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      dcnconsult
      last edited by

      DHCP enabled, DNS Forwarder Enabled, WAN and Gatyeway setup.  Set test rules to allow all traffic everywhere to eliminate firewall.  Authentication set to local user to test access.

      Captive Portal up on LAN interface only, all clients on LAN pass right through without any redirection.  Client's MAC's show in dhcp table and are handed Lan IP for DNS.

      Test portal page from WebConfigurator is successful and adds my WAN host ip to the captive portal list.  Cannot get clients to prompt for captive portal authentication and no errors in any logs.

      Anyone have any ideas?

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        dcnconsult
        last edited by

        Can I assume that captive portal does not work in 2.X?  I have all updates applied, read every post, applied all troubleshooting techniques, and yet all clients pass through LAN and VLAN direcly to Internet  without being prompted for logon.  DHCP is verified, DNS Forwarding is working anc configured correctly, Firewall rules opened up wide to make sure they do not trip things up.  I an considering ditching and finding a commercial product.

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          dhatz
          last edited by

          The captive portal does work in 2.0

          It's hard to troubleshoot your particular problem without more info, but have you by any chance installed transparent squid on that same machine?

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            dcnconsult
            last edited by

            Yes, I recently installed it but the results were the same with or without.  All VLAN clients are using the machine to access Internet, and nothing is being blocked.  All clients get DHCP from PFSense, with VLAN IP as the DNS and gateway.  Active portal is on VLAN interface only with local user authentication and portal page tests correctly from webconfig but clients never get request to authenticate nor redirect to page defined in Post Authentication or Error page, they just pass straight through firewall.

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              dhatz
              last edited by

              Ideally the output of the following commands (at shell prompt) would be necessary to troubleshoot:

              ipfw show
              ipfw table all list
              sysctl net.inet.pfil
              ifconfig
              cat /tmp/rules.debug
              cat /conf/config.xml

              You can start by checking if lighttpd is listening on port 8000 and if ipfw is forwarding connections to it
              ipfw show | fgrep fwd

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                dcnconsult
                last edited by

                OK, I will list the output of the basics, it does appear that ipfw is set to forward to a loopback address on port 8000.  No sessions going to port 8000 according to netstat

                $ ipfw show
                00002  204  52673 allow ip from any to any MAC 00:22:5f:60:f1:3e any
                00003  127  12018 allow ip from any to any MAC any 00:22:5f:60:f1:3e
                00004  164  38282 allow ip from any to any MAC 00:22:5f:60:f1:f5 any
                00005  279  35360 allow ip from any to any MAC any 00:22:5f:60:f1:f5
                65291    0      0 allow pfsync from any to any
                65292    0      0 allow carp from any to any
                65301  410  15486 allow ip from any to any layer2 mac-type 0x0806
                65302    0      0 allow ip from any to any layer2 mac-type 0x888e
                65303    0      0 allow ip from any to any layer2 mac-type 0x88c7
                65304    0      0 allow ip from any to any layer2 mac-type 0x8863
                65305    0      0 allow ip from any to any layer2 mac-type 0x8864
                65306    0      0 allow ip from any to any layer2 mac-type 0x888e
                65307  581  24492 deny ip from any to any layer2 not mac-type 0x0800
                65310 3102 550970 allow ip from any to { 255.255.255.255 or 192.168.199.2 } in
                65311 1405 412994 allow ip from { 255.255.255.255 or 192.168.199.2 } to any out
                65312    0      0 allow icmp from { 255.255.255.255 or 192.168.199.2 } to any out icmptypes 0
                65313    0      0 allow icmp from any to { 255.255.255.255 or 192.168.199.2 } in icmptypes 8
                65314    0      0 allow ip from table(3) to any in
                65315    0      0 allow ip from any to table(4) out
                65316    0      0 pipe tablearg ip from table(5) to any in
                65317    0      0 pipe tablearg ip from any to table(6) out
                65318    0      0 allow ip from any to table(7) in
                65319    0      0 allow ip from table(8) to any out
                65320    0      0 pipe tablearg ip from any to table(9) in
                65321    0      0 pipe tablearg ip from table(10) to any out
                65322    0      0 allow ip from table(1) to any in
                65323    0      0 allow ip from any to table(2) out
                65531  16  1724 fwd 127.0.0.1,8000 tcp from any to any in
                65532  41  3599 allow tcp from any to any out
                65533  94  8139 deny ip from any to any
                65534    0      0 allow ip from any to any layer2
                65535    0      0 allow ip from any to any

