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      tim.mcmanus
      last edited by

      Not seeing the NAS maybe due to a NetBIOS issue.  More specifically NetBIOS won't cross subnets unless there is a device on all four subnets to manage it across those subnets.  This is similar to the situation you'd run into if you were also using mDNS.

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        @jimmybob:

        I've tried different IPs that I know are not in use within the above range also, but The following input errors were detected:

        The IP address must not be within the DHCP range for this interface.

        I have fallen foul of this several times. Each time it was because I consistently misread the error message.
        The static leases you assign must NOT be within the DHCP lease pool. No idea why but I seem to skip over the word 'not' every time.  ::)
        So for your interface your have a lease pool of 192.168.3.10-245. When you try to assign a static mapping to 192.168.3.10 it won't allow it. You could use 192.168.3.9 for example. Or any thing in the ranges 192.168.3.2-9 or 192.168.3.246-254

        Steve

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          This post describes a possible solution to this without bridging:
          http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,60400.msg326309.html#msg326309

          Steve

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            jimmybob
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            @stephenw10:

            @jimmybob:

            I've tried different IPs that I know are not in use within the above range also, but The following input errors were detected:

            The IP address must not be within the DHCP range for this interface.

            I have fallen foul of this several times. Each time it was because I consistently misread the error message.
            The static leases you assign must NOT be within the DHCP lease pool. No idea why but I seem to skip over the word 'not' every time.  ::)
            So for your interface your have a lease pool of 192.168.3.10-245. When you try to assign a static mapping to 192.168.3.10 it won't allow it. You could use 192.168.3.9 for example. Or any thing in the ranges 192.168.3.2-9 or 192.168.3.246-254

            Steve

            Thanks steve,
            strange way of doing it.
            I guess I would not be able to use 192.168.1.1 since this is used the router and surely would cause issues right?

            Also, not sure if you can advise me with this.. was hoping so… I want to use OpenVPN but have it so it only works on specified LAN adapters rather than all.
            Is there a way I can do this?

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              wallabybob
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              @jimmybob:

              Is this some kind of bug?

              No. That is the intended behaviour. DHCP static address assignments must be outside the pool of "dynamic" address assignments.

              Consider this a measure to help reduce the likelihood of duplicate address assignments. If you add a new static assignment within the pool there is no easy way to tell if DHCP is about to assign the same address to a system requesting DHCP configuration.

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                @jimmybob:

                I guess I would not be able to use 192.168.1.1 since this is used the router and surely would cause issues right?

                Right. You can't use the interface address.

                @jimmybob:

                Also, not sure if you can advise me with this.. was hoping so… I want to use OpenVPN but have it so it only works on specified LAN adapters rather than all.
                Is there a way I can do this?

                Yes. You can put in firewall rules to catch traffic from your selected clients and set the gateway they use as the OpenVPN gateway. You may want to setup a failover group such that they can still connect in the event the VPN goes down.

                Steve

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                  jimmybob
                  last edited by

                  @stephenw10:

                  @jimmybob:

                  I guess I would not be able to use 192.168.1.1 since this is used the router and surely would cause issues right?

                  Right. You can't use the interface address.

                  @jimmybob:

                  Also, not sure if you can advise me with this.. was hoping so… I want to use OpenVPN but have it so it only works on specified LAN adapters rather than all.
                  Is there a way I can do this?

                  Yes. You can put in firewall rules to catch traffic from your selected clients and set the gateway they use as the OpenVPN gateway. You may want to setup a failover group such that they can still connect in the event the VPN goes down.

                  Steve

                  Thanks.. I'm trying to get IPVanish working now…
                  I'm reading this... http://swimminginthought.com/pfsense-routing-traffic-strongvpn-openvpn/
                  The part that I find a little concerning is the part at #14 where it says...

                  Now go to the the WAN Tab and create the same rule. (Weird,while it doesn’t make sense, if this rule is missing, it didn’t work for me.)

                  Does it mean, add a new rule and do..
                  Action: pass
                  Interface: WAN
                  Protocol: any
                  Then I need to set the gateway to the VPN Gateway.

                  But adding such rule at the WAN is ok?

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    Hmm, that guide seems too vague for my liking in some areas. You shouldn't have to add that rule to WAN, why is it there? Also the guide says to add an allow any to any from any to the VPN interface but here the VPN interface is acting as your WAN so you have allowed any traffic including any random incoming stuff.  :-
                    I would look at some other guides if I was you. There are a few here on the forum.

                    Steve

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                      jimmybob
                      last edited by

                      @stephenw10:

                      Hmm, that guide seems too vague for my liking in some areas. You shouldn't have to add that rule to WAN, why is it there? Also the guide says to add an allow any to any from any to the VPN interface but here the VPN interface is acting as your WAN so you have allowed any traffic including any random incoming stuff.  :-
                      I would look at some other guides if I was you. There are a few here on the forum.

                      Steve

                      Thanks steve, that's what I was thinking too.
                      It did not make much sense to me.
                      I was able to get HideMyAss working without a WAN rule.
                      But IPVanish is just having non of it :(

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                        jimmybob
                        last edited by

                        Still struggling with this.
                        http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,61973.0.html

                        A little concerned about locking myself out of the router.
                        But this has to be possible?

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                          jimmybob
                          last edited by

                          Hi Steve,

                          I want to add a 2.5 HDD to use for Squid.

                          What is the best way to add this into the pfSense system so it's seen and can be used?

                          thanks

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            The best and easiest way to do this is to use the HD as the boot media and remove the flash card completely.

                            Whilst it is possible to get the drive to mount automatically at boot and to set Squid to use it for its cache it is not a supported configuration. It would likely be broken by a firmware update.

                            Steve

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                              jimmybob
                              last edited by

                              @stephenw10:

                              The best and easiest way to do this is to use the HD as the boot media and remove the flash card completely.

                              Whilst it is possible to get the drive to mount automatically at boot and to set Squid to use it for its cache it is not a supported configuration. It would likely be broken by a firmware update.

                              Steve

                              Hi Steve,

                              Thanks for your advice.
                              I did manage to find a tutorial after typing this.
                              So I'm going to give it a bash.
                              I do have a 2.5 hd spare, one that come out of a ps3 when I changed the had for a larger size.
                              To prepare the hdd for FreeBSD so the os can use it.
                              What is the best way?
                              I'd be doing this in windows using a usb 2 sata adapter.
                              Is there a windows app that will prep the hd?

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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                It's almost certainly easier to format the disk from pfSense directly. I don't think there is any convenient way of writing UFS from Windows. This might help: http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Local_Disk_Storage_on_Embedded_%28soekris%29

                                Steve

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