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      satimis
      last edited by

      @stephenw10:

      If you do that then you are double NATing the connection which can break some protocols. It makes port forwarding far more difficult.
      Much better to do it as you had it before so that pfSense does the PPPoE connection directly and gets the public IP address.

      I also found some disadvantage.  Each time starting pfSense I have to filling WAN and LAN interfaces.

      If not with such config I have to facing 2 problems:

      1. How to connect Host ?
      2. How to connect PC2 ?

      satimis

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        Hmm, it definitely looks like the host-only adapter is the correct way to have the host communicate with the pfSense VM.
        http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch06.html#network_hostonly
        I would think that you just need to configure it to not use the VBox DHCP sever. Maybe you have to manually configure it in the same subnet as the OPT1 interface?  :-\

        Steve

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          satimis
          last edited by

          @stephenw10:

          Hmm, it defibiotely looks like the host-only adapter is the correct way to have the host communicate with the pfSense VM.
          http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch06.html#network_hostonly

          Thanks

          I would think that you just need to configure it to not use the VBox DHCP sever. Maybe you have to manually configure it in the same subnet as the OPT1 interface?  :-\

          Interfaces -> OPT1
          I'm not allowed to select DHCP

          Warning```

          The following input errors were detected:

          The DHCP Server is active on this interface and it can be used only with a static IP configuration. Please disable the DHCP Server service on this interface first, then change the interface configuration.

          
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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            What I meant was to configure VBox not to run a DHCP server on the host-only adapter. You need to keep a static IP on the pfSense OPT1 interface. You could use static IPs in the host also since there are only going to be two machines in that subnet.

            Steve

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              satimis
              last edited by

              @stephenw10:

              What I meant was to configure VBox not to run a DHCP server on the host-only adapter. You need to keep a static IP on the pfSense OPT1 interface. You could use static IPs in the host also since there are only going to be two machines in that subnet.

              Performed another test:

              pfSense

              Adapter 1
              Bridge
              eth0

              Adapter 2
              Internal Network
              intnet

              Adapter 3
              Host-Only Network
              vboxnet

              WAN (wan)  -> pppoe2  -> v4/PPPoE: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
              LAN (lan  -> em1  -> v4: 192.168.1.1/24
              OPT1 (opt1)  -> em2  ->: v4: 192.168.2.2/29
              (Why pppoe2?  NOT pppoe1?)

              OPT1
              IPv4 Configuration Type  Static IPv4
              IPv6 Configuration Type  None
              IPv4 address  192.168.2.2

              VM Ubuntu can connect Internet
              Adapter 1
              Internal Network
              intnet

              Host can't connect Internet

              $ sudo ifconfig```

              eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:26:18:44:b6:1a 
                        inet6 addr: fe80::226:18ff:fe44:b61a/64 Scope:Link
                        UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                        RX packets:158 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                        TX packets:349 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:2
                        collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                        RX bytes:10631 (10.3 KiB)  TX bytes:23660 (23.1 KiB)
                        Interrupt:18

              eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 90:f6:52:03:57:86 
                        UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                        RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                        TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                        collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                        RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
                        Interrupt:43 Base address:0x6000

              lo        Link encap:Local Loopback 
                        inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
                        inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
                        UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
                        RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                        TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                        collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
                        RX bytes:480 (480.0 B)  TX bytes:480 (480.0 B)

              vboxnet0  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 0a:00:27:00:00:00 
                        inet addr:192.168.56.1  Bcast:192.168.56.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
                        inet6 addr: fe80::800:27ff:fe00:0/64 Scope:Link
                        UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                        RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                        TX packets:60 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                        collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                        RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:9952 (9.7 KiB)

              
              $ ping 192.168.56.1```
              
              PING 192.168.56.1 (192.168.56.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
              64 bytes from 192.168.56.1: icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=0.022 ms
              64 bytes from 192.168.56.1: icmp_req=2 ttl=64 time=0.022 ms
              64 bytes from 192.168.56.1: icmp_req=3 ttl=64 time=0.022 ms
              64 bytes from 192.168.56.1: icmp_req=4 ttl=64 time=0.021 ms
              64 bytes from 192.168.56.1: icmp_req=5 ttl=64 time=0.022 ms
              ^C
              --- 192.168.56.1 ping statistics ---
              5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 3999ms
              rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.021/0.021/0.022/0.005 ms
              
