First time user / install problems

UlfLaursen

Hi Guys

I have a mobile broadband Huawei router with 4 Gb ports and I want to use that together with my pfSense software installed on my PicoPC.

The installation went fine with all default settings.

I have the LAN1 port as "WAN" and the LAN2 port as "LAN".

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This is my screen I get. The mobile broadband router has DHCP enabled and gives out 192.168.8.xxx IP-addresses.

One of the Gb connectors on the mobile broadband router goes to the WAN on the "pfSense box" and the LAN of the "pfSense box" goes to the switch. On the switch, I have a test PC connected, and it works fine when the mobile broadband router is connected to the switch as well, directly.

But when the "pfSense box" is in between, I will not get an IP address, but should the "pfSense box" not have DHCP enabled as default?

I have watched this video on youtube, where the guy apparently has a similar setup, and it seems to work for him, but I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong.

Two interesting points:
https://youtu.be/EPz2bbfUb2U?t=1272
https://youtu.be/EPz2bbfUb2U?t=1853

By the way, I can ping a host via "7" in the menu on the console, i.e. 8.8.8.8

Thanks for any help.

Br

Ulf

UlfLaursen

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KOM

@ulflaursen said in First time user / install problems:

but should the "pfSense box" not have DHCP enabled as default?

When you installed it, part of the step of configuring LAN is it asks you if you want to enable DHCP and if yes then it asks for the IP range to manage. Perhaps you missed that. Give yourself a 192.168.1.2 address, login to pfSense gui and check your Services - DHCP Server settings. That, or reconfigure LAN and do the DHCP part again (option 2 in the console menu).

UlfLaursen

@kom said in First time user / install problems:

@ulflaursen said in First time user / install problems:

but should the "pfSense box" not have DHCP enabled as default?

When you installed it, part of the step of configuring LAN is it asks you if you want to enable DHCP and if yes then it asks for the IP range to manage. Perhaps you missed that. Give yourself a 192.168.1.2 address, login to pfSense gui and check your Services - DHCP Server settings. That, or reconfigure LAN and do the DHCP part again (option 2 in the console menu).

Thanks a lot @KOM it works!!

/U