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    No internet connection but I can ping outside???

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    • J
      jacob.tennant
      last edited by

      I have a new install of pfSense on a ESXI5.1 host. ESXI host has two nic's and I followed the installation example here:

      https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/PfSense_2_on_VMware_ESXi_5

      Here are some details:

      LAN: Static 192.168.1.0/24 with DHCP pool of .100-.250
      WAN: Static 66.118.82.122/29
      DSL Modem: 66.118.82.121/29

      From a inside host I can ping 192.168.1.1, 66.118.82.122, 66.118.82.121, 8.8.8.8,8.8.4.4

      However if I try to go to a external website (www.google.com) it fails.

      I am new to pfSense so not sure if I am missing something in the config. . .

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        If you can ping only local machines pfSense probably has no default route. The WAN interface and DSL modem have public IPs but they are still local to a pfSense interface so it will have a route to them.

        Have you set a gateway on WAN?
        If you go to System: Routing: Gateways: Is the WAN gateway set as default?

        Steve

        Edit: Just noticed you can ping 8.8.8.8 so forget that!  ::)
        It's probably a DNS problem if you can ping IPs but not URLs. Do you have those Google DNS servers set in System: General:?

        When you try to ping google.com what is the actual error message? Can you ping from the pfSense VM?

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