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    Fios Static IP and pfsense - Can't access internet.

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    • G Offline
      gibbling666
      last edited by

      Ok I have been searching for a while now with no luck.  I junked the Actiontec router provided by Verizon for their Fios service.  I have been using my 2yr old Linksys WRT54GS v4  running DD-WRT.  I decided to build my own replacement for that so I purchased a WRAP board and isntalled pfsense 1.2 beta2 on it.  I have 1 static IP from verizon and I configured pfsense as follows: 
      WAN:
          IP 71.246.x.x /24,
          Gateway: same IP. 
      LAN:
          IP 192.168.1.1 /24

      DHCP is configured to hand out IPs in the range of 192.168.1.20-254.  I have the public DNS servers provided to me by Verizon on the System>General Setup page: 151.197.0.38-39.  I haven't touched anything else and I seem to only be able  to ping the routers LAN IP and WAN IP.  I can't access any websites on the internet and cant ping any outside IP's.  Am I missing some other step in the configuration proccess?  Any NAT settings or Firewall rules that are required that arn't default on installation?

      Any help is appreciated.

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      • GruensFroeschliG Offline
        GruensFroeschli
        last edited by

        Is on the LAN tab any rule that allows traffic?
        Per default pfSense blocks everything.
        But there should be a autocreated rule that allows traffc from the LAN subnet to WAN

        one thing i dont understand: you say you use as Gateway the same IP as your configured IP on WAN?
        The Gateway IP has to be something else than your own WAN-IP.
        You should have somewhere the information from your ISP what the address of your Gateway is.

        We do what we must, because we can.

        Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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        • G Offline
          gibbling666
          last edited by

          Thats the odd thing.  I was told to use my static IP as my gateway.  Oddly enough it's been working like that with the Linksys.  As per the rule allowing traffic from LAN to WAN, I will have to check that out.  If my memory serves me correctly, there wan't any rules created.  But don't take my word for it, it was very very late.

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          • Cry HavokC Offline
            Cry Havok
            last edited by

            I've only seen using the interface IP as the gateway work on a /32 netmask, effectively making it a broadcast interface.

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            • G Offline
              gibbling666
              last edited by

              Well I took your advice and verified that I was told to use the wrong IP for my gateway.  I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that my Linksys running dd-wrt worked regardless of the improper settings.

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