Questions tagged [pfsense]
A free firewall based on Packet Filter (pf) and FreeBSD 6.
299
questions
0
votes
0
answers
23
views
pfSense: How to set OpenVPN client as default gateway for just one interface?
I have two LAN interfaces, 192.168.2.1 and .31.1 on my pfSense VM, with VLAN ID 2 and 31, and two WAN interfaces, one to my ISP and another an OpenVPN client to PIA.
I've set the default firewall &...
- 140
0
votes
1
answer
37
views
+50
RDP fails when using Public IP to connect from LAN client
The title pretty much says it. Here's the setup:
host: Windows 11 Pro
client: RD Client on iPhone
WAN_IP: using Public DNS
LAN_IP: using host's LAN static IP
port forwards are configured properly on ...
- 344
0
votes
0
answers
63
views
PfSense - Squid/LightSquid report
I set up Squid/LightSquid with SSL and certs on my machines. When I open LightSquid, I get the report with the host in the URLs, but I also get many entries that have solely IP addresses listed and ...
- 1
0
votes
0
answers
24
views
Allow traffic through 2 tunnels on pfsense
I have a device X 192.168.60.123 on location A and a 3rdparty server 172.16.0.2 on location C .
There is a ipsectunnel between location A 192.168.60.0 and location B 192.168.1.0.
Then there is a ...
0
votes
0
answers
42
views
How do I change which interface gateway pfsense resolves to?
I've recently extended my network from one flat LAN to a couple interfaces using additional physical ports on my router and VLANs. I've kept the old interface up while I'm migrating and for testing ...
- 1
1
vote
1
answer
80
views
Pfsense web interface : 404 pages not found
I'm using a Pfsense as a home firewall, I set it up some month before and it worked perfectly.
Now that I need to open a new port I connect to https://pfsenseip as usual, but this time the result is ...
- 21
0
votes
0
answers
22
views
DNAT web server behind double firewall
I have this topology and I want to access my webserver that's located behind the internal firewall
sophos WAN : 213.x.x.75
sophos LAN : 172.16.0.2/24
Pfsense WAN : 172.16.0.1/24
pfsense LAN : 192.168....
- 1
0
votes
0
answers
36
views
How to access a computer connected to LAN via another computer?
I have the following network configuration:
I wan to able to access the laptop through the entire network, I can't connect it to the switch directly because of physical constraints (there are more ...
- 101
1
vote
0
answers
31
views
pfsense routing table: link vs interface
Here is my pfsense IPv4 outing table (netatst -r):
Destination Gateway Flags Netif Expire
default 192.168.4.1 UGS em0
127.0.0.1 link#4 ...
- 131
0
votes
0
answers
58
views
Diagnosing an intermittently failing M2 PCIe I225v NIC in PCI passthrough
I am using a M2 PCIe I225v NIC (http://www.iocrest.com/index.php?id=2316) as a PCI passthrough on my Proxmox host - passed to a pfSense VM (running freeBSD-14, but same occurs on freeBSD-13). It's ...
- 13
0
votes
1
answer
183
views
pfSense host DNS resolver not working in guest VM (Ubuntu or NixOS)
I was recommended to move this to superuser from servervault, hopefully it's appropriate for here.
I'm a hobbyist / tinkerer using bhyve (in pfSense running on a physical machine) to start up a Linux ...
- 275
-1
votes
2
answers
50
views
Trying to understand my level of privacy with a VPN in play, but also routing DNS directly to root servers
When I run a http://dnschecks.tools I get the following:
Given I'm using pfSense with Unbound and OpenVPN, I'm doing my own DNS queries to the root servers. The IP listed on IPXO is my VPN IP, and on ...
- 71
0
votes
0
answers
52
views
pfSense LAN to LAN port forwarding
I need to do something very simple, I have a GUI at 192.168.1.40:80 and I would also like to access it from 192.168.1.100:20. I tried setting up port forwarding within LAN in pfSense but to no avail.
...
- 1
0
votes
0
answers
227
views
PFsense not routing from wan to ipv6 lease
I have a pfsense router connected to starlink internet. It's currently providing me a /56 that I'm using to provide IPV6 leases via the DHCPv6 server. I have serval devices that have active IPV6 ...