              

              $ cat /etc/network/interfaces```

              auto lo
              iface lo inet loopback

              auto eth0
              iface eth0 inet manual

              auto dsl-provider
              iface dsl-provider inet ppp
              pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up # line maintained by pppoeconf
              provider dsl-provider

              auto vboxnet0
              iface vboxnet0 inet dhcp

              
              

              OPT1 (opt1)  -> em2  ->: v4: 192.168.2.2/29

              Do I need another physical NIC to satisfy em2?
              
              If it is then I need another physical NIC for connecting PC2?
              
              satimis
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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                The vboxnet adapter is still showing a 192.168.56.X address which means that VBox is still running a dhcp server somehow. You could try just setting that as static in PC1 and put it in the same subnet as the OPT1 interface, 192.168.2.3 for example.

                You will need another physical interface to connect to PC2.

                The OPT1 interface does not need to be physical. It appears as em2 in pfSense because the VBox adapter replicates an Intel Gigabit card.

                Steve

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                  satimis
                  last edited by

                  @stephenw10:

                  The vboxnet adapter is still showing a 192.168.56.X address which means that VBox is still running a dhcp server somehow. You could try just setting that as static in PC1 and put it in the same subnet as the OPT1 interface, 192.168.2.3 for example.

                  You will need another physical interface to connect to PC2.

                  The OPT1 interface does not need to be physical. It appears as em2 in pfSense because the VBox adapter replicates an Intel Gigabit card.

                  Host

                  $ cat /etc/network/interfaces```

                  The loopback network interface

                  auto lo
                  iface lo inet loopback

                  auto eth0
                  iface eth0 inet manual

                  auto dsl-provider
                  iface dsl-provider inet ppp
                  pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up # line maintained by pppoeconf
                  provider dsl-provider

                  auto vboxnet0
                  iface vboxnet0 inet static
                  address 192.168.2.3
                  netmask 255.255.255.0
                  gateway 192.168.2.2

                  
                  $ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart```
                  
                  [....] Running /etc/init.d/networking restart is deprecated because it may not r[warnble some interfaces ... (warning).
                  [....] Reconfiguring network interfaces...Plugin rp-pppoe.so loaded.
                  done.
                  
                  

                  $ sudo ifconfig```

                  eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:26:18:44:b6:1a 
                            inet6 addr: fe80::226:18ff:fe44:b61a/64 Scope:Link
                            UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                            RX packets:7199 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                            TX packets:6103 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
                            collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                            RX bytes:7467076 (7.1 MiB)  TX bytes:1101048 (1.0 MiB)
                            Interrupt:18

                  eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 90:f6:52:03:57:86 
                            UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                            RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                            TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                            collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                            RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
                            Interrupt:43 Base address:0x6000

                  lo        Link encap:Local Loopback 
                            inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
                            inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
                            UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
                            RX packets:27 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                            TX packets:27 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                            collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
                            RX bytes:2025 (1.9 KiB)  TX bytes:2025 (1.9 KiB)

                  vboxnet0  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 0a:00:27:00:00:00 
                            inet addr:192.168.2.3  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
                            inet6 addr: fe80::800:27ff:fe00:0/64 Scope:Link
                            UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                            RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                            TX packets:315 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                            collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                            RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:48634 (47.4 KiB)

                  
                  $ ping yahoo.com```
                  
                  ping: unknown host yahoo.com
                  
                  

                  $ ping 67.195.160.76 (yahoo ip)
                  PING 67.195.160.76 (67.195.160.76) 56(84) bytes of data.
                  Just hanging here.

