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    Modem GUI/SSH access stops when pfsence has active PPPOE connection.

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      girtsj @Konstanti
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      @konstanti like this?
      0_1546205443321_Screenshot_2018-12-30 pfSense localdomain - Firewall Rules LAN.png
      Still no dice..

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        Konstanti @girtsj
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        @girtsj
        I don't see the ModemAccess interface in the picture

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          girtsj @Konstanti
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          @konstanti sorry disabled it
          0_1546205737458_Screenshot_2018-12-30 pfSense localdomain - Firewall Rules LAN.png
          still a no-go

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            Konstanti @girtsj
            last edited by Konstanti

            @girtsj said in Modem GUI/SSH access stops when pfsence has active PPPOE connection.:

            still a no-go

            Diagnostics/ Packet Capture
            Interface ModemAccess
            Show me the result of the packet capture.
            And Huawei IP route table

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              Konstanti @Konstanti
              last edited by Konstanti

              I'm sorry, I think NAT needs
              Another option is to change the IP address of the modem, for example, 192.168.1.55/32 with default gateway 192.168.1.1 (don't know which gateway address). And plug the cable from the modem into the network switch . And test the connection

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                girtsj @Konstanti
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                @konstanti thought that without nat rule it won't work.
                Will give this a go.

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                  girtsj
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                  I really don't get it.. Huawei PPPOE connection is binded to LAN1 port on modem. GUI access is through LAN2. MODEMACCESS interface on pfsense is on different port than WAN. It all works:

                  22:12:45.552442 IP 192.168.3.2.55771 > 192.168.3.1.80: tcp 0
                  22:12:45.552885 IP 192.168.3.1.80 > 192.168.3.2.55771: tcp 0
                  22:12:45.553547 IP 192.168.3.2.55771 > 192.168.3.1.80: tcp 0
                  22:12:45.554795 IP 192.168.3.2.55771 > 192.168.3.1.80: tcp 610
                  22:12:45.555131 IP 192.168.3.1.80 > 192.168.3.2.55771: tcp 0
                  22:12:45.557256 IP 192.168.3.1.80 > 192.168.3.2.55771: tcp 112
                  22:12:45.557630 IP 192.168.3.1.80 > 192.168.3.2.55771: tcp 434
                  22:12:45.557918 IP 192.168.3.2.55771 > 192.168.3.1.80: tcp 0
                  22:12:45.558918 IP 192.168.3.2.55771 > 192.168.3.1.80: tcp 0
                  22:12:45.559042 IP 192.168.3.2.55771 > 192.168.3.1.80: tcp 0
                  22:12:45.560042 IP 192.168.3.2.55771 > 192.168.3.1.80: tcp 0
                  22:12:45.560417 IP 192.168.3.2.55771 > 192.168.3.1.80: tcp 0
                  22:12:45.560541 IP 192.168.3.2.55771 > 192.168.3.1.80: tcp 0
                  22:12:45.560628 IP 192.168.3.1.80 > 192.168.3.2.55771: tcp 0
                  22:12:45.867621 IP 192.168.3.2.31225 > 192.168.3.1.80: tcp 0
                  22:12:45.867862 IP 192.168.3.2.7015 > 192.168.3.1.80: tcp 0
                  22:12:45.868066 IP 192.168.3.1.80 > 192.168.3.2.31225: tcp 0
                  22:12:45.868191 IP 192.168.3.1.80 > 192.168.3.2.7015: tcp 0
                  22:12:45.868360 IP 192.168.3.2.31296 > 192.168.3.1.80: tcp 0
                  22:12:45.868690 IP 192.168.3.1.80 > 192.168.3.2.31296: tcp 0
                  22:12:45.868861 IP 192.168.3.2.34624 > 192.168.3.1.80: tcp 0

                  Until i log into PPPOE. It all goes dead..

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                    Konstanti @girtsj
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                    @girtsj You can download capture ?
                    I need a file packetcapture.cap

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                      girtsj @Konstanti
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                      @konstanti here You go. Just rename extension to .cap. Can't upload otherwise. This is with PPPOE inactive by the way.
                      0_1546208810275_packetcapture.txt

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                        Konstanti @girtsj
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                        @girtsj
                        When is active ?
                        I so understand that now access to the modem is possible ?

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                          girtsj @Konstanti
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                          @konstanti no. access is not working when pppoe session is live. cap file was generated when pppoe was inactive. I changed to wrong password so it cant log in to my ISP.

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                            Konstanti @girtsj
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                            @girtsj
                            and you can get a cap file when pppoe is active ??

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                              girtsj @Konstanti
                              last edited by

                              @konstanti here You go
                              0_1546210937815_packetcapture.zip

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                                Konstanti @girtsj
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                                @girtsj
                                the file is empty
                                there's no traffic ?

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                                  girtsj @Konstanti
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                                  @konstanti i believe so. There was nothing on the screen log, too. Seems like pppoe session kills it all. Think i am ready to give up. Been sctraching my head for about a month..

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                                    chpalmer
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                                    The modem interface has no "gateway" to set so will not be able to reach something outside its subnet without some special help upstream. You have to be in the same subnet to reach port 2.

                                    What happens when you give the modem an address inside your LAN subnet and connect that to your LAN switch?

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

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                                      netblues @chpalmer
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                                      @chpalmer Yes, but why this stops working when ppp kicks in? It wouldn't work in all situations if it was a gateway thing.

                                      In general, in such situations nat is required to access the router from lan. But again this seems unrelated.

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                                        girtsj @chpalmer
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                                        @chpalmer if I give the modem address inside my lan subnet and connect it to switch everything is working! I have an active PPPOE session and can access modem GUI! Thanks!
                                        Not the way things supposed be done but who cares as long as it works.
                                        Thanks again for the idea.

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                                          chpalmer @girtsj
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                                          @girtsj

                                          Its the way that particular modem was designed. Ive got one I ran for a couple of weeks before going to bonded service at one of our shops. It was the only way I could make it work.. going from memory.

                                          @netblues
                                          Since the PPPoe session creates a pipe through the interface anything outside the pipe on the WAN is unreachable from the router without some configuration to make it work such as what is described on the "accessing modem" page linked earlier. If a store bought router works out of the box I have to believe that the manufacturer has built something into that particular router allowing the connection. It would be like creating a leak somehow.

                                          I could never make our Huawei work using the information from the modem access page either. But it did work with the ZOOM 15 series modems we were using.

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

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