Pfsense and freenas
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Hi all I don't know if this is the right place for my question and problem or not. I need help please with my Pfsense setup I seems to lose my internet as soon as I boot up my freenas server. Please advice what I am doing wrong
Many thanks
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How are the two machines configured? How is the rest of your network configured?
More info please. ;)At a guess it's maybe an IP conflict, they both use the same static IP. Maybe a DHCP issue, they are both running DHCP on the same network segment.
Steve
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hi steve thanks for your reply i will try to explain my setup.
1 cable modem into the house
2. then pfsense connected to it
3. from pfsense i have a cable going to my loft room to a switch and onto that switch i have apple time capsule connected, smart tv ,freenas server and a printer too and another cable from out from that swich going into my living room connected to another switch
4. from that switch i have my smart tv connected and my desktop pc and my vodafone sure signal.
5. i also have two apple airport exprees too.
i hope this might help you guys to help me with my problem please please i don't know what to do.
many thanks
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What is your LAN IP address, and what is the IP address of your FreeNAS server?
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When you turn your FreeNAS server on and lose Internet, is there anything in the pfSense System log? Anything in your FreeNAS log? Are any of these virtual machines that may have the same MAC address?
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hi kom
i am going to check my mac address in the mean time i can tell you that i can still access my freenas server on my network only this i lose is the internet. one more thing i get is the DNS server isn't responding. this might give you a clue what might be the problem i hope.
i will try now to check the pfsense log and freenas log if i can find it easy and the mac address for pfsense and freenas .
many thanks
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Sounds like your pfSense and FreeNAS have the same IP address.
What is the IP address of pfSense's LAN interface?
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You might get better help in section of your native language.
What is the IP address of pfsense lan interface? 10.1.1.? What is the IP of your freenas 10.?.?.?
What is the mask /8 /24? 255.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 ??
Those IPs you gave are not on the same network, unless you have a very large mask. But why can you not give the exact IP?
When you say you loose internet, can you not get to pfsense web gui? Can you ping pfsense lan IP? You sure the freenas nic is not just bad spewing garbage? As mentioned - is there any errors on pfsense when this happens. Do a simple sniff on pfsense lan - what are you seeing. If you can not get to pfsense lan when you turn on freenas..
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If none of these boxes are virtual then I wouldn't waste the time getting their MAC addresses.
What is your DNS server? Here is a test. Turn on your FreeNAS box and then try to go to www.cnn.com. If that fails, try to go to http://157.166.239.177 or http://157.166.238.48. If that works then your problem is DNS only. Try to localize the problem to your entire connection or just DNS alone.
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hi kom
i just done what you had asked to turn on the freenas and try to click onto the link.
none of them worked.i am more confused now then before please please help.
many thanks in advance
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So none of them worked at all, especially the IP address-based ones?
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Your DNS servers are not the problem. Did you check your System log in pfSense (Status - System Logs) and whatever log FreeNAS has? Are your LAN clients static IP or DHCP?
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hi kom
this is from gateways log in pfsense
Nov 18 10:15:07 apinger: ALARM: WAN_DHCP(82.34.84.1) *** down ***
Nov 18 10:15:14 apinger: alarm canceled: WAN_DHCP(82.34.84.1) *** down *** -
Nov 18 21:15:50 kernel: arp: 02:62:91:00:11:0b is using my IP address 10.0.1.2 on em1!
Nov 18 21:15:51 kernel: arp: 02:62:91:00:11:0b is using my IP address 10.0.1.2 on em1!
Nov 18 21:15:52 kernel: arp: 02:62:91:00:11:0b is using my IP address 10.0.1.2 on em1!
Nov 18 21:15:53 kernel: arp: 02:62:91:00:11:0b is using my IP address 10.0.1.2 on em1!
Nov 18 21:15:54 kernel: arp: 02:62:91:00:11:0b is using my IP address 10.0.1.2 on em1!
Nov 18 21:15:55 kernel: arp: 02:62:91:00:11:0b is using my IP address 10.0.1.2 on em1!
Nov 18 21:15:56 kernel: arp: 02:62:91:00:11:0b is using my IP address 10.0.1.2 on em1!
Nov 18 21:15:57 kernel: arp: 02:62:91:00:11:0b is using my IP address 10.0.1.2 on em1!
Nov 18 21:15:58 kernel: arp: 02:62:91:00:11:0b is using my IP address 10.0.1.2 on em1!Fix this. You have duplicate IP addresses.
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Yep. Doesn't get more conclusive than that. ;)
Change the FreeNAS IP.Steve
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hi steve and derelict
hi thanks for your reply, i am slow in this field please point me to right direction which ip address you are pointing to and how to change that please. at least my family be able to use there internet properly.
many thanks
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In FreeNAS hit Network, Interfaces, click your interface, click edit. You need to set it to an unused IP address.
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hi derelict
thanks for your reply i might sound silly but may i ask how did you know i have duplicate ip address for freenas.
please if you don't mind
many thanks
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pfSense is telling you in it's log. 'Something is using my IP'. It must be FreeNAS since the issue starts when it boots. It gives you the MAC though so you can check.
Steve
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Click on Interfaces, Select your Interface, Click Edit.