[SOLVED] (Yet another) no WAN connection
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I had to rebuild my pfSense server due to a hard drive failure. The previous build was running pfSense 2.1 without any problems. When I rebuilt I performed a clean install of pfSense 2.1.5. Now I am unable to reach the internet from my LAN. My configuration is simple:
Comcast -> Motorola Surfboard 6120 -> em0:pfSense:em1 -> LAN
Here is what I have tried so far:
* I've replaced pfSense with a Netgear FVS318G and everything works fine.
* I've connected a laptop directly to the Surfboard and everything works fine.
* I've spoofed the Netgear MAC address (even though when I connect my laptop the Surfboard happily accepts the new MAC).
* I've unchecked the "block local addresses" checkbox in the WAN settings.
* I've rebooted the Surfboard repeatedly leaving it powered off for up to several hours.
* I've powered everything down, powered up the Surfboard, waited for it to cycle, then powered up the pfSense server.This is a clean install, I haven't created any firewall rules.
I don't know what to try next. I would be very grateful for any suggestions.
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It seems I was able to resolve my issue though I'm not entirely sure why this worked.
My first step was to swap the WAN and LAN interfaces. When I did the pfSense acquired a WAN address but I was unable to connect on the LAN interface.
Naturally I assumed I had a bad NIC but I tried one last thing: I went into BIOS and disabled both interfaces, rebooted, then went back into BIOS and re-enabled both interfaces. Now everything works! I can run the WAN on either NIC successfully.
Don't know why this worked but perhaps this will help someone else in the future.
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Are they on-board NICs? Did you actually remove the power completely? Sometimes a component can get stuck in an odd configuration that can only br cleared by de-powering it. Many motherboards will supply some power, especially to NICs, in standby so have to physically remove the power cord.
Steve
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Both NICs are on the motherboard. I don't believe I physically unplugged the server so you may be on to something there.
