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      far_ken_beauty
      last edited by

      As per topic I can't seem to access my LAN devices from the Wireless.

      I am using PFSENSE 2.

      The interfaces on my PFSENSE box are below. I have a wirelss NIC in the box using it as a WAP.

      From a wireless connection I can ping the gateway of both the LAN and WAP gateways but can't get any further onto the LAN from a wireless connection.

      Rules: Lan

      
      ID Proto Source Port Destination Port Gateway Queue Schedule Description    
          *      WAP net  *   *              *     *          none   Default    allow WAP to any rule   
      
      

      Rules: WAP

      
      ID Proto Source Port Destination Port Gateway Queue Schedule Description    
          *      LAN net  *   *              *     *          none   Default    allow LAN to any rule   
      
      

      Interfaces

      WAN interface (em0)  
      Status up  
      PPPoE up     
      MAC address 00:00:00:00:00:00  
      IP address 118.209.xxx.xxx    
      Subnet mask 255.255.255.255  
      Gateway 150.101.212.45  
      ISP DNS servers 192.231.203.132
      192.231.203.3
      
      In/out packets 844520/843988 (640.79 MB/46.45 MB)  
      In/out packets (pass) 843988/642582 (640.76 MB/46.45 MB)  
      In/out packets (block) 532/0 (35 KB/0 bytes)  
      
      LAN interface (em1)  
      Status up  
      MAC address 00:07:e9:a5:61:31  
      IP address 192.168.1.254    
      Subnet mask 255.255.255.0  
      Media 1000baseT <full-duplex>In/out packets 237111/237099 (15.76 MB/542.85 MB)  
      In/out packets (pass) 237099/414110 (15.76 MB/542.85 MB)  
      In/out packets (block) 12/0 (1 KB/0 bytes)  
      In/out errors 0/0  
      Collisions 0  
      
      WAP interface (ath0)  
      Status up  
      MAC address 00:27:19:db:06:db  
      IP address 192.168.2.254    
      Subnet mask 255.255.255.0  
      Media autoselect mode 11g <hostap>Channel 11  
      SSID Wireless  
      BSSID 00:19:d2:43:f2:d7  
      Rate 24M  
      RSSI 11.5  
      In/out packets 62946/62806 (10.12 MB/77.12 MB)  
      In/out packets (pass) 62806/85184 (10.12 MB/77.12 MB)  
      In/out packets (block) 140/0 (6 KB/0 bytes)  
      In/out errors 2/7  
      Collisions 0</hostap></full-duplex> 
      

      Any ideas?

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        wallabybob
        last edited by

        Please elaborate on can't get any further onto the LAN from a wireless connection, for example, "I did … and I saw ...".

        Do you get different results by IP address and by hostname?

        The counters suggest you may have changed firewall rules without restarting. Did you reset firewall states? (From web GUI: Diagnostics -> States, click on Reset States tab then click on the Reset button.)

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          cmb
          last edited by

          You have the rules backwards. All traffic is filtered where it initiates, you'll never see LAN source traffic on wireless nor wireless sourced traffic on LAN.

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