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    Accessing Pfsense In Virtual Box

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    • ? Offline
      A Former User
      last edited by

      Hi i have setup pfsense in virtual box with the following setup

      virtual box setup - Nat, Bridge Adapter
      Virtual Box Host adapter - 10.130.50.x
      Pfsense LAN 10.130.50.x
      1st pc network adapter - 10.195.50.x
      2nd pc network adapter - 10.130.50.x

      The pfsense is up and running. I can access pfsense from the browsers pc but not in other pc or other vlan in my network

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        JeGr LAYER 8 Moderator
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        @kayul said in Accessing Pfsense In Virtual Box:

        The pfsense is up and running. I can access pfsense from the browsers pc but not in other pc or other vlan in my network

        Huh? And how would you like to access it if you only have your boxes LAN as the pfSense WAN and an internal-host-adapter as "LAN" that only your box can use?

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          A Former User
          last edited by A Former User

          Hi

          sorry im new on this thing...

          what im trying to is to replace Cisco 1841 Router with pfsense

          the cisco 1841 router has failed to work properly after a recent power failure at our place and for a temporary replacement we have setup a pc with pfsense installed in virtual box with the same ip
          as the router.

          i added a static summary route in pfsense firewall rules
          Pfsence
          10.130.0.0 255.255.0.0 10.130.50.10

          virtual box setup - Nat, Bridge Adapter
          Virtual Box Host adapter - 10.195.50.18/255.255.254.0/10.195.50.10
          Pfsense LAN 10.130.50.4

          1st pc network adapter - 10.130.50.5/255.255.255.248/10.130.50.3
          2nd pc network adapter - 10.195.50.19/255.255.254.0/10.195.50.10

          Old Router lan interface 10.130.50.4/29
          Old Router Wan interface 10.195.50.20/23

          now i can access pfsense (10.130.50.4) in all my vlan..pfsense is up and running

          but i can't ping the pc 10.130.50.5 or 10.195.50.10 in my vlan and also i have no internet in my vlan or pfsense

          i am able to browse internet from the virtualbox pc and able to ping 10.195.50.10

          any other pointer on how i can fix this ?

          what do i need to setup in pfsense in order to get internet to work ?

          current pfsense setup

          ip wan v4 : 10.195.50.20/23
          ip Lan v4: 10.130.50.4/29

          this is my old cisco router config
          Router.txt

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