Problems setting up a bridge?
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I have managed to setup pfSense with a 4 port intel nic. I don't need all 4 ports so setup 3 ports as a bridge. It works fine but with one exception.
When I first set it up I had my workstation and my nas each plugged into a port on the router. The problem started when I tried to connect to my nas. I could ping it and manually map it using the IP but was unable to browse the network. After pulling my hair out for a few days it finally had the thought to plug the workstation and nas to my switch and plug the switch into the router. It then worked prefect.
All interfaces have a rule to pass all traffic both TCP and UDP. The netbios traffic should be UDP but appears to not be passing.
Any ideas to solve this problem?
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@captain351 It sounds as if you needed a two-port NIC and a separate switch, maybe a smart managed 5 ports, new on eBay or Amazon for $34 or less...makes your life easier...
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@captain351 said in Problems setting up a bridge?:
The problem started when I tried to connect to my nas. I could ping it and manually map it using the IP but was unable to browse the network.
What do you mean exactly?
If you enter the UNC path of the NAS you see nothing?
Or even the shares are not shown up automatically?Show your rules.
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@viragomann The shares don't show up automaticaly. For instance in windows if I try to view the network I can see nothing but the local machine. I can map a network drive using the ip address but if use the machine name it can not find that name and errors out.
My server (NAS) has the same problem I had drives mapped for backup purposes. They worked before I changed everything over to pfSense and they work fine again when plugged into my switch. It stops working if anything is pluged into a bridge port.
I thought of something else since the last post. I have tested all 3 bridge ports and they all work as the link to my switch. I thought the problem might be UDP related but DHCP works fine on all 3 bridge ports. the problem seems to be netbios traffic traveling between the bridge ports!
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@captain351 Could be wrong, but it sounds like you could use a crossover cable instead of a switch.
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You are wrong. Crossovers are not needed with gigabit and newer 100 Mb interfaces.
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@captain351
So your devices are obviously using WINS for name resolution.Why don't you move over to DNS?
Since you probably run a DHCP server on pfSense you can configure it to register the host names in the DNS server directly. So all devices would be able to resolve the host names.
