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      leopdurr
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      Hi I just install PFSense on my network and Configure only as a ROUTER:

      I create 2 vSwitch on my VM Network:

      Switch 1 (Live Network) (connect to physical Switch with other network devices)
      Switch 2 (Lab Network) (No live connection)

      my Firewall is connected to Switch 1
      and my DC and other Server connected to Switch 2

      I create 3 Interface on PFSense - LAN, WAN and OPT

      I can Ping the WAN interface from my Live Network
      I cannot Ping any device from my LAB Network to the Live Network from the LAN Interface and neither the Live Network to the LAB network

      I can ping using the WAN interface but I cannot even PING my firewall from my LAN interface on PFsense.

      Please help

      Leo

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        wallabybob
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        Presumably your pfSense WAN interface is virtually connected to your switch 1 but where are the pfSense LAN and OPT1 interfaces connected? Please provide a diagram showing the connections.

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          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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          Yes a drawing would be very helpful

          But couple of things - if your using as just a "router", then your not using any firewall rules?  And your not doing nat?

          How do the devices in your live network route to the lab network, I would assume they are using a default gateway other than your wan interface of your pfsense VM.  So you would either have to use host routing on the devices in that network - or their gateway would have to know to talk to the wan interface of your pfsense vm to talk to the lab network, etc.

          where you say you can not ping from the lan (lab network I assume) interface – lets call live network address A, and lab network B -- how does your firewall (gateway of live network I assume) know how to get to network B?  It would need a route to this network, if not its just going to go out your ISP connection which I would assume is its default route.  So it would be unlikely you ping your live network firewall from lab network.

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