan attached to it. If so either disable captive portal or chose vlan interface too.

Similarly if you are running proxy chose the vlan interface too.

I hope this helps you.
Ashima

stephenw10

Mmm, captive portal is an interesting suggestion. I've not seen that personally but I'm not sure I've ever tried such a setup.

Steve

easysimpleit

@stephenw10 no captive portal or proxy. Only thing I'm running is the DNS resolver w/ SquidGuard Proxy filter.

The issue seems much deeper while also very shallow. when I join the the Wifi network I get the proper vlan IP and it's provided by the DHCP of the pfsense. After that I get nothing, no internet or access to the firewall management page. Just nothing.