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      lewis32
      last edited by

      networklayout.jpg

      When I try to connect to the access point from the windows desktop the connection is routed via WAN and the first hop is my ISP servers resulting in host not found.

      This is a small home network I've setup to learn pfSense. I read that routing between networks on the same device is automatic. Not sure if this is correct. Can anyone spot the problem?

      I have no static routes setup and the default gateway is WAN.

      Output of trace route from 192.168.1.100 > 192.168.10.2

      Tracing route to 192.168.10.2 over a maximum of 30 hops
      
        1    24 ms    21 ms    21 ms  *.teliacarrier-cust.com [*]
        2    23 ms    30 ms    27 ms  *.cust.norisab.net [*]
        3     *        *        *     Request timed out.
        4     *        *        *     Request timed out.
      

      LAN RULES:

      lanrules.jpg

      AP RULES:

      aprules.jpg

      GUESTWIFI RULES:

      guestwifirules.jpg

      Default Gateways:

      gateways.jpg

      Static Routes:

      staticroutes.jpg

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      • chpalmerC
        chpalmer
        last edited by chpalmer

        My guess is that your AP is probably configured wrong somehow.. Do you have it set for DHCP?

        Can you access it from a device connected to it?

        pfSense by default routes between its LAN interfaces. And your firewall rules would allow it.

        edit- how is your AP LAN setup?

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

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        • johnpozJ
          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
          last edited by

          Or he is running some vpn on his client... The first hit on a traceroute on that windows machine would be pfsense IP on igb1.

          example

          $ tracert -d 192.168.2.4
          
          Tracing route to 192.168.2.4 over a maximum of 30 hops
          
            1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.9.253
            2    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.2.4
          
          Trace complete.
          

          That is from my windows box on 192.168.9.100, to an AP I have running on my 192.168.2 vlan.. Sim to the OP setup.

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            lewis32
            last edited by

            Yes I believe the AP is given an IP via DHCP. Which works fine for what I need it for. If I connect to the access point control panel from my phone on its own network it works as it should.

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            • johnpozJ
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
              last edited by johnpoz

              Show us the route table from your windows machine... What your showing it pretty impossible to be honest..

              $ route print
              ===========================================================================
              Interface List
               13...00 13 3b 2f 67 62 ......Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller
               22...00 13 3b 2f 67 63 ......Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller #2
               21...00 ff e4 1e b8 0a ......TAP-Windows Adapter V9
                1...........................Software Loopback Interface 1
              ===========================================================================
              
              IPv4 Route Table
              ===========================================================================
              Active Routes:
              Network Destination        Netmask          Gateway       Interface  Metric
                        0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0    192.168.9.253    192.168.9.100    281
                      127.0.0.0        255.0.0.0         On-link         127.0.0.1    331
                      127.0.0.1  255.255.255.255         On-link         127.0.0.1    331
                127.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link         127.0.0.1    331
                    192.168.9.0    255.255.255.0         On-link     192.168.9.100    281
                    192.168.9.0    255.255.255.0         On-link     192.168.9.101    281
                  192.168.9.100  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.9.100    281
                  192.168.9.101  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.9.101    281
                  192.168.9.255  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.9.100    281
                  192.168.9.255  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.9.101    281
                      224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link         127.0.0.1    331
                      224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link     192.168.9.101    281
                      224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link     192.168.9.100    281
                255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link         127.0.0.1    331
                255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.9.101    281
                255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.9.100    281
              ===========================================================================
              Persistent Routes:
                Network Address          Netmask  Gateway Address  Metric
                        0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0    192.168.9.253  Default
              ===========================================================================
              

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                lewis32 @johnpoz
                last edited by

                @johnpoz Man I feel stupid now! This was the problem. Forgot I had OpenVPN active 🤦

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                • johnpozJ
                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                  last edited by

                  Why not just run the vpn client on pfsense and then just policy route what you want to go out the vpn ;)

                  An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
                  If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
                  Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
                  SG-4860 24.11 | Lab VMs 2.7.2, 24.11

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                    lewis32 @johnpoz
                    last edited by

                    @johnpoz Yes that makes sense. I will give it a go. Thank you for your time on this.

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