- 1
1
vote
1
answer
302
views
No internet connection and connectivity between some devices on a network
My home network was running 100% fine before I left for holidays, now I'm having a few issues. Here is a basic network diagram that outlines the key features.
The network is as follows: I have ...
0
votes
0
answers
33
views
Can 2 modems connected to the same router interfere with each other if their web access interface are the same IP address?
Here is information about the network:
I have 2 WAN connections to the same ISP which they provided 2 modems
for and configured them to be in bridge mode.
My MDF router (pfSense) connects both of ...
- 326
0
votes
0
answers
50
views
PfSense default gateway webpage cannot be accessed
After port forwarding on PfSense, the default gateway (router configuration webpage) is inaccessible.
It seems that my internet has remained working, however, I have lost the ability to access the ...
- 101
0
votes
0
answers
86
views
How Does Wireguard Peer Communication Work?
I have wireguard setup in a VPS to get around CGNAT. My pfSense router is connected to it as a peer, and then I have my phone as a peer to the VPS. This is because I can't add it in pfSense without an ...
-2
votes
1
answer
76
views
Switch and router configuration
I have a mini PC with dual NICs that I want to use for a pfSense router. At the moment there is a regular router with four LAN ports there. Two of these go to switches - a managed PoE one for a bunch ...
0
votes
1
answer
37
views
What would cause network traffic to spike in evenly distributed spurts?
This happens periodically, and I am looking into ways to monitor network traffic more closely, but it looks like my WAN2 (in) traffic bounces in almost perfect intervals, and at the same peak usage. ...
- 326
0
votes
0
answers
154
views
Firmware unavailable for Netgate XG-7100
I'm stuck with the firmware version 2.4.5 on this XG-7100 firewall and it seems that whatever branch or guide from netgate or thread I follow I cannot make pfSense to see a new firmware.
Current ...
- 258
0
votes
0
answers
25
views
Unable to scan ubuntu with kali
Both Kali and ubuntu are connected to a pfsense. Pfsense has 3 adapters, the first being the WAN, the second being LAN which is set as an internal network, and the third, being OPT1 as a different ...
- 13
1
vote
1
answer
128
views
How do I connect a vm to my opt1 network of pf sense
My pfsense is setup with 3 network adapters:
Adapter 1 being 'NAT'
Adapter 2 being 'Internal Network' and is on Lan1
the third Adapter is 'Host-Only adapter' and is on 'VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet ...
- 13
0
votes
0
answers
321
views
Configure pfSense from LAN to WAN to LAN
I have a simple website running accessible from internet using port forwarding for 80 and 443.
Now I noticed that I cannot access this website myself. The website is default only available for people ...
- 787
0
votes
0
answers
294
views
IPv6 masquerading on linux
Problem
I have following setup to access both IPv4 and IPv6 internet
[RockyLinux 9 ] [pfSense ]
[GRE IPv6: fdfe:xxxx::1/64 ]<------ GRE ...
- 1
1
vote
0
answers
305
views
Routing Traffic from OpenVPN Server -> Local Network -> OpenVPN Client
So I have a PFsense box running on my home network. I set up PIA as the a VPN client using this tutorial found here as well as a helpdesk article from PIA themselves. After getting that all setup I ...
- 95
0
votes
0
answers
56
views
OpenWRT cant reach pfsense router
Booted up a new Openwrt(22.03) AP(U6 Lite); it gets IP from pfsense router as well. But I can't ping the AP from pfsense or vice versa. Rather I can ping AP from the same LAN network, or AP can ping ...
0
votes
1
answer
487
views
ISP Router, Promox, PFSense, Cloudfare, Traefik and Pihole : how to connect all?
My first question in this community. Sorry for the basic question, answers are in several posts but I need to put them all together.
I have bought a Google domain, and using cloudfare as the DNS ...
- 101
1
vote
0
answers
47
views
PfSense Unbound deny requests from another Lan
I have PfSense Home server, with two interfaces, LAN and Wifi with Captive Portal.
DNS Resolver works perfectly for both, I forced redirection dns trafic at WAN Public DNS to the Firewall itself.
And ...
