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    Pulling my hair out !! Cannot access the web gui pfsense after install VICTORY

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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    • KOMK
      KOM
      last edited by

      My motherboard has: Realtek RTL8111G-CG nic cards could that be an issue ?

      No.  I suspect that you overlooked the DHCP stuff during initial install but maybe the memstick image is different?  I don't know.  Go with #2 and reassign your LAN interface.  It will prompt you for DHCP server details after you have given it an IP & subnet bit count.

      You didn't say what your client IP address is when you can't hit the GUI.

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        2chemlud Banned
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        Does the notebook get an IP? Should not be that hard to find in the Network area of your OS.

        If not: Assign manually an IP, e.g. 192.168.1.10 and try again with your browser… try both, http://192.168.1.1 as well as https://192.168.1.1

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          captain1980
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          I made a fresh install with the reccomendation as here above. Still the same result.

          In the setup i get the option to assign the NICS (re1/ re2) WAN / LAN.  That goes well. Then it will configure it etc. Back to the console screen i have WAN (NO IP) LAN 192.168.1.1/24 below that all the options.

          I did not have to manual put in DHCP settings or IP addresses, subnet etc etc.

          This version of Pf sense i installed: pfSense-memstick-2.2.5-RELEASE-amd64.img.gz

          I don,t have a optical drive in the build.

          About the NICS i know Intel is better then realtek. I am good with computers but networking is something else. Trying to get there.

          This is the interface setup:

          1. WAN (re0 dhcp, dhcp6)
          2. LAN  (re1 static)

          Is this correct ?

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            doktornotor Banned
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            So we still got NOTHING to work with.

            As asked above:

            • post the output of ipconfig /all from the client
            • post the output of ifconfig from the pfSense box
            • post the output of ping<pfsense_lan_ip></pfsense_lan_ip>

            This works out of the box, just what you are doing there?!

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              Packern
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              Funny I had the same problem then realised I was on the wrong nic LOL

              It confused me for a while as it put the same subnet on the lan side as I have on my network wan side  ??? could do with perhaps using a different subnet as default maybe?

              Pull the network lead out and then put back in works for the wan side if you cant ping anything. Seems to wake up some nic's.

              On the lan side have you tried it with fixed ip if you haven't got dhcp working try, 192.168.1.10 with 255.255.255.0 and see if that works.

              640K ought to be enough ram for anybody

              Bill Gates 1981

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                Packern
                last edited by

                Just another thought have you checked "ipconfig /all" on your laptop (if its windows) and see if its on the right subnet ?

                Then see if you can ping it form the command prompt.

                640K ought to be enough ram for anybody

                Bill Gates 1981

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                  captain1980
                  last edited by

                  See the pictures.

                  No response on the ping to the LAN 192.168.1.1

                  I start regretting not buying a pfsense brand box ha ha  :o

                  Also i have PIA VPN software running but that was switched of and the virtual interface shut down. Only direct on my NIC card from the laptop. (killer networking)

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                  • KOMK
                    KOM
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                    Just as I suspected.  You're not getting an IP address or DNS or gateway or anything.  MY original advice still stands.  Either configure LAN to serve DHCP, or set your laptop to a static IP address in the same subnet as the router (eg set it to 192.168.1.50, netmask 255.255.255.0, gateway 192.168.1.1, DNS 192.168.1.1).

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                      phil.davis
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                      In your console picture there is 192.168.1.1 255.0.0.0 - that is wrong. You have put /8 somewhere along the way. It should be /24 - 192.168.1.1 255.25.255.0

                      If your front-end network in front of pfSense is already using 192.168.1.* then either change it, or change the pfSense LAN-side subnet to something different. It will not work with the same or overlapping IP address-subnets on WAN and LAN. You can change the pfSense LAN from console menu (2).

                      As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle."
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                        captain1980
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                        I had the box only lan connected direct to the laptop.

                        Wen the WAN is connected nothing comes in from the cable modem. But thats another thing. That i guess is my type of modem and ISP item. It is a router/ modem i had my ISP set to bridge mode, so only modem function. As a router i now have apple TC.

                        Modem - TC - Switch and that has to become modem - pfsense - switch (and then the apple tc in AP mode for the wifi)

                        Thanks for the feedback guys.

                        I will work on it and will report back here.

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                          Packern
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                          @captain1980:

                          See the pictures.

                          No response on the ping to the LAN 192.168.1.1

                          I start regretting not buying a pfsense brand box ha ha  :o

                          Also i have PIA VPN software running but that was switched of and the virtual interface shut down. Only direct on my NIC card from the laptop. (killer networking)

                          What you have there is a self assigned ip address. I.E No dhcp from pfsense box by the look of it or cable disconected. So you need to set the ip address on the adapter on that machine (laptop), try 192.168.1.10 and 255.255.255.0 if that works you can set up the dhcp server once you log in from there.

                          IF NOT then Follow the good advice from the previous posts and configure the interface to give dhcp for the lan, do this from the monitor and keyboard attached to the pfsense machine I think it is option 2. Folow the prompts and DONT set ipv6 and see if that works. Let us know.

