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      UnderCover last edited by

      i was trying to ping (from inside the firewall) to machines that are outside my firewall and pinging keeps failing.

      if i try to ping that same machine from another computer that is somewhere else in the world,  it works fine.

      any ideas?

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      • GruensFroeschli
        GruensFroeschli last edited by

        My visionary powers are broken :(

        @http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic:

        If you are looking for help on the forum because you have a problem:
        provide as much information as possible.
        (log-outputs, screenshots of config/rules, etc.)
        Often a Diagram (ASCII ART ?) can help more than pages of descriptions how your network is set up.

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          UnderCover last edited by

          sorry about the lack of details

          anyways i figured out what it was

          i unchecked the box in the wan section –- Block private networks  and everything works perfectly now.

          very strange...  anyways thanks!

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            MageMinds last edited by

            So you where trying to ping a private address? If yes, nothing is strange in that, that's the feature purpose!

            When I try pfSense in a virtual lab I have to use private range IP addresses and yes I have to disable that feature to be able to make my tests. In real world, when your pfSense is facing the Internet (it have a public IP address) you should keep that feature enabled.

            MageMinds

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              UnderCover last edited by

              right now pfsense is setup that it does have a public ip

              quick question

              does the block private address feature block  128.210.0.0 subnet?

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