Adding a Subnet to an Interface
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@patch Thanks, - that is helpful; but it would be even more helpful if there was a drawing submission function, or similar, as part of the posting process that made it clear that a drawing was a requirement and any required labels.
Also, I have seen some very clear, and technical, drawings on this site which make it look as though there is some kind of utility, or software, for producing these based on a person's setup. Is there, or is that part of webConfigurator or the webConfigurator packages?
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@johnpoz I had my BIND set correctly, - I even used a test domain with absolutely minimal records (ie: something that could not possibly be entered incorrectly ...and there was still zero output in the Resulting Zone Config file).
I reset everything (including the BIOS configuration, - yes, that CAN be the cause of issues), and I tried a simple test domain again and, again, zero output in the RZCF; so I disregarded that and ran a series of dig enquiries via the Command Prompt, which confirmed that things were not working.
...so, switching back to my usual /29 domain list, I ran through everything else prior to testing that again:
OPT1 configured to use static IPv4 /29 subnet? - Yes
No NAT rule configured to be Outbound Hybrid and ticked? - Yes
DNS rules in place? - Yes
DNS Resolver left untouched (on, - ticked, - by default)? - Yes, but do I need to change this to a different port to prevent it from conflicting with BIND?
DHCP Server off? - Yes
BIND Server actually enabled and check under running services? - Yes
At least one BIND View created and showing in the zone configuration file? - Yes
BIND DNS set to listen on the OPT1 (not LAN or WAN) interface? - Yes (although I have tested the configuration with the other interfaces, - including all or any, - for good measure.
Anything else? - Not that I can think of at the moment.As it stands I am still seeing NXDOMAIN of REFUSED in the dig results.
I think an issue could be that I need to reinstall the webserver after configuring BIND and to use the /29 addresses in Anaconda. If I am right in what I am thinking, I either need DHCP advertising an address for the install process to detect or I need something like BIND doing similar with the /29 subnet addresses, in which case networking should start to respond after those addresses have been added under the IPv4 tab (of the webserver networking install process).
As for the lack of output in the RZCF, though, I have been totally unable to get that working and do not know what is causing it to fail or why it is failing to generate output.
For the moment I have a VLAN arrangement, Routed Subnet, inter-Lan routing, the works, and all is working fine with my router; but if the checklist I have posted is good I am prepared to completely re-install pfSense on new drive and to test it again.
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@nogosubnet said in Adding a Subnet to an Interface:
that is helpful; but
I did not suggest there was an issue with how pretty the diagrams look, I was requesting information content.
A hand drawn diagram with basic labels together with more detailed information written on the diagram or written directly to the forum post is fine.
Note your replies again contain
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none of the requested information
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self justification of things you reassure yourself you have done correctly.
The problem with that approach, and this entire thread is; if you had done everything correctly, your site would already be working. What you are trying to achieve can readily be done with pfSense.
If you want to fix it you have to recognise you have made a configuration mistake, show what you have actually done, to enable other forum members to see your specific mistake and suggest a specific solution.
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@patch all of which I did and, for the record, my setup is now working. Thanks for your help.
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@nogosubnet said in Adding a Subnet to an Interface:
Also, I have seen some very clear, and technical, drawings on this site which make it look as though there is some kind of utility, or software, for producing these based on a person's setup. Is there, or is that part of webConfigurator or the webConfigurator packages?
Drawings:
Maybe look here
https://forum.netgate.com/post/982002 -
@bingo600 Thanks, - that will come in useful.
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@nogosubnet said in Adding a Subnet to an Interface:
my setup is now working
No it isn't - can not query anything. Nor can any site that does dns testing..
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@johnpoz Thanks for the notification: the DNS, at least, should now be working.
