Help with new setup - VLan, dual modems

stax

Hi all,

Just go a bit of a problem i just can't seem to resolve, even after hours of reading :(

My setup:

2 x ADSL Modems connected to a Cisco SG-200-8 Smart Switch
Modems on Vlan tagged ports
PF Sense Connected to Trunk Port

Everything is all good here, if i setup the pfsense VLANs on the interface connected to the switch, put in static IPs and set GW as the modem, it works fine. But of course end up with double NAT situation which is not at all ideal.

So i have managed to bridge pppoe to one of the modems for a test, it connects and gets its Internet IP and Gateway, I can ping the gateway from the LAN, but it doesn't go any further than that, its as if the modem is not the default gateway, but i have it set as the default gateway. :(

Any idea what i'm doing wrong here? No traffic going to internet at all.

Thanks

clarknova

@stax:

it connects and gets its Internet IP and Gateway,

What is "it"? pfsense's WAN?

I can ping the gateway from the LAN, but it doesn't go any further than that,

Again, what is "it"? You are successfully pinging the gateway from a LAN host, but you cannot ping an internet host? Can you ping an internet host from pfsense? Have you tried pining an IP address instead of a hostname to rule out DNS problems, ie, 8.8.8.8?

its as if the modem is not the default gateway, but i have it set as the default gateway.

You said above that you put the modem in bridge mode, in which case it should not be the default gateway. Your ISP should be pfsense's default gateway.

stax

Yes the pfsense authenticates through the modem and gains Inet IP and Inet gateway.

Cannot ping internet host, can ping the assigned gateway.

PFSense has the INet assigned gateway as the default.

Thanks :)