NO DNS to Wifi after upgrading to 2.4.5
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Hi, I am not super new to PFSense, been using it for several years, but not a super tech and only know the basics.
I have an OpenMesh wifi access point behind my PFSense box that worked perfectly fine prior to upgrading to 2.4.5 yesterday (and today, having the gateway get hosed and then correcting that). After doing a bit of troubleshooting, we have wifi connectivity and can ping the Internet just fine, which means its DNS. There are no settings in the OpenMesh, it just gets it's info from PFSense, but in this case it isn't - getting DNS from what I can figure (since so many networking problems stem from DNS and why I have a giant yellow sticky note on my monitor that says "Check DNS first dummy")
I would appreciate any insight, preferably assuming I am a PFSense and routing newb, otherwise I will get lost...
Thanks for any help, and hopefully posting in the right forum.
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Hi,
Your wifi fevice uses DHCP, right ?
So it gets the IP, mask, network, gateway, and DNS from pfSense.That didn't change when you upgraded from 2.4.4-p3 to 2.4.5.
@Tech21CSI said in NO DNS to Wifi after upgrading to 2.4.5:
having the gateway get hosed and then correcting that
Something between pfSense and your devices isn't playing 'transparent' and start to act as a DHCP server ? Just eliminate these devices, cable up, and you'll be fine ?
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@Gertjan Thanks... yes, everything comes from the PFSense box. Unfortunately, the wifi device, an OpenMesh OMp2-HS does not have any capability to turn on or off DHCP, it is a very dumb device. In testing, I did assign the wifi a static IP address on the PFS just to see if it was a lease issue.
I haven't added any devices to be eliminated. there is only modem, pfsense, switch and wifi.
Everything was working great under 2.4.4 as soon as I updated to 2.4.5, it broke. I was forced to update despite the newness of the release because I needed OpenVPN and it wouldn't load unless I updated.
I am still confident this is a DNS issue (not DHCP) but not sure how to troubleshoot further. For some reason, the PFS is no longer providing DNS to the wifi...hence the ability to ping the Internet, but not browse.
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Problem resolved. Took FOREVER for the PFS to start handing out the right DNS. weird. also noticed after a reboot, it takes 40 minutes or so for Internet to start working.
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Are you running it on a 8088 ?