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    First network config.

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    • H Offline
      hunter616
      last edited by

      hi, i have install Pfsense on PC with 2 network cards.
      Interfaces:
      WAN 192.168.0.56
      LAN 192.168.1.254
      GATEWAYS 192.168.0.1 (status online)
      If i ping www.google.com with WAN interface it's OK, while if i ping with LAN 100% packet loss.
      How do I get to the gateway from the LAN?
      thanks

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      • GertjanG Offline
        Gertjan @hunter616
        last edited by Gertjan

        Hi,

        If your WAN is using DHCP (a DHCP client, asking IP info from the upstream 192.168.0.1 router) and LAN is also 'default' this means you didn't change anything in the setup (except the password, a NTP source and your pfSense device domain and name).
        Which means : it should work right away.
        So : you changed something - and didn't mention it.

        @hunter616 said in First network config.:

        WAN 192.168.0.56

        Show WAN settings.

        @hunter616 said in First network config.:

        LAN 192.168.1.254

        show LAN settings and other things you changed.

        @hunter616 said in First network config.:

        If i ping www.google.com with WAN interface it's OK

        ping from where ? pfSense console ? pfSense GUI ?

        @hunter616 said in First network config.:

        if i ping with LAN 100% packet loss.

        ping from where ? A LAN device ?
        A ipconfig /all of ifconfig sys what ? (one of these commands should be run on, the device on LAN)

        @hunter616 said in First network config.:

        How do I get to the gateway from the LAN?

        What do you mean ?

        This

        2577307d-1f46-444c-a6d4-69f14aa0d0b7-image.png

        ?

        You never use that entry on a LAN type interface.

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

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        • H Offline
          hunter616
          last edited by

          i reset all and setup wizard and this is now.

          dash.jpg
          lan.jpg gateway.jpg wan.jpg
          this is ping now
          ping-wan.jpg ping-lan.jpg
          sorry for my bad english

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          • GertjanG Offline
            Gertjan
            last edited by Gertjan

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            Why ? (add these only when everything works fro a while)

            WAN Gateway : please enter a monitor IP - it could be 192.168.0.1 :

            6e1203ab-ea18-4897-9bf3-5777273c4831-image.png

            WAN Interface : why a static ? make it DHCP and delete current WAN, create new DHCP based WAN gateway in consequence. Why Spoofing the MAC ????? (your are connected to what exactly ? a router you own / administer ?)

            Best will be : reset again : and do what has been said above :
            Do not change WAN settings.
            Do not change LAN settings.
            Do not change DNS settings (so no 8.8.8.8 etc)
            ... and you'll be fine.

            If not : your upstream router/connection is non-standard. Matbe you should tell some one - us ? about it.

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

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            • B Offline
              bobbenheim
              last edited by

              How is the LAN connected to your virtual machine?

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                hunter616 @bobbenheim
                last edited by

                @bobbenheim the LAN and WAN is connected by cable, Pfsense is installed on VirtualBox.
                @Gertjan Now i try to reset all

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                • H Offline
                  hunter616
                  last edited by

                  work all!!
                  Thanks you very much
                  tomorrow I try to create a vpn 😉

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                  • stephenw10S Online
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by stephenw10

                    For anyone reading can you confirm the fix?

                    It looks almost certainly like it was because you didn't have the gateway on the WAN itself and therefore would have no outbound NAT. Switching to DHCP would also have added that gateway correctly.

                    Steve

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