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    • GertjanG
      Gertjan @StacyAnn33
      last edited by

      @StacyAnn33 said in pfSense Spectrum:

      where used by Google and the DoD. I have been using the 7.7.7.0 address for quite some time and have never had an issue with it until now.

      Wait .... you choose these IP's yourself for your own usage ??

      You saw any of these lately in your neighbourhood ?

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

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        Ha. I mean it's bad, you shouldn't do it, but it's all NAT'd it would only prevent you reaching any IPs in those subnets.

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        • GertjanG
          Gertjan @stephenw10
          last edited by

          @stephenw10 said in pfSense Spectrum:

          only prevent you reaching any IPs in those subnets.

          Well, here we are :

          @StacyAnn33 said in pfSense Spectrum:

          and have never had an issue with it until now.

          Example : if you use 7.7.7.0/24 on your LAN, you can't reach 7.7.7.0/24 on the Internet.

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

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          • S
            StacyAnn33
            last edited by

            Gertjan,

            Um, Yes I've seen those around since I do happen to live near a National Guard post. So yes, I do tend to see them from time to time. Yes, I chose them for myself and I never had an issue reaching google before. I kid you not, I do live next to a National Guard post and I had no previous issue reaching google. But with that said I did change them last night and was going to test what stephenw10 mentioned.

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            • S
              StacyAnn33
              last edited by

              Ok. I have figured out the issue. I am just a little unsure how to fix it. Issue is a gateway issue. That is the only thing that is stopping me from being able to ping anything straight from pfSense. Once I figure that out I should be ok. Everything else looks like it's set right.

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                What sort of gateway issue? Not there? Doesn't respond to ping? No default route?

                Steve

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                • S
                  StacyAnn33
                  last edited by

                  It responds to ping. Default Gateway is set as WAN static IP. Which I did change to a more appropriate private address space. There is no default route. Gateway is set for DNS servers in General Setup. So yes, there is no default route.

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    You said your WAN is DHCP and receives a public IP address. It should therefore receive a gateway from the ISP at the same time and that will be the default gateway unless you have any other gateways defined (which you should not).

                    What is configured as the default IPv4 gateway in System > Routing > Gateways?
                    Set it as the WAN_DHCP gateway if it is not.

                    Steve

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                      StacyAnn33 @stephenw10
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                      @stephenw10 ok, I really got stupid for a bit.i have to admit I didn't even realize my linksys router was set to dhcp for the wan port. I've been in and around its firmware more than enough that I should have known that. But oddly enough I didnt. So I just did exactly what you said without knowing you had said to do that for a few minutes. So now its working as it should. So yes I seriously got stupid for a bit.

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        It's easy to overlook stuff especially when you've been trying things over several days. ☺

                        So is it up and running as expected now?

                        Steve

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                        • S
                          StacyAnn33
                          last edited by

                          Yes, the only thing left for me to do is get my wireless router connected up to it. Thanks everyone for all the help. I really learned something along the way.

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