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    • D
      decibel83
      last edited by

      Hi.
      I'm having a strange problem on my pfSense system.
      I configured the LAN and the WAN interface, and the cable are working without any problems.
      The LAN network is working good, but the WAN network not.
      If I ping the default gateway or an external host I obtain the following error:

      
      [root@fw]/root(2): ping 8.8.8.8
      PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): 56 data bytes
      ping: sendto: No buffer space available
      ping: sendto: No buffer space available
      ping: sendto: No buffer space available
      ping: sendto: No buffer space available
      ping: sendto: No buffer space available
      
      [root@fw]/root(3): ping 123.123.123.89
      PING 123.123.123.89 (123.123.123.123): 56 data bytes
      ping: sendto: No buffer space available
      ping: sendto: No buffer space available
      ping: sendto: No buffer space available
      ping: sendto: No buffer space available
      
      

      If I try to ping another host on the WAN network, all work good:

      
      [root@fw.radiodolomiti.local]/root(4): ping 123.123.123.90
      PING 123.123.123.90(213.21.190.90): 56 data bytes
      64 bytes from 123.123.123.90: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.113 ms
      64 bytes from 123.123.123.90: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.107 ms
      64 bytes from 123.123.123.90: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.110 ms
      64 bytes from 123.123.123.90: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.111 ms
      
      

      The network on the WAN interface is 123.123.123.88/255.255.255.248.
      The Internet connection is not working, of course.

      Could you help to understand and solve this problem, please?

      Thank you very much!
      Bye.

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        Usually that indicates that it can't send traffic there. Either because it doesn't have permission (blocked by firewall rules) or perhaps because it doesn't have a default route going that way.

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