Re: [pfSense] pfSense box not visible from LAN, only from WAN
On 8/5/13 7:41 pm, Marco wrote: no IP configured This would be your problem. How can I make the pfsense box visible from the LAN side? Am I doing something wrong or is this expected? I suspect it's expected behaviour. If you want to use pfSense purely as an access point, then you're probably best off not using LAN at all (unless you need filtering). Bridge WAN with your WLAN interface and LAN becomes effectively redundant. (I seem to recall in the past it wasn't possible to bridge WAN with anything - whether this limitation still exists in 2.x I don't know, but if it does, you might be best off ignoring both WAN and LAN, and create an OPT interface to bridge with your WLAN interface) Kind regards, Chris -- This email is made from 100% recycled electrons ___ List mailing list List@lists.pfsense.org http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
Re: [pfSense] pfSense box not visible from LAN, only from WAN
On 2013–05–08 Chris Bagnall wrote: On 8/5/13 7:41 pm, Marco wrote: no IP configured This would be your problem. This was the problem, indeed. I set the LAN to DHCP and I can see the pfSense box and access the web configurator. How can I make the pfsense box visible from the LAN side? Am I doing something wrong or is this expected? I suspect it's expected behaviour. If you want to use pfSense purely as an access point, then you're probably best off not using LAN at all (unless you need filtering). Bridge WAN with your WLAN interface and LAN becomes effectively redundant. I think I didn't make myself clear, sorry. The LAN *is* the WLAN. I have just two interfaces, one ethernet (WAN) and one WLAN (LAN), and then a bridge across both (OPT1). Thanks for the very quick response. It works now. Regards Marco ___ List mailing list List@lists.pfsense.org http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
Re: [pfSense] pfSense box not visible from LAN, only from WAN
On 2013–05–08 b...@todoo.biz wrote: I am not sure what you are precisely trying to do… This box is a replacement for an old Debian AP I set up a few years ago which worked flawlessly but died recently. It did not do any filtering, it was just a bridge between wired and wireless network using hostap and bridge-utils to provide wireless internet access for about a dozen users. Since everybody is talking about pfSense I thought I could give it a try for this setup. But if your idea is to have a neutral wireless AP, you will want to: 1. bridge the WAN and WLAN together. That's what I did. The missing IP address (I still don't know why this is necessary, but nevermind) on the WLAN network was the cause of my trouble. It's working now. 2. deactivate all firewalling on your box (advanced network or firewall settings). That's what I did. 3. In case you want to filter, you might want to change the settings in advanced so that you filter on the bridge rather than on each interface (in the sysctl pane). When time permits I will definitely look into the features pfSense provides to improve the network quality. I'm especially interested in prioritizing skype traffic. That has been the biggest problem in the past. During the peak hours video calls are not possible. Maybe the traffic shaper could be of help. On the other hand I read that skype is very hard to shape. Thank you too for the response. Regards Marco ___ List mailing list List@lists.pfsense.org http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
