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      DieselPower
      last edited by

      Hello, I am setting up pfSense for the first time on a ALIX.2C0 with XR9 900MHz cards. I have everything working except the WAN(vr0) interface. It receives it's address (IP:192.168.1.147 mask:255.255.255.0, bcast:192.168.1.255 nameserver:192.168.1.1 GW:192.168.1.1) just fine through DHCP, but I cannot get any traffic through it. If I try to ping the local gateway (192.168.1.1) from pfSence I get "ping: sendto: Host is down", and if I try to ping pfSense from another PC I get "10 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 9000ms" If I plug another PC into the cable I can access it just fine. It's not a cable or gateway issue. My GW shows the pfSence box lease properly. I also have firewall rules allowing absolutely everything. I can ping the other pfSence box through wireless just fine. What's wrong?

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      • GruensFroeschliG
        GruensFroeschli
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        Did you uncheck the "block private networks" checkbox on WAN?

        We do what we must, because we can.

        Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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          DieselPower
          last edited by

          Yes, both "block private networks" and "block bogon networks" are unchecked. I have even disabled the firewall and still had the same issues.

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            DieselPower
            last edited by

            I also just tried another board to make sure I have not damaged this one and still get the same problem, so it's gotta be software…

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              DieselPower
              last edited by

              Here is a little more info in case it helps. Screenshots are hard for me to do over dialup…

              *** Welcome to pfSense 1.2-RC4-embedded on pfsense-master ***
              
                WAN*                     ->\0x09vr0\0x09->\0x09192.168.1.147(DHCP)
                LAN*                     ->\0x09vr1\0x09->\0x09192.168.1.4
                OPT1(Wireless)           ->\0x09ath0\0x09->\0x09192.168.100.1
              
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                DieselPower
                last edited by

                After posting the last reply, I saw what was wrong, LAN is now on 192.168.10.1 and it all works. So much for late nights! Thanks, ~Lawrence

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