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      nback @stephenw10
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      ping-from wan-2.png
      ping-from-wan2-2.png

      However from LAN or default does not work.
      ping-from-lan.png
      ping-from-default.png

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        nback @nback
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        @nback
        Maybe this is a clue. All of the dns servers setup in pfsense ping OK using default source address in the Diagnosics Ping web interface.
        127.0.0.1
        74.82.42.42
        208.67.220.220
        2001:470:20::2
        2620:0:ccc::2
        8.8.8.8
        8.8.4.4
        2001:4860:4860::8888
        2001:4860:4860::8844
        2620:0:ccd::2
        208.67.222.222
        212.159.6.9
        212.159.6.10

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          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by stephenw10

          Ok, just reviewed everything here and this is the problem, I should have spotted it the first time:

          Routing tables
          
          Internet:
          Destination        Gateway            Flags       Use    Mtu      Netif Expire
          default            yyy-yyy-yyy-yyy.plus.com UGS  2425824   1492        lo0
          dns.google         253.core.plus.net  UGHS     171106   1492     pppoe1
          dns.google         252.core.plus.net  UGHS     171108   1492     pppoe0
          

          Your default route is via lo0.

          There are gateways for each of the PPPoE connections but there is an additional gateway there, whatever yyy-yyy-yyy-yyy.plus.com is. That is not expected. The default route should be one of the other two gateways shown there.

          You don't appear to have any static routes via internal gateways so make sure you don't have any gateways defined on internal interface, such as LAN. The outbound NAT rules apply you have 5 interfaces with gateways set

          Do you have an extra gateway shown in System > Routing? Something left over from the previous config perhaps?

          What is the default v4 gateway set to there? Set it to one of the ppp gateways or a failover group of the two if it's still set to automatic.

          Steve

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            nback @stephenw10
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            @stephenw10

            You've found it!

            It's a hangover in System/Routing/Gateways for multiwan. Originally set up in pfsense 1.2.x
            Each pfsense upgrade seemed to adjust these setting so that multiwan still worked.
            I've uncheck the 'Default Gateway' and now I have lots of new ntp servers and pings now works as expected.
            I now need to review my System/Routing/Gateways and NTP settings.
            Thanks for all your help.

            Norman

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              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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              Nice. I should have spotted that the first time I read the routing table. I saw it was a plusnet address but missed it was on lo0. 🙄 Todays lesson....

              Steve

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                nback @stephenw10
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                @stephenw10
                OK, that seems to have sorted out ipv4 but I notice in the NTP log
                'Soliciting pool server 2a01:7e00::f03c:91ff:fead:69a'
                but no response.

                So from the box on the lan:
                ping -c3 -6 2a01:7e00::f03c:91ff:fead:69a
                PING 2a01:7e00::f03c:91ff:fead:69a(2a01:7e00::f03c:91ff:fead:69a) 56 data bytes
                64 bytes from 2a01:7e00::f03c:91ff:fead:69a: icmp_seq=1 ttl=58 time=11.3 ms
                64 bytes from 2a01:7e00::f03c:91ff:fead:69a: icmp_seq=2 ttl=58 time=10.9 ms
                64 bytes from 2a01:7e00::f03c:91ff:fead:69a: icmp_seq=3 ttl=58 time=10.4 ms

                --- 2a01:7e00::f03c:91ff:fead:69a ping statistics ---
                3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 4ms
                rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 10.397/10.849/11.274/0.378 ms

                From pfsense
                [2.4.0-RELEASE][root@pfsense.local1]/root: ping6 -c 3 2a01:7e00::f03c:91ff:fead:69a
                ping6: UDP connect: No route to host

                2.4.0-RELEASE][root@pfsense.local1]/root: ping6 -c 3 -S 2001:yyyy:yyyy:yyyy::2 2a01:7e00::f03c:91ff:fead:69a
                PING6(56=40+8+8 bytes) 2001:yyyy:yyyy:yyyy::2 --> 2a01:7e00::f03c:91ff:fead:69a
                ping6: sendmsg: No route to host
                ping6: wrote 2a01:7e00::f03c:91ff:fead:69a 16 chars, ret=-1
                ping6: sendmsg: No route to host
                ping6: wrote 2a01:7e00::f03c:91ff:fead:69a 16 chars, ret=-1
                ping6: sendmsg: No route to host
                ping6: wrote 2a01:7e00::f03c:91ff:fead:69a 16 chars, ret=-1

                --- 2a01:7e00::f03c:91ff:fead:69a ping6 statistics ---
                3 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss

                Where 2001:yyyy:yyyy:yyyy::2 is the pfsense interface address of an HE tunnel.

                This seems like a similar problem but I can't see it, or should I raise a separate question?

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                  nback @nback
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                  @nback
                  Fixed it! Set a default gateway for ipv6.

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                    JKnott @nback
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                    @nback said in ntp only connecting to some time servers:

                    Fixed it! Set a default gateway for ipv6.

                    You shouldn't have to. That should happen automagically, through router advertisements.

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

                    I haven't lost my mind. It's around here...somewhere...

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