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

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      ilovechickennuggets @johnpoz
      last edited by ilovechickennuggets

      @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
                last edited by ilovechickennuggets

                @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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                        ilovechickennuggets @johnpoz
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                        @johnpoz
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                        Packet capture is not picking up anything during the ping

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                        • johnpozJ
                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                          last edited by johnpoz

                          Well then no nothing is going to work... Can the server ping pfsense IP? Does internet work? You have it directly plugged into an interface on pfsense - there are no switches.

                          I am not sure that your doing the sniff correctly to be honest.. do a tcpdump on pfsense while you ping..

                          Open up 2 ssh windows to pfsense and do it this way... start a tcpdump for icmp on the interface this server network is on..

                          Then in the other windows ping... Then also ping from the server to 70.1 address while your sniff is running

                          example
                          ping.jpg

                          This sever is physical right - its not some VM running on something?

                          Lets try this - install the package arping... Lets try that..

                          example
                          arping.jpg

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                          • kiokomanK
                            kiokoman LAYER 8
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                            now i'm curious to see where the hell we are hitting the head

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                              ilovechickennuggets @johnpoz
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                              @johnpoz @kiokoman
                              The server is a physical machine directly connected to pfsense interface with no switches in between this connection. Unfortunately, I am out of time for now and will come back to this later to try this.

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                                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                last edited by johnpoz

                                see my edit.. about using arping package as well.

                                Clearly you would use server as the interface and ip of your nas..

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                                  ilovechickennuggets @johnpoz
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                                  @johnpoz @kiokoman
                                  Ok I did a complete shut down and reboot. The NAS is now getting the correct static IP. In Pfsense, under Status/ DHCP Leases -showing as online
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                                  I installed ARPing and ran it with following settings
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                                  As for SSH and tcpdump, I am going to need to educate myself on this because I'm treading onto something completely new to me. I'll be back try your advice after I go through some documentations and tutorials. I don't have SSH set up and it looks like I need to generate a key.

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                                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                    last edited by johnpoz

                                    so arping works, but normal ping does not?

                                    That just SCREAMS, SCREAMS!!! firewall on that box!!!

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                                      ilovechickennuggets @johnpoz
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                                      @johnpoz
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                                      Correct, this is the newest try at pinging.

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                                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                        Well your clearly arping for the IP.. Which comes back with mac correct, and you got your dhcpd address you reserved. So you seem to not being answering..

                                        The odd thing is you didn't show any pings going out even when you tried to ping.. Which makes no sense - unless you didn't do the sniff right..

                                        Again can the server ping pfsense IP? Sniff when your doing that test..

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                                          ilovechickennuggets @johnpoz
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                                          @johnpoz
                                          Sorry! Ran the sniff and ping from NAS server to 192.168.70.1 resulted in 100% packet loss.
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                                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                            last edited by johnpoz

                                            Ok so your seeing traffic to pfsense interface on 192.168.70.1 - but no answers!

                                            That points to firewall on pfsense, but that shouldn't stop you from pinging from pfsense unless you have an outbound rule on your lan.. Do you have anything in floating?

                                            example

                                            example.jpg

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