I'm lost… And I dont know where to start.... Cant get out to the 'net
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I'm trying to run 1.2.2 LiveCD in a very simple network: Cable modem to pfSense to PC (running XP). The pfSense PC has 2 nic's (both 3Com products). pfSense machine is an older Dell w/128meg of RAM.
The PC talks to pfSense; I can get the configuration menu, so I think the hardware and cabling are OK, but I cant get out to the internet. I put in OpenDNS for DNS server addresses; I created rules for traffic to pass (wide open: every address every port for starters). Still No Net. I get PAGE NOT FOUND errors.
I made a hard drive installation, too. I got 1.2.3 LiveCD (didn't put it on the HD, though). No Joy Anywhere. It seems that DNS is not working right? I get good signal and traffic indication from the WAN card on pfSense…. The modem blinks like it is talking to pfSense.
This might be significant: I cant get to the modem through the web interface (http://192.168.100.1)
Can someone suggest something? I am very frustrated!
eeandersen
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Did you reboot your cable modem? Most of them require a reboot when switching devices connected to them.
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got ip on the wan interface?
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My thanks to both… I'm replying while online with pfSense as I type.
I didnt have an IP and I got one when I rebooted the modem! But I had lost LAN function.
In the process, I changed NIC's out and finally back in (to original); I removed all the extraneous cards (firewire, and sound); rearranged the order of the cards in the slots; tried new cabling; installed 1.2.3RC3 on the HD....
Do I dare put things back to the way they were??? I'm going to try...
So I got proof-of-concept to work! Now to put it in front of the entire network, not just the trimmed down version.
Thanks again!