No Internet access from device connected to pfSense
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@MrTea Is this device on the LAN interface? If not did you add a rule to that interface to pass traffic?
I would include screenshots of your Interface list with IPs (redact part of the WAN IP if it is not RFC1918) from the Dashboard and then maybe the firewall rules for this interface.
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@rcoleman-netgate, Yes, the device is on the lan interface.
Here is the lan interface
And here are the lan firewall rules
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@MrTea How about the rest of the interfaces?
See mine here (with redactions):
Specifically what IP is your client machine getting? How does it connect to the pfSense? Directly via ethernet or through other hardware?
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Except for the WAN, there are no other interfaces.
My client machine has an ip of 192.168.1.120
It connected directly to pfSense via an ethernet cable. Like this:
Internet -> pfSense (on a protectli vault) -> laptopI am trying to keep it simple until I can get my laptop on the internet. Then I will add other devices.
Maybe this is helpful?
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Can it ping pfSense? Can it ping the upstream gateway?
Do you see that device in the DHCP status in pfSense? It could be pulling an IP from a different dhcp server.
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@MrTea
Curious. Do you still have the TP link router plugged in? Doesnt matter if its connected to the protectli or not is it plugged in anywhere in the house?
Is your laptop also on wifi? I understand its plugged in but is it also connected to a wifi network.Lastly, can you go into the windows cmd prompt again and run the following command
arp -aSee if 192.168.1.1 matches up with the MAC address listed for your router.
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@MrTea said in No Internet access from device connected to pfSense:
Except for the WAN, there are no other interfaces.
My client machine has an ip of 192.168.1.120I asked for the things I asked for for very specific reasons.
You probably should provide them.
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@stephenw10, I can ping pfSense and the upstream gateway. I can also see my laptop in the DHCP status in pfSense.
@michmoor, when I am testing pfSense, on my laptop I disable wifi. However, I do still leave the TP Link router on.
With the clues that both of you gave me, I was able to find out this:
Using an ip address, I am able to ping google. But if I try to issue a dig command for google.com, I get no answer back.
In pfSense, when I go to Diagnostics / DNS Lookup, and enter google.com, I get an Answer.
So now I am thinking the issue is in the dns lookup and not general internet access. -
@MrTea said in No Internet access from device connected to pfSense:
I can ping pfSense and the upstream gateway. I can also see my laptop in the DHCP status in pfSense.
Ok, so what test from the laptop is failing?
DNS resolution failure perhaps? If so check in Diag > DNS Lookup that pfSense can resolve against all configured servers.
Steve
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@stephenw10
Diag > DSN lookup was working correctly.
I had failed to properly configure the DSN Resolver and DSN Resolution. Once I made changes there, my DNS issue on my laptop cleared up and now I am "surfing the internet"!Again, thank you all for pointing me in the right direction.
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@MrTea Is DNS Resolver listening on the LAN interface?
