Need Help with getting my clients to communicate over LAN (Plex, RDP, etc.)

kejianshi

You do have your default anti-lockout rules in place… Right?

Omuyasha

You do have your default anti-lockout rules in place… Right?

just for the LAN port, but not the other OPT ports, why? is there a way to get in even though the 192.168.1.1 isn't accessible?

kejianshi

Yes - pull up the console
Go to shell
type pfctl - d
Then log in via the web
Fix your rules

Omuyasha

@kejianshi:

Yes - pull up the console
Go to shell
type pfctl - d
Then log in via the web
Fix your rules

There's just one problem… my keyboard isn't correctly being identified by pfsense, only "A" key works and it only works as "Enter". :( I just reinstalled it to make things easier but I just locked myself out again after setting up the bridge, it keeps locking out IPv4 access and only IPv6. I don't think I'm setting up the bridge right :/. I'm doing exactly what I explained in my so called "fix". Do you see anything out of the ordinary with those configs? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Omuyasha

@Omuyasha:

@kejianshi:

For your rig, since it has lots of power, I can recommend this switch:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA91N4D32331

thanks for the help, I really needed to know for sure cause I do want to get the most out of my pfsense router in performance. The only thing that sucks is that i just blew all that money on this mobo for the extra etho ports because I wanted it to be a all-in-one as much as possible.

I fuuuq, i just noticed what was in that link, couldn't see it earlier due to IP config issues, btw I finally got everything working now. :)

kejianshi

You are better off without the bridge.

What kind of CPU, RAM and HDD did you put in. Sizes please. Specs.

Omuyasha

@kejianshi:

You are better off without the bridge.

What kind of CPU, RAM and HDD did you put in. Sizes please. Specs.

My Pfsense build consist of:

CPU: i7 6700T @2.80GHz
Motherboard: Jetway NF592-Q170 Intel Core Skylake LGA1151 w/ 8x Intel Multi LAN Networking Motherboard
RAM: 16GB Crucial DDR3/DDR3L 1600 MT/S (PC3-12800) Unbuffered SODIMM 204-Pin Memory
Storage: SanDisk Internal SSD 120GB

kejianshi

Since you obviously enjoying playing with tech, you might enjoy installing a vmware hypervisor, installing pfsense and giving it 2 cores and installing some other type of server with access to the other 2 cores. 2 (or 3) machines in one. You have the horsepower.

Maybe just give pfsense 1 core. or 2 max. It will be fun.

Omuyasha

@kejianshi:

Since you obviously enjoying playing with tech, you might enjoy installing a vmware hypervisor, installing pfsense and giving it 2 cores and installing some other type of server with access to the other 2 cores. 2 (or 3) machines in one. You have the horsepower.

Maybe just give pfsense 1 core. or 2 max. It will be fun.

thanks for the idea, I might seriously take you up on that. I would love to have my pfsense and Plex server all in one place. I might do 1 core for pfsense (cpu usage for it never goes above 3 percent lmao!) and then 3 for Plex. That does sound like fun and then I can use my old Plex server as a vpn download server where I’ll run torrents and stuff without worry. So many possibilities. Thanks for the idea!

kejianshi

Pfsense 2 vcore…
A small share, 2vcore...
plex - 4vcores

It can take it. Its fast. Assuming its just 1 or 2 people on the plex at a time.

You bought a fast machine.