                          Just a thought you arn't connecting the laptop directly to the nic on the pfsense box are you ??? I.E. direct cable, you may need to have a network switch in between as some nics don't auto negotiate.

                          640K ought to be enough ram for anybody

                          Bill Gates 1981

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                            captain1980
                            last edited by

                            Thanks for the reply. I am going to try some stuff out today.

                            Just a question in between: i stumbled upon a site/forum via Google that described a similar problem i have. There the conclusion was a problem in the BIOS.

                            http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1715302&page=2

                            Something to do with ACPI does that ring a bell for computers pro,s on this forum ?

                            If i don,t get it to work i will buy a Intel NIC board

                            Something to do with ACPI does that ring a bell for computers pro,s on this forum ?

                            If i don,t get it to work i will buy a Intel NIC board

                            http://www.minipc.de/catalog/il/1775

                            like i should have done see the above board in the first place since it was the same price as the board i have now below

                            http://www.minipc.de/catalog/il/1866

                            I went for the more cores and memory option. But should gone for the better NICS.

                            Keep you posted.

                            :o

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                              Packern
                              last edited by

                              Crikey could be an acpi problem !!!!! if you think it is change the nic. Or swap the interfaces around so WAN becomes LAN, if, they are different makes of course. I have used 15 year old D-Link 100mbt cards with no problem to test this software. Maybe you have something in the junk box?

                              BUT have you used another laptop or pc (or borrow one) to see if you can access it that way

                              Remember you can only access the web gui from the LAN side initially not the WAN like on other products.

                              Sorry starting to run out of things to suggest now :(  maybe one of the gurus on this site will help you out.

                              That mini pc looks nice what sort of box would you put it in ?

                              Remember keep IT simple  :)

                              640K ought to be enough ram for anybody

                              Bill Gates 1981

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                                captain1980
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                                Its a mini ITX board. Both NICS are the same. Fixed on the main board.

                                See the pictures of my setup. Tell me where i go wrong. It looks right.

                                Setting up your own router great project….. running cables across the house, kitchen table full of stuff... GF happy (not)  :D

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                                • johnpozJ
                                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                  Dude your not getting an IP address from your screen shot..  Your not going to be able to ping 192.168.1.1 from a 169.254 address..

                                  So either your cable is BAD, or your not auto crossover…  Is one of the interfaces gig at least?  If its a 10/100/1000 interface it should support mdix (autocross)... If you can not get an IP from the pfsense dhcp server then no your not going to be able to ping it.

                                  If you manually set your laptop IP to 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.0 or /24 and then try and ping??  You could then look in your arp table.. Do you see a mac for 192.168.1.1 ??

                                  example my pfsense is 192.168.9.253 with an arp -a you can see that I have a mac address for it.  Do the arp -a right after you try and ping..  If you see all zeros, or error, for 192.168.1.1 or even something other than the mac of your pfsense interface your going to have problems..

                                  A common issue here is your setting the WRONG interface as LAN..  You need to check the mac addresses of the interfaces on your pfsense box to make sure your setting the actual lan interface as lan..

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                                    captain1980
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                                    Well i had a bright idea to get my GF old computer from her dads house.

                                    I bought a cheap ass NIC card. I just wanted to make sure that i was not getting crazy.

                                    Long story short. Got to the WEB GUI on the DELL PC doing the same install what i was doing all along.

                                    Guess my nice new M350 case with PD11BI CC2 Mitac dual does not want to play with Pf sense.

                                    I will try to replace it with the Intel NIC version.

                                    For show see the pictures.

                                    :o

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                                      captain1980
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                                      P.s.

                                      http://mikepowells.net/2011/07/08/full-pfsense-on-embedded-hardware/

                                      I read here if you have problems getting past the interface assignement in pfsense because you don,t have seperate interfaces for the LAN and WAN. The option is then to setup Vlans and create 2 Vlans interfaces.

                                      Anybody thoughts on that ?

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                                      • johnpozJ
                                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                        do you have a smart/managed switch that supports vlans?  I thought your hardware had 2 nics?

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                                          captain1980
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                                          My initial setup is the M350 case with MITAC board and 2 NIC i have no success with that machine.

                                          The big tower is a scratch computer i dig up and put a extra NIC in… this  i got to working. So i can conclude the new M350 case build has some hard ware issue.

                                          I think my initial setup (new build) is not doing well with Pf sense.

                                          I tried the Vlan interfaces setup like described in the link but same result as before.

                                          Its like the system does not see the interfaces as separate.

                                          I made a last ipconfig and arp -a see picture. Set the laptop manual IP, gateway, subnet.

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                                            captain1980
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                                            Just another though:

                                            I had problems with the initial setup of the BIOS. They advice me to put it in windows 7 default mode. Put settings in "legacy" mode. Original was set top UEFI boot but i could not load from the USB. Even not when i changed to boot order.

                                            Could this be an issue ?

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