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    • Cool_CoronaC Offline
      Cool_Corona @johnpoz
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      @johnpoz said in Google.com blocked but local google domains are not....:

      So sniff on your wan and try to go to www.googhe.com - do you see a syn go out?

      Not at all. It seems the UDP traffic is routed via the RDP client via the local client connected. I see a lot of UDP back and forth to the external IP of the client machine

      Its mega weird...

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        Gertjan @Cool_Corona
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        @cool_corona said in Google.com blocked but local google domains are not....:

        UDP traffic is routed via the RDP client via the local client connected. I see

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        UDP ?
        RDP ?

        Where is google.com ? That one is TCP - and what has Google to do with RDP ?

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

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          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Cool_Corona
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          @cool_corona said in Google.com blocked but local google domains are not....:

          It seems the UDP traffic is routed via the RDP client via the local client connected

          Huh???

          Here - I sniff on my wan for the www.google.com IP..

          I then open a browser to https://www.google.com - and you see the SYN sent, and then syn,ack back and the conversation.

          syn.png

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          • Cool_CoronaC Offline
            Cool_Corona @johnpoz
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            @johnpoz I see nothing to google.com in the packet captures....

            Like in NOTHING. Despite typing www.google.com in the adress bar of the browser.

            Locally I run the ASUS RTAX88U and pfsense runs on a server at the office and is accessed via RDP.

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              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Cool_Corona
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              @cool_corona said in Google.com blocked but local google domains are not....:

              Locally I run the ASUS RTAX88U and pfsense runs on a server at the office and is accessed via RDP.

              From pfsense do a traceroute to the www.google.com IP.

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                Cool_Corona @johnpoz
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                @johnpoz said in Google.com blocked but local google domains are not....:

                @cool_corona said in Google.com blocked but local google domains are not....:

                Locally I run the ASUS RTAX88U and pfsense runs on a server at the office and is accessed via RDP.

                From pfsense do a traceroute to the www.google.com IP.

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                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Cool_Corona
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                  Are you tracing to the correct IP?

                  Your not showing the traceroute command.

                  So clearly you have a route - so why does your fetch say no route?

                  There is a piece to this puzzle that is missing - and once figure that out.. Its going to be a D'OH! moment..

                  Homer_Doh.jpg

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                    rameshk @Cool_Corona
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                    @cool_corona

                    I had a similar issue about couple of days ago but couldn’t find any issue with pfSense as I could do ping trace etc. It sorted itself out the next day.

                    I don’t think it’s a pfSense issue.

                    I have one of the VLANs setup for testing purposes bypassing Suricata and DNSBL. So I can test if there is any problem accessing websites (without upsetting my wife 😊)

                    Hope it helps !

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                    • stephenw10S Offline
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                      So to be clear you are RDPing to a machine at your office and testing from that machine?

                      That is where all your traceroutes pings etc are run? Not locally?

                      Steve

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                        Cool_Corona @stephenw10
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                        @stephenw10 said in Google.com blocked but local google domains are not....:

                        So to be clear you are RDPing to a machine at your office and testing from that machine?

                        That is where all your traceroutes pings etc are run? Not locally?

                        Steve

                        Yes.

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                          Cool_Corona @rameshk
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                          @rameshk said in Google.com blocked but local google domains are not....:

                          @cool_corona

                          I had a similar issue about couple of days ago but couldn’t find any issue with pfSense as I could do ping trace etc. It sorted itself out the next day.

                          I don’t think it’s a pfSense issue.

                          I have one of the VLANs setup for testing purposes bypassing Suricata and DNSBL. So I can test if there is any problem accessing websites (without upsetting my wife 😊)

                          Hope it helps !

                          It did here also until it stopped again. I cant wrap ny head around it. Stopping and clearing Suricata blocks... stopping DNSBL and it still doesnt work

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                            Cool_Corona @johnpoz
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                            @johnpoz said in Google.com blocked but local google domains are not....:

                            Are you tracing to the correct IP?

                            Your not showing the traceroute command.

                            So clearly you have a route - so why does your fetch say no route?

                            There is a piece to this puzzle that is missing - and once figure that out.. Its going to be a D'OH! moment..

                            Homer_Doh.jpg

                            I got that.... its funny HAHAHAHAHA

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                              rameshk @Cool_Corona
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                              @cool_corona did you disable Suricata and pf blocker and restart pfSense.
                              Also try from a non Windows machine as windows machines can drive you crazy when testing something like this.

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                                Cool_Corona @rameshk
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                                @rameshk I dont have any other than windows machines to test on.

                                I have rebooted, disabled, rebooted to no avail.

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                                • stephenw10S Offline
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                  Still need to see exactly what's happening there.
                                  Previously it looked like you could ping www.google.com but fetch returned 'no route to host' which seems impossible!
                                  Try doing those things consecutively.

                                  Steve

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                                    rameshk @Cool_Corona
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                                    @cool_corona Ohh that’s a shame. I use Ubuntu laptop for diagnostic purposes as it’s lot easier. Windows got their mindset and make life harder at times.

                                    Did you check any other search engines I.e bing

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                                      Cool_Corona @rameshk
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                                      @rameshk said in Google.com blocked but local google domains are not....:

                                      @cool_corona Ohh that’s a shame. I use Ubuntu laptop for diagnostic purposes as it’s lot easier. Windows got their mindset and make life harder at times.

                                      Did you check any other search engines I.e bing

                                      Anything else than google.com works no issues.

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                                        Cool_Corona @stephenw10
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                                        @stephenw10 said in Google.com blocked but local google domains are not....:

                                        Still need to see exactly what's happening there.
                                        Previously it looked like you could ping www.google.com but fetch returned 'no route to host' which seems impossible!
                                        Try doing those things consecutively.

                                        Steve

                                        Indeed it should be impossible but its apparently not.

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                                          rameshk @Cool_Corona
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                                          @cool_corona
                                          Please check DNSBL whitelist to see whether there is any entry for google.com

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                                          It looks like google.com is blocked somewhere unintentionally.

                                          Packet capture and Wireshark are your friends. Keep us updated.

                                          Wish you good luck.

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                                          • stephenw10S Offline
                                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                            Can you show us the output of those two tests at the pfSense CLI?

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