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    New install - interfaces configured and active but ping fails?

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      vincom
      last edited by

      is your comp connected directly to the lan port on pf, if not start there as it could be cables(swap them out).
      if not connected directly still could be cable or switch/router issue.
      what is the lan status from the console

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        cooonips
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        im fairly certain its not a layer 1 problem. im using a unmanaged switch from the LAN interface which is known to be good (i use it often). tested the cables and there is no problems with them, tried other cables too just for good messure.

        as suggested I also tried plugging a pc directly into the LAN interface but made no difference.

        the pfsense console says the connection is up, here is the output from the ifconfig command

        ifconfig fwip0
        fwip0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
        lladdr 0.11.d8.0.0.91.8d.5a.a.2.ff.fe.0.0.0.0
        inet 192.168.2.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255
        inet6 fe80::211:d800:91:8d5a%fwip0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
        nd6 options=43 <performnud,accept_rtadv>Im going to have another dig through my box of old computer parts later and see if i cant find another working mobo and a cpu that fits, maybe it will work on that</performnud,accept_rtadv></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>

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          vincom
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          i think your hw is fine since it boots, your nics idk.
          dont manually assign the ip address for lan, just go through the setup process and assign the nics to appropriate interface(wan, lan) and let pf do the rest, it should default to 192.168.1.1 and set it as the dhcp server

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          • johnpozJ
            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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            fwip0

            So your trying to do this over Firewire??

            That is not the right nic for ethernet..  That is for sure.  Do you even see a actual mac address on it ;)

            Did you apply the wrong IP to the wrong nic.. I would suggest you post up your whole ipconfig.  But yeah if your plugging into a ethernet port, pfsense has that IP on its firewire port.

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              cooonips
              last edited by

              so fwip is supposed to be firewire? this could be a potential lead on the problem then. this seems weird though because I assigned the interfaces with auto detection (where it tells you to plug in the interface and detects it going up)

              could the problem be a driver issue causing it to recognize the ethernet nic as firewire?

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              • johnpozJ
                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                Yes FWIP is firewire interface

                http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fwip&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+8.3-RELEASE&arch=default&format=html

                What is the output of your whole ifconfig - what other interfaces do you see.  From the output you provided you assigned that IP address to the firewire interface.

                Do you see a em0 em1, or re0, re1, etc.  Depending on the type of nic and its driver would determine what its called.

                That would clearly explain your issue though.

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                  cooonips
                  last edited by

                  well here is the output of ifconfig -a. there is too much there to type out by hand so i took a photo. this was just after running through assigning the interfaces again so it will be using the defaults

                  http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/5148/a246.jpg

                  i noticed something quite interesting this time with the auto detection. it seems to be detecting one interface going up but then assigning another one

                  http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/8906/akx5.jpg

                  ill try manually assigning the interfaces later and see if that makes a difference

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                    vincom
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                    @cooonips:

                    well here is the output of ifconfig -a. there is too much there to type out by hand so i took a photo. this was just after running through assigning the interfaces again so it will be using the defaults

                    http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/5148/a246.jpg

                    i noticed something quite interesting this time with the auto detection. it seems to be detecting one interface going up but then assigning another one

                    http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/8906/akx5.jpg

                    ill try manually assigning the interfaces later and see if that makes a difference

                    The second pic is what u need to worry about, thats not right, concentrate your efforts in assigning the nics to wan and lan but u would have to figure out why pf is messing up the interfaces.
                    keep the installed nics and peripherals to a min., less hw installed/enabled the easier it is to configure pf, only have 2 nics enabled and installed.
                    could be driver issues, mobo, bad nics, unsupported nics, nics not inserted properly, bad install,  etc.

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                    • johnpozJ
                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                      last edited by

                      Ok ? For starters why are you using 2.03??  2.1 is current release.

                      2nd - do you have anything connected to your firewire port?  Can you not disable them in your bios? Pull the card?

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                        cooonips
                        last edited by

                        SUCCESS!

                        I manually assigned the interfaces to what they should be and its all working now! :)
                        disabled all the other stuff in the bios too

                        im just using 2.03 since its the one i already have, suppose i should get the up to date one before going further

                        Thanks for the help  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

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