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    Pfsense behind the router but DNS not resolving

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      boomramada
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      I got my pfsense setup behind the router.
      Router set to 192.168.1.254 and no changes set for the router.

      General Setup
      DNS Server 192.168.1.254
      Allow DNS server list to be overridden by DHCP/PPP on WAN

      Config
      WAN: 192.168.1.31/24(Satic)
      IP Upstream gateway set to 192.168.1.254

      LAN: 192.168.100. 1 (Static)
      IP Upstream gateway set to 192.168.100.1

      Static Route
      Destination network : 192.168.1.254
      Gateway : 192.168.100.1

      I cant ping 8.8.8.8 / google.com
      Gateway status, I get following
      WANGW (default) 192.168.1.254 192.168.1.254 0ms 0ms 100% Offline, Packetloss: 100%

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        Gertjan @boomramada
        last edited by

        @boomramada

        If you could set the LAN your (ISP ?) upstream router to, for example, 192.168.10.1/24 you"ll be ready for an good experience : It will work out of the box.
        All you have to to do : reset your pfSense settings (console menu option 4 - or Diagnostics => Factory Defaults) and when it restart, apply the golden rule "Change nothing, except the password". And I mean it : change nothing (this is important).

        You'll see : your pfSense router works.
        When you change something now, and it 'breaks', just undo what you did and you'll be fine.

        Or :
        Keep your actual "LAN your (ISP ?) upstream router" settings - 192.168.1.254/24.
        On pfSense :
        Reset WAN settings, go back to the default DHCP mode. No static settings needed.
        LAN interface : do not assign a gateway, keep it empty.
        Like this :
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        And then this :
        @boomramada said in Pfsense behind the router but DNS not resolving:

        Static Route
        Destination network : 192.168.1.254
        Gateway : 192.168.100.1

        Don't know why you did this. Undo it.

        No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
        Edit : and where are the logs ??

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          boomramada @Gertjan
          last edited by

          @gertjan
          I got it working, thanks for the quick help.

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