It appears to be a hardware issue of some sort on my LAN. I switched out some computers and isolated that pfsense is working PERFECLTY.
I'm sorry to take the forums time with this but assuming that my hardware that has worked fine in the past was not the problem was a mistake. On 3/16/07, Sean Cavanaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
are you sure the WAN computer is not receiving the pings? or is it that youre not seeing the replies try running a network sniffer on the WAN computer to see if it can see any traffic from the pfsense box (ARP requests or actual IP traffic) but it sounds like its a default setup for pfsense where you would not need to make your own static route. default it will keep all 192.168.2.xtraffic inside the LAN and forward anything else to the WAN and shouldnt care what the WAN addressing is (other than disabling the "block local networks" option and setting the IP/subnet/gateway adresses manually if the 192.168.0.1 address does not supply DHCP.) and yes, default install with proper LAN/WAN addressing and it will work immediately after install without any tinkering like a SOHO router. just a heck of a lot better. -Sean ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:14:45 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: [pfSense Support] cant ping through WAN interface I can't ping through the WAN interface. LAN IP 192.168.2.254 WAN IP 192.168.0.108 Outside the WAN IF i have a computer 192.168.0.1 I set up a static route if = LAN Network = 192.168.0.0/24 gw = 192.168.0.1 Firewall rules WAN proto = * source = * port = * Dest = * Port = * gateway = * proto = ICMP source = * port = * Dest = * Port = * gateway = * LAN proto = * source = LANnet port = * Dest = * Port = * gateway = * On the WAN interface I have UN-checked Block Private Networks I have two more interfaces on this computer/firewall that are deactivated. In case this is important Question: Do I need to set up firewall rules to activate pfsense? In other words is it not set up to work without any rules being set? I keep thinking it is like a SOHO router like LINKSYS or NETGEAR. From the system logs I have a frequent entry kernel: arplookup 192.168.0.1 failed: host not on local network But it is plugged in and the 192.168.0.1 computer is up and running. This pc ( 192.168.0.1) cannot ping the pfsense interface 192.168.0.108. TIA for any suggestions ------------------------------ It's tax season, make sure to follow these few simple tips Check it out!<http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Taxes/PreparationTips/PreparationTips.aspx?icid=WLMartagline>
