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      Martí Ferret
      last edited by

      I was authenticated when i make the nslookup, and idk why i put 10.0.0.2, this is not the error true?

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      • GertjanG
        Gertjan
        last edited by

        Who is 10.0.0.2 ?

        No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
        Edit : and where are the logs ??

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        • GertjanG
          Gertjan
          last edited by Gertjan

          My Resolver settings :

          fc8b542c-410c-4f9c-acb2-05b748d11aa2-image.png

          edit : the Custom options are not related - not needed.

          No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
          Edit : and where are the logs ??

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            Martí Ferret @Gertjan
            last edited by

            @Gertjan The PFSENSE server

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            • GertjanG
              Gertjan
              last edited by

              Firewall rules on LAN ?

              No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
              Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                Martí Ferret @Gertjan
                last edited by

                @Gertjan I copy ur config and didn't work my captive portal. ;(
                not all, just i disallow DNS query forwarding like you.

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                • GertjanG
                  Gertjan @Martí Ferret
                  last edited by

                  @Martí-Ferret said in Captive portal not redirect:

                  not all, just i disallow DNS query forwarding like you.

                  When you install pfSense, you setup WAN (if needed) and you change nothing, the captive portal works.
                  Ok if you change 192.168.1.0/24 for 10.0.0.0/24.

                  My firewall rules on LAN :
                  7c21ad2d-1990-4a7f-ad1c-a751d10d90eb-image.png

                  with these rules, you're ok?
                  ( but such rules are mayne not ok for a Captive portal - just ok to start with )

                  No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                  Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                    Martí Ferret @Gertjan
                    last edited by

                    @Gertjan 0
                    what rule i should have

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                    • GertjanG
                      Gertjan
                      last edited by

                      As shown above - to start with.

                      No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                      Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                        Martí Ferret @Gertjan
                        last edited by

                        @Gertjan I copy the second one and didn't work yet ;(

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                        • GertjanG
                          Gertjan
                          last edited by Gertjan

                          Afterwards, you can - and you should - adapt.
                          All depends on what type off public you have on your captive portal.
                          Familly ? You'll be fine?
                          Public network ? You should NOT activate the captive portal on your LAN, use a dedicated interface (OPT1) and depreciated rules.
                          For an example, I show you my firewall rules on my captive portal (a public portal - untrusted visitors) :

                          d8e43528-5ccf-4327-a8f6-0fc19bdf3743-image.png

                          No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                          Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                            Martí Ferret @Gertjan
                            last edited by

                            @Gertjan IDK why i put www.google.es and dont redirect but if i put 11.11.11.11 redirects to captive portal.
                            Before to configurate rules I want to get automatically redirected to captive portal not only if i put ip on URL

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                            • GertjanG
                              Gertjan
                              last edited by

                              Test this :

                              Disconnect all captive portal users (tricky, you are on LAN - you will disconnect yourself).
                              At this moment, a "nslookup" should work.
                              In other words : DNS should not be blocked
                              If 10.0.0.2 is your DNS and gateway, DNS request will be passed. DNS will work.

                              If not : what did you change concerning DNS ?

                              No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                              Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                                free4 Rebel Alliance
                                last edited by

                                @Martí-Ferret Your problem is coming from your DNS server, it's not related to the captive portal or to your firewall rules.

                                Few things :

                                • Use the "DNS Resolver" in pfSense. The DNS forwarder is a legacy option.
                                • What DNS server are you using for your pfSense appliance (in System->General Settings) ? Could you check that your pfSense can correctly ping this IP and that a DNS server is enabled on this IP?
                                • Could you verify your ACL in the DNS resolver settings? What are the logs of your pfSense when you try to resolve a random domain name using DNSSEC ( fbi.gov ) and not using DNSSEC ( kcna.kp ) ?
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                                  Martí Ferret @Gertjan
                                  last edited by

                                  @Gertjan Idk why now internet on client don't work.
                                  https://imgur.com/a/W4cfWeC

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                                  • GertjanG
                                    Gertjan
                                    last edited by Gertjan

                                    Added to what @free4 said ; use https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/captiveportal/captive-portal-troubleshooting.html

                                    Show us

                                    ipfw table all list
                                    

                                    and

                                    ipfw list
                                    

                                    (run these commands in the console)

                                    Here is mine (last command) :

                                    [2.4.4-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.brit-hotel-fumel.net]/root: ipfw list
                                    01000 skipto tablearg ip from any to any via table(cp_ifaces)
                                    01100 allow ip from any to any
                                    02100 pipe tablearg ip from any to any MAC table(cpzone1_pipe_mac)
                                    02101 allow pfsync from any to any
                                    02102 allow carp from any to any
                                    02103 allow ip from any to any layer2 mac-type 0x0806,0x8035
                                    02104 allow ip from any to any layer2 mac-type 0x888e,0x88c7
                                    02105 allow ip from any to any layer2 mac-type 0x8863,0x8864
                                    02106 deny ip from any to any layer2 not mac-type 0x0800,0x86dd
                                    02107 allow ip from any to table(cpzone1_host_ips) in
                                    02108 allow ip from table(cpzone1_host_ips) to any out
                                    02109 allow ip from any to 255.255.255.255 in
                                    02110 allow ip from 255.255.255.255 to any out
                                    02111 pipe tablearg ip from table(cpzone1_allowed_up) to any in
                                    02112 pipe tablearg ip from any to table(cpzone1_allowed_down) in
                                    02113 pipe tablearg ip from table(cpzone1_allowed_up) to any out
                                    02114 pipe tablearg ip from any to table(cpzone1_allowed_down) out
                                    02115 pipe tablearg ip from table(cpzone1_auth_up) to any layer2 in
                                    02116 pipe tablearg ip from any to table(cpzone1_auth_down) layer2 out
                                    02117 fwd 127.0.0.1,8003 tcp from any to any 443 in
                                    02118 fwd 127.0.0.1,8002 tcp from any to any 80 in
                                    02119 allow tcp from any to any out
                                    02120 skipto 65534 ip from any to any
                                    65534 deny ip from any to any
                                    65535 allow ip from any to any
                                    

                                    The first 9 (nine) rules are not important here (they let through IPv4=>DHCP, etc)
                                    These :

                                    02107 allow ip from any to table(cpzone1_host_ips) in
                                    02108 allow ip from table(cpzone1_host_ips) to any out
                                    

                                    are very important.
                                    They let through DNS requests. Always.
                                    " cpzone1_host_ips " is 192.18.2.1 is my pfSense portal interface = gateway = DNS access.
                                    Yours should be 10.0.0.2 ( see ipfw table all list )

                                    No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                                    Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                                    • GertjanG
                                      Gertjan @Martí Ferret
                                      last edited by

                                      @Martí-Ferret said in Captive portal not redirect:

                                      @Gertjan Idk why now internet on client don't work.
                                      https://imgur.com/a/W4cfWeC

                                      Your image tells me : DNS does not work for your clients .... => Clients can not access DNS ..... see my message above.

                                      No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                                      Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                                        free4 Rebel Alliance @Martí Ferret
                                        last edited by

                                        @Martí-Ferret maybe you still have captive portal enabled?

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                                          Martí Ferret @free4
                                          last edited by

                                          @free4 I use dns resolver,DNS in general settings

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                                            Martí Ferret @Martí Ferret
                                            last edited by

                                            @Martí-Ferret General setings, https://imgur.com/a/HNBdlpN
                                            https://imgur.com/a/Vd2Rx4w

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