                  VM Ubuntu
                  $ ping 192.168.2.3```

                  PING 192.168.2.3 (192.168.2.3) 56(84) bytes of data.
                  64 bytes from 192.168.2.3: icmp_req=1 ttl=63 time=0.229 ms
                  64 bytes from 192.168.2.3: icmp_req=2 ttl=63 time=0.332 ms
                  64 bytes from 192.168.2.3: icmp_req=3 ttl=63 time=0.342 ms
                  64 bytes from 192.168.2.3: icmp_req=4 ttl=63 time=0.310 ms
                  64 bytes from 192.168.2.3: icmp_req=5 ttl=63 time=0.465 ms
                  64 bytes from 192.168.2.3: icmp_req=6 ttl=63 time=0.296 ms
                  ^C
                  --- 192.168.2.3 ping statistics ---
                  6 packets transmitted, 6 received, 0% packet loss, time 5000ms
                  rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.229/0.329/0.465/0.070 ms

                  
                  pfSense
                  ping 192.168.2.3
                  works
                  
                  Edit
                  ===
                  Host
                  $ ping 192.168.2.2
                  PING 192.168.2.2 (192.168.2.2) 56(84) bytes of data.
                  hanging here as well
                  
                  satimis
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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    Aha!
                    The host box is probably not using the vboxnet interface as it's default route. What does 'route' show?

                    Steve

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                      satimis
                      last edited by

                      @stephenw10:

                      Aha!
                      The host box is probably not using the vboxnet interface as it's default route. What does 'route' show?

                      $ sudo ifconfig```

                      eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:26:18:44:b6:1a 
                                inet6 addr: fe80::226:18ff:fe44:b61a/64 Scope:Link
                                UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                                RX packets:126 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                                TX packets:127 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
                                collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                                RX bytes:12304 (12.0 KiB)  TX bytes:11683 (11.4 KiB)
                                Interrupt:18

                      eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 90:f6:52:03:57:86 
                                UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                                RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                                TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                                collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                                RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
                                Interrupt:43 Base address:0x4000

                      lo        Link encap:Local Loopback 
                                inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
                                inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
                                UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
                                RX packets:28 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                                TX packets:28 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                                collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
                                RX bytes:2228 (2.1 KiB)  TX bytes:2228 (2.1 KiB)

                      vboxnet0  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 0a:00:27:00:00:00 
                                inet addr:192.168.2.3  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
                                inet6 addr: fe80::800:27ff:fe00:0/64 Scope:Link
                                UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                                RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                                TX packets:171 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                                collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                                RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:22317 (21.7 KiB)

                      
                      $ sudo route```
                      
                      Kernel IP routing table
                      Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
                      default         192.168.2.2     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 vboxnet0
                      192.168.2.0     *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 vboxnet0
                      
                      

                      $ sudo ip r```

                      default via 192.168.2.2 dev vboxnet0
                      192.168.2.0/24 dev vboxnet0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.2.3

                      
                      $ sudo systemctl start dhcpcd@vboxnet0.service```
                      
                      Failed to get D-Bus connection: No connection to service manager.
                      
                      

                      Does it need a physical NIC ?

                      satimis

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        Ah, so the pfSense VM can ping 192.168.2.3 but the host cannot ping 192.168.2.2?

                        Did you add a firewall rule to the OPT1 interface in pfSense to allow that traffic?
                        Your screenshot earlier of rules on OPT1 shows only TCP traffic allowed and not ICMP (ping) or UDP (dns).

                        Steve

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                          satimis
                          last edited by

                          @stephenw10:

                          Ah, so the pfSense VM can ping 192.168.2.3 but the host cannot ping 192.168.2.2?

                          No.

                          $ sudo ifconfig```

                          eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:26:18:44:b6:1a 
                                    inet6 addr: fe80::226:18ff:fe44:b61a/64 Scope:Link
                                    UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                                    RX packets:3671 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                                    TX packets:3500 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
                                    collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                                    RX bytes:3307162 (3.1 MiB)  TX bytes:758567 (740.7 KiB)
                                    Interrupt:18

                          eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 90:f6:52:03:57:86 
                                    UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                                    RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                                    TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                                    collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                                    RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
                                    Interrupt:43 Base address:0x6000

                          lo        Link encap:Local Loopback 
                                    inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
                                    inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
                                    UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
                                    RX packets:35 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                                    TX packets:35 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                                    collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
                                    RX bytes:3240 (3.1 KiB)  TX bytes:3240 (3.1 KiB)

