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    • johnpozJ
      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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      ARggghhh DUDE your dhcp server is STILL enabled!!!!

      And you have your WAN plugged in on the same network!!!

      What part are you confused about connecting it to your network with a LAN port and turning off its dhcp!!!

      Why are you trying to access pfsense on 192.168.2.1???

      Does the attached help??

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        itsignas
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        @johnpoz:

        ARggghhh DUDE your dhcp server is STILL enabled!!!!

        And you have your WAN plugged in on the same network!!!

        What part are you confused about connecting it to your network with a LAN port and turning off its dhcp!!!

        Why are you trying to access pfsense on 192.168.2.1???

        Does the attached help??

        Okay, small update. (This time for real)
        I can access pfSense at 192.168.2.1, being connected to 192.168.1.0 subnet

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        • johnpozJ
          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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          update of what????  Dude your just showing shit not working but not showing how you fixed the BROKEN setup!!!

          Show your router setting - see my 2nd attachment!!!  And what is connected to what???

          default gateway 192.168.1.254 is what was your wifi router lan was setup as..

          Take a breath – look at my drawing!  This is so freaking basic!!

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            Okay, made quite few photos…

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            • johnpozJ
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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              And looking at first one its STILL WRONG!!!!

              What is so freaking difficult to understand… UNPLUG the cable from the wifi router WAN port!!!  There should BE NOTHING plugged in there - NOTHING!!!  If you want to leave its lan on 192.168.1.254 that is fine..

              Now a client wired to one of the other lan ports or wireless set for dhcp gets what???  Show its ipconfig /all

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              • johnpozJ
                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                Outside world for what????

                Dude your using it as a SWITCH/AP to connect to pfsense, which has your internet connection!

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                  itsignas
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                  OH GOD, now i saw your scheme, that it connect's to LAN port, oh god.. So sorry I was so dumb…

                  Now I connect to pfSense and ESXi no problem, but we came back to DNS problem..

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                  • johnpozJ
                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                    what is your client showing for dns??  Lets see ipconfig /all if your client is talking to 127.0.0.1 no then it would never work.

                    What are you using forwarder or resolver in pfsense?

                    Can pfsense look up stuff..  And I would assume so since it shows a new version.

                    To be honest I don't think you should be running 2.3 since your really new to this stuff… 2.3 can still be buggy.. I would suggest you use the stable 2.2.6 until you feel more comfortable with how this all works.

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                      Here it is

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                      • johnpozJ
                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                        And your pointing dns to your wifi router IP address 192.168.1.254… So NO dns is never going to work from that client..

                        And your dhcp server is still listed as your wifi router 192.168.1.254....  Did you not renew your lease??  Once you turned off the dhcp sever in your wifi router?  Reboot the client so it gets dhcp from pfsense.

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                          itsignas
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                          @johnpoz:

                          And your pointing dns to your wifi router IP address 192.168.1.254… So NO dns is never going to work from that client..

                          And your dhcp server is still listed as your wifi router 192.168.1.254....  Did you not renew your lease??  Once you turned off the dhcp sever in your wifi router?  Reboot the client so it gets dhcp from pfsense.

                          Alright, nope, same issue, rebooted wifi router, my client pc.

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                          • johnpozJ
                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                            so that hs not dhcp that is STATIC…  Why don't you set it dhcp so you can actually verify dhcp is working off pfsense..

                            do you nslookup now from this client, this client can access pfsense right webgui...  What are the firewall rules you have on pfsense post them!!!

                            edit:  And if your going to run the beta, you for sure should be running the current one...  But again who says that maybe the resolver is broken in your version of a BETA version of pfsense..

                            But lets see the firewall rules.. I recall something in the thread where you only had tcp for 53... Lets see the rules.. And do a to pfsense name..  Even if your outside dns is broken you should be able to query pfsense.yourdomain.tld

                            example..

