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    Newbie to pfsense, got typo in WAN host name How to fix?

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    • jimpJ
      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
      last edited by

      If it's what you see in the ARP page, that should be what is resolved locally, so either the hostname under System > General or maybe a host override.

      If it's the GUI cert that has an unexpected hostname, then you can make a new cert manually, or use pfSsh.php playback generateguicert after correcting the hostname, or (Even better) use ACME to get a real trusted cert.

      If it's a VPN cert, make a new server cert.

      If you can't find where else the wrong hostname is present, download a config.xml backup and then open it in a text editor. Do a search inside for the incorrect name.

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        markp4289
        last edited by

        Hmmmm; My WAN link is static IP and config that's why I thought it was my typo. I just got off the phone with TWC took an about to get to the Level III that knew what I was talking about. This is the 4 th TWC problem that I've had in 7 days.

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        • johnpozJ
          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
          last edited by johnpoz

          Looks like they BROKE it to me.. now all you get back is SOA when you query the SOA for that PTR ;)

          So vs them fixing it to the actual fqdn you wanted to be returned, they just removed the record completely ;)

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            Nice. ๐Ÿ™„

            Though still not clear to me why that should be an issue. If this is just VPN clients refusing the cert just regenerate it.

            Steve

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            • johnpozJ
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
              last edited by

              Its not an issue what his PTR reports or doesn't report has ZERO to do with his overall problem.. I believe what he saw in his arp table just confused him..

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                markp4289
                last edited by

                After TWC deleted PTR records.
                0_1540839738301_After twc deleted ptr-s Capture.PNG

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                • johnpozJ
                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                  last edited by

                  yup that is what I show for those IPs PTR ;)

                  I don't see any vpn one though? the forward points to .242 but the PTR is just gone.

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                    markp4289
                    last edited by

                    So it looks like the General setup generates the LAN hostname but nowhere is the WAN hostname entered. How do I get the WAN hostname in there?

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      That is the WAN hostname. Or at least that is the name send by dhclient to an upstream server.

                      Steve

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                      • johnpozJ
                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                        last edited by johnpoz

                        Get it in where?? Not sure why you think you need a WAN IP to resolve to something in your arp table for vpn clients to connect to you?

                        I am thinking you still don't quite grasp what a PTR or reverse is...

                        Your vpn.domain.tld resolves to IP.242 address.

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