Bridge link not able to reach other pfsense box

[wardogie]

2 pfsense boxes with 4 physical interfaces pfsense having the same interface layout on each box

interface layout relevant to the bridge is as follows
wan physical port 1 for internet 1 and 2
lan (bridge interface) 10.0.20.253/24 and 10.0.20.254/24
physical port 2 (member of bridge interface) no ip binding
vlan 20 interface on port 4 (member of bridge interface) no ip binding

there is a patch lead linking both port 4's together.
each box can ping each other via the bridge interface aswell as the physical port 2
I don't seem to be able to hit the Web UI or ping the other box via port 2 on either box, have open rules on the bridge
interfaces what am I missing here?