Accessing GUI without Internet
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@elitehuskarl You don't need Internet access to get to WebGUI. If you have console access, you could restore it to factory defaults and then configure it from scratch. From your workstation, can you ping 192.168.123.254?
Edit: Are you using http or https to access WebGUI? It could be either depending on how it was initially configured.
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@elitehuskarl
If you edit the LAN settings in the console pfSense will display the whole URL (protocol, IP, port) to connect to the GUI.
Ensure that your PC is within the same subnet and that it is connected to the LAN interface.
pfSense will also give you feedback on the console when you connect an Ethernet cable to an interface to detecet the correct one. -
@kom I've pinged it with varying results - 2-4 of the 4 packets get lost.
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@viragomann I will try that this afternoon when I am at the workstation - thanks for the tip.
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@elitehuskarl Any chance there is a duplicate IP on the network? I would also try swapping cables to rule that out.
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@kom It's literally one computer and the router - I unplugged both devices from the Internet and am just trying to connect the two of them with a direct Ethernet connection.
I've done both HTTP and HTTPS.
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@elitehuskarl You need to get to the bottom of why 50% of your pings fail on a two-node network. It's usually all or nothing.
Edit: They may have placed rules on LAN to only allow admin access from specific LAN IPs. Again, a factory reset may be the fastest way to get it up & running.
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@kom I agree; a factory reset may be what is needed. Do you know if there's a way to save a config xml from the console, so that later on I can restore this configuration if I want?
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@elitehuskarl SSH in and then go to /conf. There you will find config.xml.
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@kom Thank you - I appreciate the help.