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      chrischambers @johnpoz
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      @johnpoz I take pics as it might be easier then trying to explain.

      Switch port 1.JPG
      switch port 15  - Testing.JPG

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        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @chrischambers
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        And lets see these profiles.

        Tagging vlan 1 to port 15 makes ZERO sense.. The only thing on that port should be 20 and it should be untagged.

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          chrischambers @johnpoz
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          ===@johnpoz said in basic VLANS - Noob:

          se prof
          is this the profile you wanted ?

          Switch port Profiles.JPG

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            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @chrischambers
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            Show the profile on port 1 (pfsense), and the profile on port 15 (pc)

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              chrischambers @johnpoz
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              @johnpoz said in basic VLANS - Noob:

              Show the profile on port 1 (pfsense)

              sorry I am cunfused. profile on pfsense - are you asking for the interface information ?
              and want do you mean by profile of port 15. is this from the switch ?
              please give examples

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                chrischambers @chrischambers
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                @chrischambers I have just check my firewall and this is turn off.
                I also just check that the port is working the LAN range and this works, with no issues.
                it is just something with VLAN 20 that is missing

                just found the old video I used to create my vlans minus the blocking of extra vlans
                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhPGN4UJHAM

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                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @chrischambers
                  last edited by johnpoz

                  Port 1 from your drawing is connected to pfsense... What is the profile you have assigned to port 1 on your switch..

                  port1.png

                  Port 15.. What you showed is WRONG... The only vlan on that should be native vlan 20.. nothing tagged, no other vlans

                  tagged.png

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                    chrischambers @johnpoz
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                    @johnpoz said in basic VLANS - Noob:

                    Port 1

                    on port 1 as shown in my drawn the profile is " All "
                    on port 15 the only profile on is "Test 20 "
                    switch port 15  - Testing.JPG
                    with the following settings
                    unifi 20 VLAN Settings.JPG

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                      chrischambers @johnpoz
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                      @johnpoz said in basic VLANS - Noob:

                      Port 15.. What you showed is WRONG... The only vlan on that should be native vlan 20.. nothing tagged, no other vlans

                      tagged.png

                      forget this I was trying something. it is now deleted.

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                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @chrischambers
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                        Ok if you have your vlans setup correctly on your switch.. And your pc on vlan 20 interface on your switch gets an IP from dhcp on pfsense for vlan 20..

                        And it has internet I take it?

                        But you can not ping it from lan?

                        What are the rules on lan? Your not policy routing traffic out some vpn are you?

                        Post up rules on lan and vlan 20 interfaces on pfsense.

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                          chrischambers @johnpoz
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                          @johnpoz

                          Ok if you have your vlans setup correctly on your switch.. And your pc on vlan 20 interface on your switch gets an IP from dhcp on pfsense for vlan 20.. -- Yes I do
                          And it has internet I take it? -- not at the moment as I have no rules for outbound
                          But you can not ping it from lan? -- That is right
                          What are the rules on lan? Your not policy routing traffic out some vpn are you? -- yes I do have a VPN
                          Post up rules on lan and vlan 20 interfaces on pfsense.

                          WAN
                          Wan Rules.JPG
                          LAN
                          LAN Rules.JPG

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                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @chrischambers
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                            Ok your forcing traffic out your gateway that 1.9 IP to plextv? Not sure what is the point of that?

                            That is wan and lan - where is vlan 20?

                            As long as your not coming from 1.9 and going to whatever is in that alias for plextv - you would be able to go to your vlan 20 via your lan net source any any rule.

                            So makes no difference what rules you have on vlan 20. lan should be able to ping anything on vlan20

                            So again sniff on vlan 20 interface while your pinging from lan - do you see the ping go out.. If so then problem is not pfsense..

                            Are you sending everything out some vpn.. I don't understand why your trying to policy route traffic out your wan gateway? Unless you have everything else going out some vpn?

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                              chrischambers @johnpoz
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                              @johnpoz said in basic VLANS - Noob:

                              VLAN 20

                              VLAN 20 Rules.JPG

                              I have a plex server sitting behind the PFsense, and looking at videos it informed me that I needed to added that rule.

                              is sniff the pinging within pfsense ?

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                                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @chrischambers
                                last edited by johnpoz

                                @chrischambers said in basic VLANS - Noob:

                                and looking at videos it informed me that I needed to added that rule.

                                Sorry but NO.. How does that make any sense? Again are you using some vpn service?? Inbound traffic to your plex, would go back out your wan.. As to plex going somewhere on its own to pull metadata, etc. - why would that not work via a vpn connection. If that is what your using.

                                What do you have in plextv alias exactly

                                Yes go to diagnostic - packet capture.

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                                  chrischambers @johnpoz
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                                  @johnpoz
                                  here are two of the links I used to set that up
                                  https://blog.linuxserver.io/2017/05/01/how-to-run-pfsense-with-pia-vpn-but-still-use-plex-remote-access/

                                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwwczlvWw9Y

                                  sorry have to run, have to cook dinner for the wife. I will return tomorrow - thanks for your help so far.

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                                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @chrischambers
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                                    Ok if plex is just contacting plex.tv to get its public IP.. Then yeah you would want to make sure it goes out your normal wan..

                                    As long this IP is showing your actual normal wan IP from your isp then yeah that should be fine.

                                    plexoutput.png

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                                      chrischambers @johnpoz
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                                      @johnpoz Hi John, the plex works with no issues, it is just the vlans

                                      here are the ping results from PFsense

                                      PFSENSE Ping VLan.JPG PFSENSE Ping Lan.JPG

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                                        chrischambers @chrischambers
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                                        @chrischambers morning. I think i have it all working, I don't know why but for some reason it just started to work.

                                        @johnpoz many thanks for your help yesterday.

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                                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @chrischambers
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                                          Those ping results is not what I asked for... I asked for you to sniff on your vlan 20 interface while you pinged vlan 20 from lan.. How is pinging ip in vlan 20 and lan IP from pfsense that?

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                                            chrischambers @johnpoz
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                                            @johnpoz said in basic VLANS - Noob:

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                                            sorry @johnpoz but please see above I did ask what is Sniff as I have never hear of it. but once again thanks for your help

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