                $ ifconfig
                em0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
                options=209b <rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,wol_magic>ether 00:1b:21:b8:d5:3b
                inet6 fe80::21b:21ff:feb8:d53b%em0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
                inet 192.168.99.228 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.99.255
                nd6 options=3 <performnud,accept_rtadv>media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
                status: active
                em1: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
                options=1209b <rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,wol_magic,vlan_hwfilter>ether 00:1b:21:b8:d5:ab
                inet6 fe80::21b:21ff:feb8:d5ab%em1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
                inet 192.168.250.124 netmask 0xffffff80 broadcast 192.168.250.127
                nd6 options=3 <performnud,accept_rtadv>media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
                status: active
                plip0: flags=8810 <pointopoint,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
                lo0: flags=8049 <up,loopback,running,multicast>metric 0 mtu 16384
                options=3 <rxcsum,txcsum>inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
                inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
                inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
                nd6 options=3 <performnud,accept_rtadv>pfsync0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1460
                syncpeer: 224.0.0.240 maxupd: 128 syncok: 1
                pflog0: flags=100 <promisc>metric 0 mtu 33200
                enc0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1536
                em1_vlan99: flags=108843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast,ipfw_filter>metric 0 mtu 1500
                options=3 <rxcsum,txcsum>ether 00:1b:21:b8:d5:ab
                inet6 fe80::21b:21ff:feb8:d53b%em1_vlan99 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8
                inet 192.168.199.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.199.255
                nd6 options=3 <performnud,accept_rtadv>media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
                status: active
                vlan: 99 parent interface: em1
                ipfw0: flags=8801 <up,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 65536

                $ ipfw table all list
                –-table(3)---
                216.165.129.158/32 0
                216.170.153.146/32 0
                ---table(4)---
                216.165.129.158/32 0
                216.170.153.146/32 0
                ---table(7)---
                216.165.129.158/32 0
                216.170.153.146/32 0
                ---table(8)---
                216.165.129.158/32 0
                216.170.153.146/32 0

                $ netstat -an
                Active Internet connections (including servers)
                Proto Recv-Q Send-Q  Local Address          Foreign Address      (state)
                tcp4      0      0 192.168.99.228.80      192.168.100.1.9370    ESTABLISHED
                tcp4      0      0 192.168.99.228.2301    91.227.27.66.80        TIME_WAIT
                tcp4      0      0 192.168.99.228.80      192.168.100.1.9356    ESTABLISHED
                tcp4      0      0 192.168.99.228.80      192.168.100.1.9340    TIME_WAIT
                tcp4      0      0 *.8000                .                    LISTEN
                tcp4      0      0 *.80                  .                    LISTEN
                tcp6      0      0 *.53                  .                    LISTEN
                tcp4      0      0 *.53                  .                    LISTEN
                tcp4      0      0 127.0.0.1.3128        .                    LISTEN
                tcp4      0      0 192.168.199.2.3128    .                    LISTEN
                udp4      0      0 *.67                  .                   
                udp6      0      0 *.3576                .                   
                udp4      0      0 *.31661                .                   
                udp6      0      0 *.53                  .                   
                udp4      0      0 *.53                  .                   
                udp4      0      0 *.514                  .                   
                udp6      0      0 *.514                  .                   
                udp4      0      0 .                    .                   
                udp4      0      0 .                    .                   
                udp4      0      0 *.3401                .                   
                udp4      0      0 *.4827                .                   
                udp4      0      0 *.57679                .                   
                udp4      0      0 .                    .                   
                udp4      0      0 .                    .                   
                udp4      0      0 127.0.0.1.6969        .                   
                icm4      0      0 .                    .</up,simplex,multicast></full-duplex></performnud,accept_rtadv></rxcsum,txcsum></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast,ipfw_filter></promisc></performnud,accept_rtadv></rxcsum,txcsum></up,loopback,running,multicast></pointopoint,simplex,multicast></full-duplex></performnud,accept_rtadv></rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,wol_magic,vlan_hwfilter></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></full-duplex></performnud,accept_rtadv></rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,wol_magic></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>

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                  dcnconsult
                  last edited by

                  $ cat /tmp/rules.debug
                  #System aliases

                  loopback = "{ lo0 }"
                  WAN = "{ em0 }"
                  LAN = "{ em1 }"
                  OPT1 = "{ em1_vlan99 }"