                          vboxnet0  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 0a:00:27:00:00:00 
                                    inet addr:192.168.2.3  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
                                    inet6 addr: fe80::800:27ff:fe00:0/64 Scope:Link
                                    UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                                    RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                                    TX packets:157 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                                    collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                                    RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:21625 (21.1 KiB)

                          
                          $ ping 192.168.2.2```
                          
                          PING 192.168.2.2 (192.168.2.2) 56(84) bytes of data.
                          From 192.168.2.3 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
                          From 192.168.2.3 icmp_seq=5 Destination Host Unreachable
                          ^C
                          --- 192.168.2.2 ping statistics ---
                          8 packets transmitted, 0 received, +2 errors, 100% packet loss, time 6999ms
                          
                          

                          Did you add a firewall rule to the OPT1 interface in pfSense to allow that traffic?
                          Your screenshot earlier of rules on OPT1 shows only TCP traffic allowed and not ICMP (ping) or UDP (dns).

                          Changed it already TCP/UDP
                          (pls see photo attached)

                          Still same result;
                          $ ping 67.195.160.76```

                          PING 67.195.160.76 (67.195.160.76) 56(84) bytes of data.
                          From 192.168.2.3 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
                          From 192.168.2.3 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
                          From 192.168.2.3 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
                          From 192.168.2.3 icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable
                          From 192.168.2.3 icmp_seq=5 Destination Host Unreachable
                          From 192.168.2.3 icmp_seq=6 Destination Host Unreachable
                          ^C
                          --- 67.195.160.76 ping statistics ---
                          8 packets transmitted, 0 received, +6 errors, 100% packet loss, time 7038ms
                          pipe 3

                          
                          satimis
                          
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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                            Ping traffic is not TCP or UDP it's ICMP so unless you allow that too it will be blocked by the firewall.
                            Just change the protocol to 'all' for now to test the connection. You can always tighten up the rules later.

                            Steve

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                              satimis
                              last edited by

                              @stephenw10:

                              Ping traffic is not TCP or UDP it's ICMP so unless you allow that too it will be blocked by the firewall.
                              Just change the protocol to 'all' for now to test the connection. You can always tighten up the rules later.

                              Protocol - "all" is NOT available ONLY "any"
                              Change it to "any"

                              $ ping 192.168.2.2```

                              PING 192.168.2.2 (192.168.2.2) 56(84) bytes of data.
                              From 192.168.2.3 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
                              From 192.168.2.3 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
                              From 192.168.2.3 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
                              ^C
                              --- 192.168.2.2 ping statistics ---
                              4 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% packet loss, time 3014ms
                              pipe 3

                              Still the same
                              
                              satimis
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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                Hmm. But you can still ping 192.168.2.3 from pfSense?

                                Sorry I meant 'any', yes.

                                Steve

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                                  satimis
                                  last edited by

                                  @stephenw10:

                                  Hmm. But you can still ping 192.168.2.3 from pfSense?

                                  Yes, without problem.  Also VM can ping host on 192.168.2.3

                                  satimis

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    Hmm, it looks like it has no route to the host. But you have shown that the routing table looks OK and the connection is presumably good because it responds to ping from other machines.  :-
                                    Perhaps the host is running some software firewall?
                                    The pings to the host on 192.168.2.3 could be reaching it via some other route, it has many interfaces.

                                    Steve

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                                      satimis
                                      last edited by

                                      @stephenw10:

                                      • snip -
                                        Perhaps the host is running some software firewall?
                                      • snip -

                                      I haven't added any rule to iptables.  It is ONLY default installation.

                                      I have tested;
                                      HOWTO: Run pfSense nanobsd in VirtualBox
                                      http://www.freebsdnews.net/2012/05/22/howto-run-pfsense-nanobsd-virtualbox/

                                      Host-Only Network works but it needs a physical NIC

                                      satimis

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                        last edited by

                                        In that how-to robi does not use a physical NIC for the host-only adapter. The only difference I can see is that he simply sets the pfSense interface to use the existing 192.168.56.X subnet created by VBox. I can't really see why that would make any difference but you could try that anyway.

                                        Steve

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