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      Speedydowt
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      Hey there,

      I'm completely new to pfsense so please bear with me!

      Currently have a server running VMworkstation with PFsense. Have BT home hub connected to WAN card on server then have LAN card on server connected to a gigabit switch.

      Could someone please guide me through the step to setting VMware/pfsense up? or provide documentation. I've disabled TCP/IP etc on the WAN card and unchecked "block RC1918 addresses" on the WAN interface. I've also bridged each VM adaptor to the WAN and LAN card respectively. But i still cannot access the internet.

      Thanks very much for your time

      Tom

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        spraynpray
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        I have the same problem, pfSense is telling me it has a wan address of 192.168.1.245, but when I run it from the liveCD it gives me a correct IP that works which starts with the digit 9. The lan works though, it could be an incompatibility with the realtek nic I'm running wan off of (even though it works on liveCD).

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          berniem
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          spraynpray, on the previous thread you hijacked, you described your situation as running under Hyper-V.  THIS thread started out as a VMWare question.  Are you -sure- you're in the same situation as this person?

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            spraynpray
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            @berniem:

            spraynpray, on the previous thread you hijacked, you described your situation as running under Hyper-V.  THIS thread started out as a VMWare question.  Are you -sure- you're in the same situation as this person?

            LOL yes I am. I don't think it was hijacking if I had a very similar question to ask. When you have the same question as someone else and you see an existing thread, I'll wait for you to make another thread and them yell at you to use the damn search button like I just did.
            SO what if I'm trying out both, you got a problem with that? I'm not in the same situation; I have the same problem.

            So, berniem, are you trying to help someone or are you here to troll? >:(

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              berniem
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              Yes, I was indeed trying to help you.  I'll stop that now.  I wish you the best of luck.

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                spraynpray
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                I got it working anyways. Needed to install intel gigabit pro driver, set the vlan so that it was transparent to pfsense, and then dedicated those 2 vlan connections to vmware. Assigned them to pfsense, now it's working perfectly. Installing snort right now, considering squid. Still to come:
                -install print server in server 2008
                -install wifi AP
                -figure out how to use optional interfaces so the host pc also has network access with a host-vm connection

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                  spraynpray
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                  @Speedydowt:

                  Hey there,

                  I'm completely new to pfsense so please bear with me!

                  Currently have a server running VMworkstation with PFsense. Have BT home hub connected to WAN card on server then have LAN card on server connected to a gigabit switch.

                  Could someone please guide me through the step to setting VMware/pfsense up? or provide documentation. I've disabled TCP/IP etc on the WAN card and unchecked "block RC1918 addresses" on the WAN interface. I've also bridged each VM adaptor to the WAN and LAN card respectively. But i still cannot access the internet.

                  Thanks very much for your time

                  Tom

                  Can you see the pfsense webUI? Can you see any other computers on your network? Can you ping anyone from pfsense and is it getting an IP address from the modem? Option 7 to ping, try 8.8.8.8 or 4.2.2.1 and report back on what it says. Disable everything except the vmware protocol if you're bridging the connections.

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                    Speedydowt
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                    Can see the PFSense Web GUI- haven't tried pinging other hosts on our LAN- im using my PF sense router as a double nat through another router/modem- and yes it does receive a DCHP given ip from my modem/router- tried pinging google.com but havnt tried google dns 8.8.8.8. i am indeed bridging the connections- i've disabled everything apart from the VMware protocol on the WAN card but not the LAN card- is that correct?

                    Thanks very much for your time Spraynpray was good of you to get back to me

                    Tom

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