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    Can I use one of my 6 physical network ports to be a vpn port?

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      mbc0 @mbc0
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      I have a Windows 10 Laptop solely connected to the vpn interface FYI

      And yes I do have an any rule

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        mbc0 @mbc0
        last edited by

        I removed the gateway from the interface but still the same, no internet

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        • johnpozJ
          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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          well how is internet going to work with just TCP... dns is UDP... to lookup www.internet.com you need to be able to talk UDP.

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            mbc0 @johnpoz
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            @johnpoz

            A schoolboy error.. no idea how that happened!

            I have just put everything back and its working!! I am so relieved! and yes it is so bloody easy now I know how it all comes together, you must have been pulling your hair out! I am going to do this again on another server just to prove to myself how easy it is :-)

            All I have now is a dns leak but have seen plenty of info on how to resolve that!

            Thanks so so much!

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              mbc0
              last edited by

              One think I have noticed though, although everything is working (apart from the DNS Leak)

              The VPN Gateway is showing as offline?

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              • johnpozJ
                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                last edited by johnpoz

                What version are you running? That is not current version..

                Oh your in the status section.. Thats why it looks different.. Restart the vpn instance.

                Really dude your hiding a 10 address?

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                  mbc0
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                  haha, yes, I did hide the 10 address but not intentionally! :-D

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                  • johnpozJ
                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                    last edited by

                    That is not current.. current is
                    2.4.4-RELEASE-p3 (amd64)
                    built on Thu May 16 06:01:19 EDT 2019
                    FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE-p10

                    Well now 2.4.5 is, it just dropped..

                    Version 2.4.5 is available.
                    Version information updated at Thu Mar 26 11:19:06 CDT

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                      mbc0
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                      hmmm ok...

                      I run pfsense (for nearly 2 years now) as a vm on a HP Microserver running unraid, I wonder why it doesn't update automatically? I will look to see how to update now, are there any pitfalls I should be aware of jumping from 2.4.3 to 2.45?

                      Thank you

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                      • johnpozJ
                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                        last edited by

                        Well 2.4.5 just dropped like maybe an hour a ago.. at best... So prob wouldn't update just yet... Oh but your on a VM... Oh then just take a snapshot and click the button... Use to do that all the time when running on vm.. Even daily snapshots I would run - because could just rollback to the snapshot took before I clicked upgrade..

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                          mbc0 @johnpoz
                          last edited by

                          @johnpoz

                          ok, I wonder why 2.4.4 or 2.4.5 are not showing as availble for me?

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                          • johnpozJ
                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                            last edited by

                            Because your system is hosed ;)

                            https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/install/upgrade-troubleshooting.html

                            pkg-static clean -ay; pkg-static install -fy pkg pfSense-repo pfSense-upgrade
                            

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                              mbc0 @johnpoz
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                              @johnpoz

                              perhaps you are right! ๐Ÿ˜‚ this doesn't look good!

                              Shell Output - pkg-static clean -ay; pkg-static install -fy pkg pfSense-repo pfSense-upgrade
                              The following package files will be deleted:
                              /var/cache/pkg/sqlite3-3.22.0_1-3c0de3fc74.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/iprange-1.0.3-65464f6717.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/sqlite3-3.22.0_1.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/pfSense-rc-2.4.3_1-abfbca5302.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/pfSense-rc-2.4.3_1.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/pfSense-kernel-pfSense-2.4.3_1-bde115e399.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/pfSense-base-2.4.3_1-bd208e4cff.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/pfSense-kernel-pfSense-2.4.3_1.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/pfSense-default-config-2.4.3_1-01f7a2a04f.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/pfSense-default-config-2.4.3_1.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/pfSense-base-2.4.3_1.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/libnghttp2-1.31.1.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-devel-2.2.5_10.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/perl5-5.24.4-89340f9371.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/perl5-5.24.4.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/libnghttp2-1.31.1-24a10b90b7.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-2.1.4_8-d9071a3c1b.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/lighttpd-1.4.48_1-26b547d114.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-2.1.4_8.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/lua52-5.2.4-34ceb7a41c.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/lighttpd-1.4.48_1.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/whois-5.2.17.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/lua52-5.2.4.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/whois-5.2.17-3e6f851a29.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/GeoIP-1.6.11-3a55b74664.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/pecl-intl-3.0.0_11.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/GeoIP-1.6.11.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/grepcidr-2.0-cec890eb71.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/grepcidr-2.0.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/aggregate-1.6_1-c1ea4bf1a7.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/aggregate-1.6_1.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/pecl-intl-3.0.0_11-7e63ad3a02.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/icu-60.2_1,1-66aa5ec8d3.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/iprange-1.0.3.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/icu-60.2_1,1.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-devel-2.2.5_10-5af9141812.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/pfSense-repo-2.4.3_3-97fc8a3f69.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/pfSense-repo-2.4.3_3.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/pfSense-upgrade-0.52-239e1a78fc.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/pfSense-upgrade-0.52.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/pfSense-repo-2.4.3_4-c159ba5343.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/pfSense-repo-2.4.3_4.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/pfSense-upgrade-0.53-7baf5452be.txz
                              /var/cache/pkg/pfSense-upgrade-0.53.txz
                              The cleanup will free 78 MiB
                              Deleting files: .......... done
                              All done
                              Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
                              pfSense-core repository is up to date.
                              Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
                              pfSense repository is up to date.
                              All repositories are up to date.
                              The following 3 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