                  #SSH Lockout Table
                  table <sshlockout>persist
                  table <webconfiguratorlockout>persist
                  #Snort tables
                  table <snort2c>table <virusprot># User Aliases

                  Gateways

                  GWWAN = " route-to ( em0 192.168.99.254 ) "

                  set loginterface em1
                  set optimization normal
                  set limit states 341000
                  set limit src-nodes 341000

                  set skip on pfsync0

                  scrub in on $WAN all    fragment reassemble
                  scrub in on $LAN all    fragment reassemble
                  scrub in on $OPT1 all    fragment reassemble

                  no nat proto carp
                  no rdr proto carp
                  nat-anchor "natearly/"
                  nat-anchor "natrules/
                  "

                  Outbound NAT rules

                  Subnets to NAT

                  tonatsubnets = "{ 192.168.250.0/25 192.168.199.0/24 127.0.0.0/8  }"
                  nat on $WAN  from $tonatsubnets port 500 to any port 500 -> 192.168.99.228/32 port 500 
                  nat on $WAN  from $tonatsubnets to any -> 192.168.99.228/32 port 1024:65535

                  Load balancing anchor

                  rdr-anchor "relayd/*"

                  TFTP proxy

                  rdr-anchor "tftp-proxy/*"
                  table <negate_networks>{ 192.168.99.0/24 192.168.250.0/25 192.168.199.0/24 }

                  Setup Squid proxy redirect

                  rdr on em1_vlan99 proto tcp from any to !(em1_vlan99) port 80 -> 127.0.0.1 port 3128

                  UPnPd rdr anchor

                  rdr-anchor "miniupnpd"

                  anchor "relayd/*"
                  #–-------------------------------------------------------------------------

                  default deny rules

                  #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  block in log all label "Default deny rule"
                  block out log all label "Default deny rule"

                  We use the mighty pf, we cannot be fooled.

                  block quick proto { tcp, udp } from any port = 0 to any
                  block quick proto { tcp, udp } from any to any port = 0

                  Block all IPv6

                  block in quick inet6 all
                  block out quick inet6 all

                  Snort package

                  block quick from <snort2c>to any label "Block snort2c hosts"
                  block quick from any to <snort2c>label "Block snort2c hosts"

                  SSH lockout

                  block in log quick proto tcp from <sshlockout>to any port 22 label "sshlockout"

                  webConfigurator lockout

                  block in log quick proto tcp from <webconfiguratorlockout>to any port 80 label "webConfiguratorlockout"
                  block in quick from <virusprot>to any label "virusprot overload table"
                  pass in log quick on { em1_vlan99 } proto tcp from any to { 192.168.199.2 } port { 8000 8001 } keep state(sloppy)
                  pass out log quick on { em1_vlan99 } proto tcp from any to any flags any keep state(sloppy)
                  antispoof for em0

                  allow our DHCP client out to the WAN

                  pass in on $WAN proto udp from any port = 67 to any port = 68 label "allow dhcp client out WAN"
                  pass out on $WAN proto udp from any port = 68 to any port = 67 label "allow dhcp client out WAN"

                  Not installing DHCP server firewall rules for WAN which is configured for DHCP.

                  antispoof for em1
                  antispoof for em1_vlan99

                  allow access to DHCP server on OPT1

                  pass in quick on $OPT1 proto udp from any port = 68 to 255.255.255.255 port = 67 label "allow access to DHCP server"
                  pass in quick on $OPT1 proto udp from any port = 68 to 192.168.199.2 port = 67 label "allow access to DHCP server"
                  pass out quick on $OPT1 proto udp from 192.168.199.2 port = 67 to any port = 68 label "allow access to DHCP server"

                  loopback

                  pass in on $loopback all label "pass loopback"
                  pass out on $loopback all label "pass loopback"

                  let out anything from the firewall host itself and decrypted IPsec traffic

                  pass out all keep state allow-opts label "let out anything from firewall host itself"
                  pass out route-to ( em0 192.168.99.254 ) from 192.168.99.228 to !192.168.99.0/24 keep state allow-opts label "let out anything from firewall host itself"

