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    At times WiFi calling and sending SMS doesn't work?

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      JohnnyBeGood @JKnott
      last edited by JohnnyBeGood

      Here's another capture of when it works and of course ESP are shown.
      packetcapture (6).zip

      .

      @JKnott said in At times WiFi calling and sending SMS doesn't work?:

      Do as I did, that is run Wireshark capturing only the WiFi calling. You should have the IP address of where the call is going. Filter on that, while placing a call. Also, allow enough time to capture some of the keep alive packets. When that's done, post the capture here.

      Ok, when you did your capture you used your phone's private IP on the LAN, correct?

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        JKnott
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        Any reason why you zipped it? By zipping it, I have to download it, unzip it, then run Wireshark with the extracted file. If you just attach the capture file, it opens Wireshark directly.

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          JohnnyBeGood @JKnott
          last edited by

          @JKnott said in At times WiFi calling and sending SMS doesn't work?:

          Any reason why you zipped it? By zipping it, I have to download it, unzip it, then run Wireshark with the extracted file. If you just attach the capture file, it opens Wireshark directly.

          Sorry but the forum does not allow me to upload it without zipping it first.

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            JKnott
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            @JohnnyBeGood said in At times WiFi calling and sending SMS doesn't work?:

            Sorry but the forum does not allow me to upload it without zipping it first.

            I had no problem doing that. Take a look at my post.

            PfSense running on Qotom mini PC
            i5 CPU, 4 GB memory, 32 GB SSD & 4 Intel Gb Ethernet ports.
            UniFi AC-Lite access point

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              Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
              last edited by Derelict

              I'll see about getting .cap added to the allowed list of prefixes.

              Actually, looking at it, it is probably easier to rename the file to .pcap than to zip it.

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                JKnott @Derelict
                last edited by

                @Derelict said in At times WiFi calling and sending SMS doesn't work?:

                I'll see about getting .cap added to the allowed list of prefixes.

                Yeah, it's a bit strange the pfSense forum won't accept files created by pfSense packet capture.

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                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                  last edited by johnpoz

                  so you can see answers there but not when doesnt work... So now sniff on the WAN it doesn't work... Do you see answers? Do you see it sending to that 141.207.229.233 IP?

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                    Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                    last edited by

                    FYI: .cap files now allowed in file uploads.

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                    A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
                    DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
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                      JohnnyBeGood @johnpoz
                      last edited by

                      @johnpoz said in At times WiFi calling and sending SMS doesn't work?:

                      so you can see answers there but not when doesnt work... So now sniff on the WAN it doesn't work... Do you see answers? Do you see it sending to that 141.207.229.233 IP?

                      Below is capture of WAN port when it does not work. I let it sit for some time and on the phone it just shows calling but nothing is happening.
                      packetcapture (7).cap

                      Here's the capture of about 5+ minutes later when it works.
                      packetcapture (8).cap

                      To me both captures look similar?

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                        PGI
                        last edited by

                        Was this problem ever solved?
                        I have a Galaxy S8+ and SG-3100 pfSense Security Gateway Appliance.
                        New install and having the same issue.

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                          JohnnyBeGood
                          last edited by

                          No, it was not. You will never get confirmation from Netgate that anything is wrong but I'm using pfSense for years (6+) with WiFi calling and never had issues. One of last few (maybe more) updates broke it. Most likely introduction of Automatic outbound NAT rule generation.
                          (IPsec passthrough included)
                          is just my guess.
                          I found other posts here and other places mentioning the same problem:
                          https://forum.netgate.com/topic/142370/wifi-calling-being-blocked
                          https://www.reddit.com/r/PFSENSE/comments/c7ze1s/at_times_wifi_calling_and_sending_sms_doesnt_work/
                          https://www.reddit.com/r/PFSENSE/comments/bkgj0t/issue_with_pfsense_ipv6_and_sms/emk3vvc/

                          I solved it by turning OFF Automatic outbound NAT rule generation.
                          (IPsec passthrough included)
                          and switched to Manual Outbound NAT rule generation.
                          (AON - Advanced Outbound NAT)
                          and manually mapped 4500 port. So far for the past 2 weeks I have not had any failed SMS or phone calls while on the WiFi. It defiantly did the trick in my case. Hope it helps someone!

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                          • DerelictD Offline
                            Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                            last edited by

                            That is nothing new.

                            If they changed something to require static outbound NAT for NAT-T (UDP/4500) then they essentially broke the whole point of NAT-T.

                            This is not pfSense's fault. This is your Wi-Fi calling provider's fault.

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                            A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
                            DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
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                              JohnnyBeGood
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                              @Derelict said in At times WiFi calling and sending SMS doesn't work?:

                              NAT-T (UDP/4500

                              I agree that this issue might have something to do with Verizon but I also think if this would be a wide spread issue with other off the shelf routers than internet searches would be filled with it but somehow this only affects pfSense from what I was able to come across.

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                                Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate @JohnnyBeGood
                                last edited by Derelict

                                @JohnnyBeGood It's just NAT. If they did something stupid to require static source port 4500, the knob is there for you to turn. That will break if multiple phones try to connect to the same IPsec endpoint.

                                These are my states to AT&T. NAT-T doing what NAT-T does:

                                Packets 	Bytes 	
                                LAN 	udp 	192.168.223.223:4500 -> 129.192.166.10:4500 	MULTIPLE:MULTIPLE 	33.68 K / 25.353 K 	4.87 MiB / 5.07 MiB 	
                                WAN 	udp 	203.0.113.230:31513 (192.168.223.223:4500) -> 129.192.166.10:4500 	MULTIPLE:MULTIPLE 	33.678 K / 25.353 K 	4.87 MiB / 5.07 MiB
                                

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                                A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
                                DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
                                Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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                                  TeresaDupre Banned @JohnnyBeGood
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