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Help please, Could not get an IP from DHCP Server

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    serandre
    last edited by Feb 23, 2008, 1:48 PM

    I have the following config:

    • 1 notebook Toshiba A60 running pfsense Live CD
    • the notebook have 1 NIC Realtek wired (LAN) an wireless Atheros mini-pci card (WAN)

    The pfsense boots perfectly and all cards are OK, I configured the wired as LAN and the Atheros as a WAN.

    The Atheros connect to my AP router OK after start up.

    I connect the RJ45 cable from my computer running Windows XP or even PCLinux but I can't get an IP address from the server at pfsense, so I can't get to the GUI interface.

    Please help me, I need to get pfsense working, I don't have money to buy a 2WAN router and pfsense is only a choice I have.
    Thanks!

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      hoba
      last edited by Feb 23, 2008, 8:38 PM

      If you connect 2 clients directly to each other with no switch in between you need a crossovernetworkcable.

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        serandre
        last edited by Feb 23, 2008, 11:28 PM

        Hi.

        I am using a cross over cable, both the pfsense and windows detect the cable link (100mbps) but windows or even when I use linux the dhcp client doesn't assign an IP to the client machine.

        I have this configuration setup in pfsense:

        Wired Lan (RL0): IP 192.168.10.1/24, client addresses from 192.168.10.100 to 192.168.10.200
        DHCP enabled (y)

        The client and pfsense senses the rj45 cable (100mbps), but the client didn't get an IP from pfsense, I have configured the client as DHCP client to obtain the IP.

        If using windows it shows a limited access type message in the network icon, in linux nothing is showed at all.

        I tried 2 client machines with no success in getting the IP.

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          serandre
          last edited by Feb 24, 2008, 2:30 PM Feb 24, 2008, 2:23 PM

          I GOT IT !!! I GOT IT !!!

          But ONLY using VMWARE !!!

          Very strange, only using VMWare I could get the machines to get the IP address from the pfsense DHCP server.

          Well, finally I am happy to see all the GLORY of the PFSENSE GUI INTERFACE !!!

          :o

          The unique thing I did using VMWARE is that I HAVE INSTALLED pfsense, and before I was only using the LIVE CD, maybe this was the problem ? Hmmmm….

          I'll try it later installing without the VMware to confirm this...

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            serandre
            last edited by Mar 2, 2008, 3:08 PM

            Just a tip for new users like me:

            Live CD in my case doesn't assign an IP to a client machine, but AFTER INSTALLING PFSENSE everything works without any problem.

            So if you have the problem of a machine not getting an IP from pfsense running in LIVE CD, just install it to your HD and that will resolve your problem.

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              hoba
              last edited by Mar 2, 2008, 8:34 PM

              The livecd has a dhcp server running at lan by default. This is not a problem. It must have been something welse but I'm glad you got it working somehow.

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