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    How to get 2 separate networks to talk to each other?

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    • johnpozJ
      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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      yes - exactly how your pinging from the lan interface.. Just pick the server interface... example

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        ilovechickennuggets @johnpoz
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        @johnpoz
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        No, 100% packet loss

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        • kiokomanK
          kiokoman LAYER 8
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          eh now i remember an old 3d where someone enabled static arp and was unable to ping
          did you perhaps enabled static arp somewhere?

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            ilovechickennuggets @kiokoman
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            @kiokoman I have new information to present. I was doing my ping wrong using default as source. I was curious and tried again with LAN and also resulted in packet loss.
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            Static ARP is not enabled.

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            • johnpozJ
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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              PING it from the SERVER IP of pfsense - change your source to server!!

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                ilovechickennuggets @johnpoz
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                @johnpoz setup10.PNG

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                • johnpozJ
                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                  Well sniff on pfsense server interface when you ping - looks like you have just plain connectivity problem..

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                  • kiokomanK
                    kiokoman LAYER 8
                    last edited by kiokoman

                    the nas is out of the dhcp range, it must have a static entry, please check if you inadvertently enabled

                    ARP Table Static Entry Create an ARP Table Static Entry for this MAC & IP Address pair.

                    if so disable / untick it

                    or if you have set a wrong gateway (should be empty)

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                    • johnpozJ
                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                      look in pfsense arp table - what does it show for this 70.2 IP

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                        ilovechickennuggets @johnpoz
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                        @johnpoz

                        @kiokoman
                        I did make a static entry under DHCP static mapping for SERVER interface as 192.168.70.2.

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                        • johnpozJ
                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                          last edited by johnpoz

                          And your sure that is correct? there for your 70.2 address.

                          Sniff when your pinging from pfsense server interface... Do you see the traffic go out to the correct mac, if so if no answer its on the client or the connection to the client..

                          If pfsense can not talk to it from its own interface in the network, then its never going to work from a different network.

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                            ilovechickennuggets @johnpoz
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                            @johnpoz
                            Yup, I just checked the MAC address, it matches.
                            How do I sniff while pinging? Where do I find this in pfsense?

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                            • johnpozJ
                              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                              diag menu, packet capture...

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                              • kiokomanK
                                kiokoman LAYER 8 @ilovechickennuggets
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                                @ilovechickennuggets
                                but you did not answer my question, put a screenshot of that static entry pls

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                                  ilovechickennuggets @johnpoz
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                                  @johnpoz
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                                  I just want to let you you I appreciate and thank you for your patience. I am not too good with this area stuff. Here's what I got from the packet capture, hopefully with the right settings.

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                                  • johnpozJ
                                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                    last edited by johnpoz

                                    Well there are no pings in there..

                                    So up the level of output so you can see the mac.. I think your mac is wrong to be honest. Since you set a static.

                                    And when you did the sniff you did it at the same time as you were pinging?

                                    Not seeing any response for dns in there either..

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                                      ilovechickennuggets @kiokoman
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                                      @kiokoman @johnpoz
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                                      These are the current static mapping settings of the entry. The first shows pfsense. The second shows the MAC of the nas. So to make sure I was getting the right IP and MAC, I restarted my NAS. Somehow it gave me a new IP from dhcp. I did something wrong.

                                      P.S. kiokoman, thank you for your help too!

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                                      • johnpozJ
                                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                        And can you ping this IP?

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                                          ilovechickennuggets @johnpoz
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                                          @johnpoz
                                          Yes the sniff happened at the same time as the ping.

                                          After I restarted my NAS just now, it gave me new IP of 192.168.70.10 - which is the start of my DHCP range.

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                                          • johnpozJ
                                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                            last edited by johnpoz

                                            and can you ping that?

                                            Can your nas ping pfsense 70.1 address?

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