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    Why is this LAN traffic being blocked?

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    • V Offline
      viragomann
      last edited by

      Are the source and destination device on the same subnet?
      If so, I'd ask why the traffic passes pfSense?

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      • B Offline
        burnbrighter
        last edited by burnbrighter

        Yes, they are on the same subnet. I should already be passing all traffic in the 192.168.1.0/24 subnet without restrictions (desired behavior).
        Here are the some associated filter log entries for the blocks (and one pass):
        Aug 16 12:18:37 hades filterlog: 9,16777216,,1000000103,igb0,match,block,in,4,0x10,,64,0,0,DF,6,tcp,232,192.168.1.20,192.168.1.172,62774,22,180,PA,2663790651:2663790831,207159216,4096,,nop;nop;TS
        Aug 16 12:18:39 hades filterlog: 9,16777216,,1000000103,igb0,match,block,in,4,0x10,,64,0,0,DF,6,tcp,232,192.168.1.20,192.168.1.172,62774,22,180,PA,2663790651:2663790831,207159216,4096,,nop;nop;TS
        Aug 16 12:18:42 hades filterlog: 9,16777216,,1000000103,igb0,match,block,in,4,0x10,,64,0,0,DF,6,tcp,232,192.168.1.20,192.168.1.172,62774,22,180,PA,2663790651:2663790831,207159216,4096,,nop;nop;TS
        Aug 16 12:18:49 hades filterlog: 9,16777216,,1000000103,igb0,match,block,in,4,0x10,,64,0,0,DF,6,tcp,232,192.168.1.20,192.168.1.172,62774,22,180,PA,2663790651:2663790831,207159216,4096,,nop;nop;TS
        Aug 16 12:18:56 hades filterlog: 9,16777216,,1000000103,igb0,match,block,in,4,0x10,,64,0,0,DF,6,tcp,232,192.168.1.20,192.168.1.172,62774,22,180,PA,2663790651:2663790831,207159216,4096,,nop;nop;TS
        Aug 16 12:19:00 hades filterlog: 89,16777216,,1534396921,igb0,match,pass,in,4,0x0,,64,0,0,DF,6,tcp,64,192.168.1.20,192.168.1.172,49800,22,0,S,2178878714,,65535,,mss;nop;wscale;nop;nop;TS;sackOK;eol
        Aug 16 12:19:02 hades filterlog: 9,16777216,,1000000103,igb0,match,block,in,4,0x10,,64,0,0,DF,6,tcp,232,192.168.1.20,192.168.1.172,62774,22,180,PA,2663790651:2663790831,207159216,4096,,nop;nop;TS
        Aug 16 12:19:09 hades filterlog: 9,16777216,,1000000103,igb0,match,block,in,4,0x10,,64,0,0,DF,6,tcp,232,192.168.1.20,192.168.1.172,62774,22,180,PA,2663790651:2663790831,207159216,4096,,nop;nop;TS

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        • KOMK Offline
          KOM
          last edited by

          Intra-network traffic doesn't hit the firewall at all. Out of state traffic is blocked since the state was already killed.

          https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Why_do_my_logs_show_%22blocked%22_for_traffic_from_a_legitimate_connection

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          • V Offline
            viragomann
            last edited by

            But why is the traffic directed to pfSense, when the source and destination is in the same network segment?

            Have you bridged interfaces, so the the source is on one interface and the dest on the other one?
            Or miss-configured the network in on device.
            Or are there multiple ways the traffic can go between source and dest?

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            • johnpozJ Offline
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
              last edited by johnpoz

              Unless your running a bridge and you have these devices on different sides of the bridge - pfsense should never see this traffic unless you have mask on these devices higher than /24 so they are on different networks?

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              • B Offline
                burnbrighter
                last edited by

                The 192.168.1.172 host also has an interface on the WAN (independent of pfsense) and has a different default gateway (other than the lan), like the rest of the . The host is actually freepbx.

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                • johnpozJ Offline
                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                  last edited by johnpoz

                  So you have a "mess" Why don't you draw this network up so we can figure out how to fix your asymmetrical mess.

                  Multihoming devices, is almost never a good idea and leads to complications unless you are sure of traffic flow. For example if devices uses say interface 1 to talk to B, but B answers back to interface 2 on their common network.

                  I would really suggest you rethink the need for multihoming said device.

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                  • B Offline
                    burnbrighter
                    last edited by

                    Will definitely do so. At the office. Look for it in a few hours. Thanks

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                    • B Offline
                      burnbrighter
                      last edited by

                      Ok, here you go.

                      0_1534460826528_Screen Shot 2018-08-16 at 4.05.24 PM.png

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                      • johnpozJ Offline
                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                        last edited by johnpoz

                        Nice drawing thanks!

                        And why can this freepbx just not be behind your pfsense on the 192.168.1.0/24 with just the 1 192.168.1.172 address?

                        2 second google finds what looks to be very simple instructions for putting it behind pfsense
                        https://www.outsideopen.com/pfsense-asterisk/

                        Clearly your not worried about it being on your lan since you have it directly connected now. But I would prob put it on a different vlan say 192.168.2/24.. Then just create what firewall rules you need between lan and this new "dmz" lets call it for your stuff to work, there is no nat between lan and dmz..

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                        • B Offline
                          burnbrighter
                          last edited by

                          I've decided to change my deployment model to be behind the NAT with 1:1 NAT. So far, testing is proving successful. Would be great to make the dual-homed model work, but I'm afraid it may be more trouble than it's worth.

                          Thank you for your attention on this.

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