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    • ReneMGR
      ReneMG
      last edited by ReneMG

      Hi! I’m another newbie in pFSense! Yes!, sorry guys!
      My question is that I have been trying to configure pFSense with 2 routers, one from my isp and another for LAN, between them,I have the pFSense installed.
      The scheme is the following:

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      The problem is that I’m not able to navigate from computers in LAN, the LAN router is connected by his wan to the pFSense LAN, and the pFSense wan is connected to the isp router by one of his lan, I’ve tried all but no results!
      The computers gateway is 172.16.16.16
      Could you give me one hand please?
      Thanks a lot

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      • kiokomanK
        kiokoman LAYER 8
        last edited by kiokoman

        remove the router, why do you need it ? connect pfsense lan to the switch
        or in the router you need to disable all the services like dhcp etc etc or you go from pfsense to wan of the router and configure dhcp and stuff as needed.

        entering the lan of the router and going out again from the lan of the router, you are using it as a switch but you probably have a lot of service in the router that do shit on the lan

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        • ReneMGR
          ReneMG
          last edited by

          I use the LAN router to give WiFi acces to others computers!

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          • kiokomanK
            kiokoman LAYER 8
            last edited by

            ok so you need to disable all the services in that router like dhcp server and such, leave only wifi on

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            • ReneMGR
              ReneMG
              last edited by ReneMG

              The router has dhcp off cause I use static ips, but what other stuff could be doing something wrong?is the computers gateway right?

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              • kiokomanK
                kiokoman LAYER 8
                last edited by kiokoman

                dhcp server , not client.
                but first connect a pc direclty to pfsense and see if it work from there
                the gateway is pfSense
                you need that router only for its wifi right?

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                • ReneMGR
                  ReneMG
                  last edited by ReneMG

                  Pc doesn’t work directly connected to pFSense LAN
                  In the pFSense dashboard the lan gateway appears offline, but If I plug the Ethernet Cable to the LAN router it appears online.
                  I’m not able to understand what is happening!

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                  • kiokomanK
                    kiokoman LAYER 8
                    last edited by

                    idk, i can only guess i'm not there to tell you what's wrong. try to change the cable, try another pc
                    take one step at time. first make sure pfsense work than you can think about that router
                    ... how can you see the dashboard if the network is offline?

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      pfSense should not have a LAN gateway. If you have that set on the LAN interface remove it.

                      Then go to System > Routing and make sure the WAN gateway is set as default.

                      The fact you are able to reach the webgui shows it must be working to some extent.

                      Steve

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