Can't Connect On Reboot
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I have just setup pfSense on an Intel Atom dual core motherboard, with 2 NIC interfaces
I have WAN set up as DHCP and LAN as fixed IP.
With both inferfaces connected, after pfSense has sucessfull booted I can't get a connection to the GUI or the internet.
The only round this is to disconnect the WAN connection, then on reboot I can see the GUI using the fixed IP address.
I then connect the WAN connection (to an ASDL router), and once a DHCP ip address has been allocted I can then access the GUI and the internet
Why can't I simply be able to reboot with both WAN and LAN interfaces connected?
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What ip addresses and subnets are you using? You might have a subnet conflict if the WAN isn't using a public IP.
Steve
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Thanks for your reply, I am using the same subnet on WAN and LAN
LAN is fixed 192.168.1.200
WAN is DHCP, but I have set the DHCP allocation on the ADSL router to between 192.168.1.250 and 192.168.1.255
The gateway on the ADSL router is 192.168.1.1
I guess that I really should have the WAN and LAN on seperate subnets, but the ADSL router is already carrying out NAT between the ISP and it's LAN ports
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Yep. In its default configuration, routing/NATing, pfSense must have a different subnet on each interface. Overlapping subnets on different interfaces breaks routing as you've found.
Just set the pfSense LAN to something difference like 192.168.100.1/24 for example.
In the long term it's preferable to have your dsl modem bridge your public IP to the pfSense WAN so you're not double NATing.Steve
Edit: Typo
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Thanks, I am new to this and still getting my head around it :)
As I have currently have the same subnets for LAN and WAN, could this also be the cause of my problems at the bottom of this post?
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=29944.135
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Possibly if there's still some conflict. I don't see anything immediately so I'd guess at some openvpn problem.
Steve
