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    WAN interface is UP / PPoE connection working / Can reach WANs Gateway / Cannot reach the internet [solved]

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    • patient0P
      patient0 @desert_myrrh
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      @desert_myrrh said in WAN interface is UP / PPoE connection working / Can reach WANs Gateway / Cannot reach the internet:

      What am I doing wrong?!

      The WAN interface does indeed look good. But on LAN you set the IP to 192.168.100.6, subnet mask to 255.255.255.248 = /29 which gives you 6 usable IPs. Nothing wrong but is that on purpose?

      I can ping and reach my WAN's gateway, but can not reach the internet

      • Can you ping 1.1.1.1 from pfSense? And/or from a client?
      • Can you show the gateway page (redact public IPs)?
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      • desert_myrrhD
        desert_myrrh @patient0
        last edited by desert_myrrh

        @patient0 said in WAN interface is UP / PPoE connection working / Can reach WANs Gateway / Cannot reach the internet:

        @desert_myrrh said in WAN interface is UP / PPoE connection working / Can reach WANs Gateway / Cannot reach the internet:

        What am I doing wrong?!

        The WAN interface does indeed look good. But on LAN you set the IP to 192.168.100.6, subnet mask to 255.255.255.248 = /29 which gives you 6 usable IPs. Nothing wrong but is that on purpose?

        Yeap. The LAN interface is connected to a small switch. There are only 2 computers connected through cable. I usually have a policy to restrict the network size to its minimum possible size, but I can change to its default mask. At this point, I am accepting every suggestion possible.

        I can ping and reach my WAN's gateway, but can not reach the internet

        • Can you ping 1.1.1.1 from pfSense? And/or from a client?
        • Can you show the gateway page (redact public IPs)?

        No. Can't ping any IP from pfSense except the IP given to the WAN interface and its gateway IP. Computers connected also have the same behavior.

        I'm not home now. When I'm back, I will connect the pfSense box again and print the gateway page to you.

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        • patient0P
          patient0 @desert_myrrh
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          @desert_myrrh said in WAN interface is UP / PPoE connection working / Can reach WANs Gateway / Cannot reach the internet:

          Yeap. The LAN interface is connected to a small switch. There are only 2 computers connected through cable ...At this point, I am accepting every suggestion possible.

          No reason to change the subnet mask, leave it the way it is. Just to check if you did it on purpose or if it was a typo.

          Would be interesting to know the gateway you got when on OPnsense and the ISP modem.

          Are you using pfSense CE 2.7.2 or 2.8.0-BETA?

          And on a totally unrelated note: instead of the menu 'Help' you got an entry 'FW01.local.lan'. How do you manage that, custom theme?

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          • GertjanG
            Gertjan @patient0
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            @patient0 said in WAN interface is UP / PPoE connection working / Can reach WANs Gateway / Cannot reach the internet:

            How do you manage that, custom theme?

            System > General Set up :

            79d21071-ae50-40d9-9997-de5984593737-image.png

            No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
            Edit : and where are the logs ??

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            • patient0P
              patient0 @Gertjan
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              @Gertjan said in WAN interface is UP / PPoE connection working / Can reach WANs Gateway / Cannot reach the internet:

              System > General Set up :

              I see, never noticed that, thank you.

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              • w0wW
                w0w @desert_myrrh
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                @desert_myrrh
                What Diagnostics->routes show?

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                • desert_myrrhD
                  desert_myrrh @patient0
                  last edited by

                  @patient0 Ok. Your suggestion nailed it. When I checked the gateway page, for some reason there was an old gateway group pointed as default.

                  The strange thing is I started all pfSense configuration from scratch before posting, reset the interfaces and configured both interfaces (LAN and WAN) from scratch using the terminal.

                  I'm not sure if I missed something or this is a bug. When you reset the interfaces using the terminal, any previous configuration should be erased. Isn't that correct or I am missing something?

                  Thanks everyone. You guys rock.

                  By the way, this is my first post. Can somebody tell me how do I close this thread?

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                  • GertjanG
                    Gertjan @desert_myrrh
                    last edited by Gertjan

                    @desert_myrrh

                    The concept of closing a thread doesn't exists here.
                    If possible - I'm not sure, you can edit the first thread and adding the subject by adding something like [solved].

                    edit : what is common here :
                    Upvote the post of the person who brought you the solution.

                    No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                    Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                    • patient0P
                      patient0 @desert_myrrh
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                      @desert_myrrh said in WAN interface is UP / PPoE connection working / Can reach WANs Gateway / Cannot reach the internet:

                      When you reset the interfaces using the terminal, any previous configuration should be erased. Isn't that correct or I am missing something?

                      I don't think it will touch manually added gateways when you reset the interfaces. If they where DHCP added then yes these should get removed if you reset the interface, have not tried it yet though.

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                      • desert_myrrhD
                        desert_myrrh @Gertjan
                        last edited by desert_myrrh

                        @Gertjan said in WAN interface is UP / PPoE connection working / Can reach WANs Gateway / Cannot reach the internet:

                        @desert_myrrh

                        The concept of closing a thread doesn't exists here.
                        If possible - I'm not sure, you can edit the first thread and adding the subject by adding something like [solved].

                        edit : what is common here :
                        Upvote the post of the person who brought you the solution.

                        I need 5 reputation points to upvote. Just found there is a time to edit my last post. I'll wait and update later.

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