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New install of a netgate, but cant access the web

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    ghurty
    last edited by Oct 29, 2010, 1:26 AM

    I purchased a Netgate with pfsense installed,

    I connected one to lan the other to wan.

    I Logged in, checked the status and I saw the WAN one got an IP address. But I cant browse or ping any website.

    How to I tell the traffic to go out through the WAN interface?

    Thanks

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      hankjrfan00
      last edited by Oct 29, 2010, 3:03 AM

      Hmm…

      Double check the wan info such as gateway and dns.  Also on the lan side make sure the machines are set to use pfsense as the gateway.

      One thing to check.  If you go to Ping under the diagnostic menu and try to ping from there does it work?

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        ghurty
        last edited by Oct 29, 2010, 3:30 AM

        I checked everything and pinging worked.

        What does: Also on the lan side make sure the machines are set to use pfsense as the gateway. mean?

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          Cry Havok
          last edited by Oct 29, 2010, 10:43 AM

          It means you have to ensure that the clients are using the pfSense server as their default route.  Type route print at a command line on your client and look for a destination of 0.0.0.0 or default.

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            ghurty
            last edited by Oct 29, 2010, 1:51 PM

            I just checked and they are. Is there some firewall rules I need to play with? Or tell it which data to use which interface for?

            Thanks

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              Cry Havok
              last edited by Oct 29, 2010, 4:49 PM

              There's nothing special you should need to do.

              What's the first 2 sets of numbers of the WAN IP and subnet mask of your pfSense host?  What's the LAN IP and subnet mask?  What changes have you made to the default configuration?

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                hankjrfan00
                last edited by Oct 30, 2010, 4:27 AM

                from the lan side try to ping a system on the internet via ip address.  For example ping 8.8.8.8(this is one of googles piblic dns servers).  This will tell us whether it is a dns problem or something else.

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