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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @easysimpleit
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      Sure. Mark them with where they were captured and what filtering was in place, if any.

      Steve

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

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          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....

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          • easysimpleitE
            easysimpleit
            last edited by

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

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            • johnpozJ
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
              last edited by

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

              An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
              If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
              Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
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                ashima LAYER 8
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                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

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  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

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                  • easysimpleitE
                    easysimpleit @stephenw10
                    last edited by

                    @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.

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                    • DerelictD
                      Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                      last edited by

                      Please post the firewall rules for the KdsWiFi interface.

                      If you are getting DHCP, your Layer 2 / VLANs are good (unless it's really getting DHCP from elsewhere).

                      Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
                      A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
                      DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
                      Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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                      • DerelictD
                        Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate @easysimpleit
                        last edited by

                        @easysimpleit said in VLAN Assistance:

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

                        That means you're running a squid proxy.

                        ping 8.8.8.8 does it work?
                        ping smtp.gmail.com does it work?

                        Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
                        A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
                        DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
                        Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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                        • easysimpleitE
                          easysimpleit @Derelict
                          last edited by

                          @derelict 0_1528866630970_96a0c549-bdc1-4f87-a891-bbcec1acee5b-image.png

                          Here you go.

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            Do you have a port forward to localhost for DNS on that interface?

                            The Allow all rule should pass anything anyway.

                            Do you actually see leases in Status > DHCP leases for that subnet when devices are connected to it?

                            Steve

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                            • easysimpleitE
                              easysimpleit @stephenw10
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                              @stephenw10

                              DHCP
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                              Port Forwarding
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                              • easysimpleitE
                                easysimpleit @Derelict
                                last edited by

                                @derelict Yes I am & no, sadly it does not.

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                                • easysimpleitE
                                  easysimpleit
                                  last edited by

                                  Side thinking:

                                  Before I had two NICS that I had bridged for LAN. Both NICS feed two separate switches, one was my regular gig switch managed & the other was my PoE gig management switch. When my PoE switch died, I removed the bridge setup and reconfigured the second NIC to be dedicated to the Unifi AP. After that I have it setup with the vlan.

                                  Should I bridge both the LAN & WIFI NIC so they are on the same network and then attached the kids VLAN that way? I take it that should work since it technically worked before. I'm just not sure why it's not working now, in the current configuration.

                                  Running out of ideas so I'm just thinking out loud.

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                                  • johnpozJ
                                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @easysimpleit
                                    last edited by

                                    @easysimpleit said in VLAN Assistance:

                                    Should I bridge both the LAN & WIFI NIC

                                    You should never bridge anything unless its the LAST freaking way to get something to work.. If you need switch ports - use a switch..

                                    An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
                                    If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
                                    Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
                                    SG-4860 24.11 | Lab VMs 2.8, 24.11

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                                      ashima LAYER 8
                                      last edited by

                                      I just noticed in your attached screenshot of port forwarding... The 1st rule of DNS for kids network :

                                      The dest Address should be !KIDSWIFI_VLAN12 address .
                                      "!" is missing.
                                      Can you try with that.

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                                      • easysimpleitE
                                        easysimpleit @johnpoz
                                        last edited by

                                        @johnpoz I agree, which is why I changed the setup.

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                                        • easysimpleitE
                                          easysimpleit @ashima
                                          last edited by

                                          @ashima that rule was missing the invert match option. I ticket it and still nothing is working on my end.

                                          I'm wondering at this point if I should remove the vlan and try re-adding it.

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                                          • easysimpleitE
                                            easysimpleit
                                            last edited by

                                            It was so simple I feel stupid. I knew it was something stupid simple but missed, I missed it because it shouldn't have been selected anyway.

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