Problem routing between to local subnets

[A Former User]

My first time configuring pfsense and I'm having trouble accessing my wireless AP gui from lan subnet.

Internet –--- pfsense ---- lan  (172.16.0.0/16)
                                    ---- opt1 (192.168.1.0/24)

My workstation is 172.16.0.30/16 and the access point is 192.168.1.2/24

I am able to ping the access point but when I loadup the gui in the browser I get this:

(null) 403 Forbidden
Server:
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 20:24:06 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
Connection: close

<title>403 Forbidden</title>

403 Forbidden

URL is illegal.

Connect the AP on my own subnet and everything works.

LAN firewall:

(allow)  1 /3.78 MiB        *              *            *          LAN Address          443        *      *                              Anti-Lockout Rule
(allow)  7 /3.25 GiB    IPv4 *  LAN net    *                    *                        *            *      none                      Default allow LAN to any rule

OPT1 firewall:

(block)  0 /0 B            IPv4+6 *      OPT1        *        LAN net          *        *      none
(block)  0 /0 B            IPv4+6 *      OPT1        *      This Firewall    *        *        none
(allow)  5 /435 KiB    IPv4 *          OPT1        *                *                *        *      none

[isolatedvirus]

@louisg00:

My first time configuring pfsense and I'm having trouble accessing my wireless AP gui from lan subnet.

LAN firewall:
(allow)  1 /3.78 MiB        *              *            *          LAN Address          443        *      *                              Anti-Lockout Rule
(allow)  7 /3.25 GiB    IPv4 *  LAN net    *                    *                        *            *      none                      Default allow LAN to any rule

OPT1 firewall:
(block)  0 /0 B            IPv4+6 *      OPT1        *        LAN net          *        *      none
(block)  0 /0 B            IPv4+6 *      OPT1        *      This Firewall    *        *        none
(allow)  5 /435 KiB    IPv4 *          OPT1        *                *                *        *      none

your AP might have a firewall on it thats blocking incoming connections from IP addresses outside of its subnet.

Youre getting a response to ping, and even a 403 page, so your pfsense install is fine. Youre communicating with the AP.

[biggsy]

Have a look at this - substitute your subnets/addresses into jimp's solution and see if it works.

[A Former User]

It worked great biggsy, Thanks.

[biggsy]

You're welcome.  :)  This may be more common than I thought.

Is your AP a re-purposed router?

[A Former User]

No, just a dumb access point. I just like the wireless on a seperate subnet for more security