                  User-defined rules follow

                  anchor "userrules/*"
                  pass  in log  quick  on $WAN reply-to ( em0 192.168.99.254 )  proto tcp  from any to any port 8000  flags S/SA keep state  label "USER_RULE"
                  pass  in  quick  on $WAN reply-to ( em0 192.168.99.254 )  proto tcp  from  192.168.100.0/24 to 192.168.99.228 flags S/SA keep state  label "USER_RULE: support access"
                  pass  in log  quick  on $LAN  proto tcp  from 192.168.250.124 to 192.168.199.2/24 flags S/SA keep state  label "USER_RULE"
                  pass  in  quick  on $LAN  from 192.168.250.0/25 to any keep state  label "USER_RULE: Default allow LAN to any rule"
                  pass  in  quick  on $OPT1  proto udp  from 192.168.199.2/24 to 192.168.199.2 port 53  keep state  label "USER_RULE"
                  pass  in log  quick  on $OPT1  proto tcp  from 192.168.199.2/24 to 192.168.199.2 port 8000  flags S/SA keep state  label "USER_RULE"
                  pass  in log  quick  on $OPT1  proto tcp  from 192.168.199.2/24 to 192.168.250.124 port 8000  flags S/SA keep state  label "USER_RULE"
                  pass  in  quick  on $OPT1  from any to !192.168.99.0/24 keep state  label "USER_RULE: No Access to WAN "

                  VPN Rules

                  anchor "tftp-proxy/*"

                  Setup squid pass rules for proxy

                  pass in quick on em1_vlan99 proto tcp from any to !(em1_vlan99) port 80 flags S/SA keep state
                  pass in quick on em1_vlan99 proto tcp from any to !(em1_vlan99) port 3128 flags S/SA keep state</virusprot></webconfiguratorlockout></sshlockout></snort2c></snort2c></negate_networks></virusprot></snort2c></webconfiguratorlockout></sshlockout>

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                    dhatz
                    last edited by

                    It is recommended that you don't use VLAN tagged traffic (VLAN 99) and untagged traffic (LAN) on the same physical interface (em1).

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                      dcnconsult
                      last edited by

                      Trust me, I have done my homework and maybe a newbie to thsi forum but have 25 years of networking experience.  I tried it with just putting the LAN interface in the switch with same subnet as clients and it did not work either. 
                      Several posts said use VLANS, so that is where I am now.  Some say use Squid, some say not.  I am frustrated as ther is nothing special about the configuration and have reloaded from factory many times without any success.  The only time I ever got an authintcation request is testing the page from Webconfig. 
                      I think this version is bunk, as I see many other information that mirrors my frustration.  I have literally tried every configuration possible and don't see how all LAN traffic can pass through the firewall and access Internet without ever once being captive.

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                        dhatz
                        last edited by

                        Well, I have done extensive testing of pfsense's CP in various configurations and it works.

                        Anyway, try disabling the following rule:

                        pass in quick on em1_vlan99 proto tcp from any to !(em1_vlan99) port 80 flags S/SA keep state

                        and test again …

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                          cmb
                          last edited by

                          It's very widely used in 2.0.x (10,000+ hotel rooms, at least several dozen WISPs, and lots more - and that's just those I know of, a lot more that I don't), it works perfectly.

                          Really isn't much to it, for a start you can just enable it without filling anything in configuration-wise. This of course assuming you don't have some other device as your default gateway where you're getting out to the Internet. Don't use Squid, I believe with transparent proxying you can bypass the portal. Doesn't matter whether or not you use VLANs.

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                            mibovrd
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                            @cmb:

                            It's very widely used in 2.0.x (10,000+ hotel rooms, at least several dozen WISPs, and lots more - and that's just those I know of, a lot more that I don't), it works perfectly.

                            Really isn't much to it, for a start you can just enable it without filling anything in configuration-wise. This of course assuming you don't have some other device as your default gateway where you're getting out to the Internet. Don't use Squid, I believe with transparent proxying you can bypass the portal. Doesn't matter whether or not you use VLANs.

                            So don't use squid, which means squidguard too, so what do you use for proxy and proxy filter? Assuming you actually need these. No workarounds? No Squid on that particular LAN, maybe that would work? But what about liability, if some one is able to access something unsavoury on your network, then you MAY be liable?

                            Sorry pfSense newbie.

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                              dhatz
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                              If you'll be using CP then you shouldn't run transparent Squid on that same pfsense system.

                              I guess it's a matter of personal preference, but I'd prefer to run disk-intensive software like Squid on a separate system anyway, with its defaults tuned to be a "server". Others prefer to have an all-in-one system, running a dozen services (e.g. antivirus, caching proxy, URL filtering, reverse proxies etc).

                              IMHO a reasonable compromise would be to run a couple of VMs on the same physical server.

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