                            C:>nslookup
                            Default Server:  pfSense.local.lan
                            Address:  192.168.9.253

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                            Server:  pfSense.local.lan
                            Address:  192.168.9.253

                            Name:    pfsense.local.lan
                            Addresses:  192.168.9.253

                            And pfsense name should come back for your server name when you first do nslookup.

                            The answer you get back from the nslookup will tell us someinfo - did you time out talking to pfsense, did it fail to lookup what you were looking for, etc. etc..

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                            Server:  pfSense.local.lan
                            Address:  192.168.9.253

                            *** pfSense.local.lan can't find www.sljdflsjfsljflslsfdj.com: Non-existent domain

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                              itsignas
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                              @johnpoz:

                              so that hs not dhcp that is STATIC…  Why don't you set it dhcp so you can actually verify dhcp is working off pfsense..

                              do you nslookup now from this client, this client can access pfsense right webgui...  What are the firewall rules you have on pfsense post them!!!

                              edit:  And if your going to run the beta, you for sure should be running the current one...  But again who says that maybe the resolver is broken in your version of a BETA version of pfsense..

                              But lets see the firewall rules.. I recall something in the thread where you only had tcp for 53... Lets see the rules.. And do a to pfsense name..  Even if your outside dns is broken you should be able to query pfsense.yourdomain.tld

                              example..

                              C:>nslookup
                              Default Server:  pfSense.local.lan
                              Address:  192.168.9.253

                              pfsense.local.lan
                              Server:  pfSense.local.lan
                              Address:  192.168.9.253

                              Name:    pfsense.local.lan
                              Addresses:  192.168.9.253

                              And pfsense name should come back for your server name when you first do nslookup.

                              The answer you get back from the nslookup will tell us someinfo - did you time out talking to pfsense, did it fail to lookup what you were looking for, etc. etc..

                              www.sljdflsjfsljflslsfdj.com
                              Server:  pfSense.local.lan
                              Address:  192.168.9.253

                              *** pfSense.local.lan can't find www.sljdflsjfsljflslsfdj.com: Non-existent domain

                              Okay I restarted many times ESXi, pfSense, router, PC, now results are even worse. I can't even access pfSense webgui, seems like my router isn't connecting with pfSense. Only OPT1 works connected to WAN port of my AP router… Only combo that works right now.

                              Eth4 on photo is pfSense cable.

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                              • johnpozJ
                                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                dude what part is so freaking hard to understand here… your ipconfig shows your gateway as 192.168.1.254... That is your wifi router IP so you can manage the wifi..  That is ALL that router is going to be now, its a Access Point nothing more... It allows your wifi to be connected to your wired network!!

                                Your rules for lan that now your calling PC only allow TCP... DNS is UDP… So NO shit its not going to work!!

                                Change that rule to ANY!!!  And why do you have all those port forwards setup on wan when you don't have anything working???

                                Let me say this AGAIN!!!  Let your clients be dhcp, so your SURE dhcp is working from pfsense.. and it will point to pfsense for gateway and dns...  But its NOT going to ever work until you change that rule to ANY or at min tcp/udp since dns is UDP!!!

                                Do you have dhcp enabled on pfsense even?

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                                  itsignas
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                                  @johnpoz:

                                  dude what part is so freaking hard to understand here… your ipconfig shows your gateway as 192.168.1.254... That is your wifi router IP so you can manage the wifi..  That is ALL that router is going to be now, its a Access Point nothing more... It allows your wifi to be connected to your wired network!!

                                  Your rules for lan that now your calling PC only allow TCP... DNS is UDP… So NO shit its not going to work!!

                                  Change that rule to ANY!!!  And why do you have all those port forwards setup on wan when you don't have anything working???

                                  Let me say this AGAIN!!!  Let your clients be dhcp, so your SURE dhcp is working from pfsense.. and it will point to pfsense for gateway and dns...  But its NOT going to ever work until you change that rule to ANY or at min tcp/udp since dns is UDP!!!

                                  Do you have dhcp enabled on pfsense even?

                                  It says 192.168.1.254, cause DHCP server don't work, look at it ipconfig /renew, dhcp server problem, so it came back to default settings.