                              Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
                              pfSense-repo: 2.4.3_3 -> 2.4.3_4 [pfSense]
                              pfSense-upgrade: 0.52 -> 0.53 [pfSense]

                              Installed packages to be REINSTALLED:
                              pkg-1.10.3_1 [pfSense]

                              Number of packages to be upgraded: 2
                              Number of packages to be reinstalled: 1

                              3 MiB to be downloaded.
                              [1/3] Fetching pkg-1.10.3_1.txz: .......... done
                              [2/3] Fetching pfSense-repo-2.4.3_4.txz: . done
                              [3/3] Fetching pfSense-upgrade-0.53.txz: .. done
                              Checking integrity...Assertion failed: (strcmp(uid, p->uid) != 0), function pkg_conflicts_check_local_path, file pkg_jobs_conflicts.c, line 386.
                              Child process pid=52858 terminated abnormally: Abort trap

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                              • johnpozJ
                                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                I just pulled the trigger to 2.4.5.. And I really still have like hour of so more work to do... But I was pretty confident.. Had my media, and my backup (just in case)..

                                Took a bit longer than I thought - but I'm up on new 2.4.5... Have to check that all packages are working, etc.. But clearly the internet is working ;)

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                                  mbc0 @johnpoz
                                  last edited by mbc0

                                  @johnpoz

                                  Glad it worked for you! ๐Ÿ˜

                                  Mine is defo looking hozed!

                                  Shell Output - pfSense-upgrade -d -c

                                  Updating repositories metadata...
                                  Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
                                  pfSense-core repository is up to date.
                                  Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
                                  pfSense repository is up to date.
                                  All repositories are up to date.
                                  Upgrading pfSense-repo...
                                  Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
                                  pfSense-core repository is up to date.
                                  Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
                                  pfSense repository is up to date.
                                  All repositories are up to date.
                                  Checking integrity...Assertion failed: (strcmp(uid, p->uid) != 0), function pkg_conflicts_check_local_path, file pkg_jobs_conflicts.c, line 386.
                                  Child process pid=10408 terminated abnormally: Abort trap

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                                  • johnpozJ
                                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    Well do a clean install of 2.4.5 would be my suggestion... You can load in your backup config file..

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                                      mbc0 @johnpoz
                                      last edited by

                                      @johnpoz

                                      Sounds good, am on it ๐Ÿ˜Ž

                                      If I don't report back my internet is down ๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐Ÿ˜‚

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                                      • johnpozJ
                                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                        So when you get back - just curious question.. Did you really think that 2.4.3_1 was current? That they hadn't updated in like 2 years.. And you were just ok with that?

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                                          mbc0 @johnpoz
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                                          @johnpoz said in Can I use one of my 6 physical network ports to be a vpn port?:

                                          So when you get back - just curious question.. Did you really think that 2.4.3_1 was current? That they hadn't updated in like 2 years.. And you were just ok with that?

                                          Hi, back!

                                          Created a fresh VM but had a few issues with it not detecting my 4port nic (well it detected it but only used the 1st port) after alot of xml editing and tweaking it is working and now running on 2.4.5 :-)

                                          To be honest with you, I rarely logged into the web admin of pfsense, only if I wanted to tweak or check something I would log in. I would always look to check for updates (I love an update!) and it would always say it was up to date in green so I just presumed it was updating itself and thought no more of it. It was only when you mentioned it I saw how old it was!

                                          So, I am on 2.4.5 and still have this gateway down issue? the gateway must be up though as pia is active and running fine!

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                                          I also have dns leak and you made it quite clear that you did not approve of their method for resolving it not their killswitch method, would you mind pointing me in the way of the correct method? I have read about floating rules for a killswitch?

                                          Many thanks :-)

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                                          • johnpozJ
                                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                            last edited by johnpoz

                                            How do you think you going to use normal wan and resolver not have a dns leak?

                                            Did you hand your client on your vpn network a different dns? If you have him ask pfsense then yeah your going to show a "leak" But your resolving, your not forwarding.. So your not handing all your dns to anyway anyway..

                                            that kill switch method they used was if you send ALL traffic to them! And if they down, then all traffic stops... That is not what your doing, your policy routing.. If you set gateway down rules don't

                                            This is what normally would be your kill switch

                                            gatewaydown.jpg

                                            But this is also what is prob preventing you from working... If your gateway is down, then you shouldn't have access.

                                            Did you put any rules on your vpn interface you created?
                                            interface.jpg

                                            Also when you say trouble recognizing your 4 port nic.. Your doing passthru of the nic to pfsense? Its easier to just let esxi do the nics, and give pfsense virtual nics. vmx3 or e1000

                                            if you have no rules - then yeah you will show offline

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