                                  Okay so I changed that rule.
                                  DHCP on client's don't work. But on pfSense it's enabled.
                                  I was using tablet as wi-fi access, not working, can't even access pfSense says - Connection refused when accessing 192.168.1.1

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                                  • johnpozJ
                                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                    Dude this is basic stuff here..

                                    Did you change your firewall rule, because with your current rules you can not even ping 192.168.1.1, and not dns not going to work.

                                    As to dhcp not working..  What does the log say, does it see the dhcp discover.  And that was not actually a failure of getting and IP that was a failure on RENEW.. Which yeah renew of that lease could fail since you turned off the dhcp server it got it from.  Pfsense has no lease of giving your mac that IP, so no it would not be able to renew it..

                                    Reboot the dhcp client your playing with, or do a release and then renew.  Then if not working look in the log of pfsense did it see a dhcp discover??

                                    If you can not get to 192.168.1.1, then look in your arp table - if the mac of pfsernse is not there then you have a connectivity issue, etc.  Or many you turned on static arp in pfsense? Have no freaking idea what other stuff you changed..  What I would suggest you do is grab 2.2.6 and deploy that vs 2.3 beta..  Its quite possible the version you have has some issues.

                                    Can tell you for sure that installing 2.2.6 with defaults and you will be up and running in clickity clickity…  If it takes more than 2 minutes I would think your drinking coffee on the job again ;)

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                                      itsignas
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                                      @johnpoz:

                                      Dude this is basic stuff here..

                                      Did you change your firewall rule, because with your current rules you can not even ping 192.168.1.1, and not dns not going to work.

                                      As to dhcp not working..  What does the log say, does it see the dhcp discover.  And that was not actually a failure of getting and IP that was a failure on RENEW.. Which yeah renew of that lease could fail since you turned off the dhcp server it got it from.  Pfsense has no lease of giving your mac that IP, so no it would not be able to renew it..

                                      Reboot the dhcp client your playing with, or do a release and then renew.  Then if not working look in the log of pfsense did it see a dhcp discover??

                                      If you can not get to 192.168.1.1, then look in your arp table - if the mac of pfsernse is not there then you have a connectivity issue, etc.  Or many you turned on static arp in pfsense? Have no freaking idea what other stuff you changed..  What I would suggest you do is grab 2.2.6 and deploy that vs 2.3 beta..  Its quite possible the version you have has some issues.

                                      Can tell you for sure that installing 2.2.6 with defaults and you will be up and running in clickity clickity…  If it takes more than 2 minutes I would think your drinking coffee on the job again ;)

                                      Okay first photo is connected as it should work. But there isn't pfSense network card mac.
                                      Second photo after repluging to OPT1 to access pfSense.
                                      I don't know why it says 192.168.2.0 subnet if LAN (pc) is at 192.168.1.0

                                      I will try to install 2.2.6 pfSense and i'll see.

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                                        itsignas
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                                        Oh my god it WORKS!!!!! Thanks..

                                        I plugged my desktop pc (main, not xp) and access point to OPT1, and it works!

                                        But I have to type manually IP, gateway, DNS for access point clients, let's say my android phone, I have to type 192.168.3.x, 192.168.3.1. And only then it works okay, but it won't get ip by dhcp.

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                                        • johnpozJ
                                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                          Well you got a problem with your AP clients getting dhcp..  Do you show a discover on pfsense?  And sending an offer?

                                          Maybe you have issue with that wifi router..  I have no idea what settings you have on there..  Get yourself an actual AP.. Something like https://www.ubnt.com/unifi/unifi-ap-ac-lite/ for example.

                                          And if you need switch ports, get a REAL switch – smart/managed would be best bet so you have vlan support.

                                          Also what version of ESXI are you running?  Looks like 5.5 - why would you not be running 6??

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                                            Im using 5.5 with custom drivers for my two realtek gigabit cards, esxi don't officially support them. So I have to use older version.

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