- 11
0
votes
0
answers
59
views
Unable to Pass Packets to Security Vlan using pfSense
I have set up a pfSense firewall vm on my proxmox VE 7 and went through and configured two Vlans, 666 and 999. 666 being security VMs that allow access to the internet and 999 being security VMs ...
- 942
1
vote
0
answers
185
views
pfSense - Prioritizing LAN Devices without ALTQ
Without having ALTQ capabilities, are there any other ways, within pfSense, that I can prioritize particular computers on the LAN?
Some Details:
Today, all of the computers on our network had almost ...
- 1,576
0
votes
0
answers
2k
views
How do you automatically renew certs in pfSense?
I have an internal certificate authority configured in pfSense that issues a certificate for webConfigurator. The certficate can be renewed from the certificate manager interface. How can the renewal ...
- 231
0
votes
1
answer
766
views
pFsense No Access with NAT and Public IP
I have a pfSense server running with one interface only (WAN). The WAN interface has DHCP IP from ISP, and it got IP like 172.100.200.101. They have Public IP system just like AWS, so I attached a ...
- 111
0
votes
0
answers
33
views
Why Dhcp renewed ip address for some machines and not for the others
so this is the situation i'm trying to understand:
The environnent is the following:
a running personal laptop with dhcp on;
a set of 4 VMS running in the same network @ range
pfsense to manage dhcp ...
1
vote
1
answer
644
views
SSH: Can access externally but not from the local network
I have a weird problem here, where I can connect to my Ubuntu server via SSH both externally and via VPN, but I can't connect via local network.
I tried via mRemoteNG/Putty and via Open-SSH via ...
0
votes
1
answer
678
views
Pfsense web gui unacessible
I'm trying to set up my virtual lab and I'm running pfsense on a virtual machine. I have 2 network cards. One is bridged and the other one is on the custom network.
Im trying to log into web gui but ...
- 1
1
vote
1
answer
299
views
When would interfaces on same machine join different VLAN?
After much wrangling with money, desk space and other such considerations I'm trying to create a Jekyll-&-Hyde computer (and as a result learn some basic networking principles.)
This would be both ...
- 13
0
votes
1
answer
391
views
Bios recognizes USB drive and partitions, but won’t boot from it
I bought a mini PC that had no ram or ssd and obviously no OS. I added my own 8gb ddr4 2400mhz and ssd connected by SATA. I can boot into the bios and it recognizes the ram.
I created a bootable ...
- 1
1
vote
1
answer
2k
views
pfSense and USB ethernet
I'm looking to build a pfSense box at home. It seems most ideal to locate a machine with dual ethernet, and designate them WAN and LAN. But I was wondering if it would make sense to use a machine I ...
- 123
1
vote
1
answer
307
views
pfSense VPN to Debian with NAT for DMZ
Current Situation
Hello there,
currently I have the following system running:
A pfSense Firewall/Router with a dynamic public IP address and NAT on port 80 into my DMZ network. It also has dynDNS ...
- 13
0
votes
0
answers
2k
views
pfsense - slow connection to internet from wired network but not from wireless/wifi
summary: internet speed tests indicate that the connection to the internet from my wired network is very slow, while speed tests from a device on my wifi network gets the expected (much faster) result....
0
votes
0
answers
866
views
Unifi guest hotspot: "Redirect using Hostname" but no DNS?
I have a Unifi UAP-AC-LR access point and wanted to setup the guest portal for friends. It sort-of-worked on my phone, but didn't work on my laptop. I think it had to do with the self-signed cert/...
- 21
1
vote
2
answers
1k
views
Cannot access Synology File Server from VPN using pfSense
OK, here is the situation: I have a Synology file-server/NAS on my home network, watched over by pfSense (router/firewall). I am trying to set up a VPN going through pfSense so that I can connect to ...
- 341
0
votes
1
answer
76
views
Can't get Ubuntu virtual machine connected to virtual router through VMware
I'm running a virtual router through VMware that has a two virtual NICS connected to it. A bridged NIC for the WAN side to connect directly to the internet and a NIC for the LAN side. I have two ...
- 1
1
vote
1
answer
509
views
Securing a webapp with nginx, modSecurity and pfsense
As a hobby project, I started a website on my PC. I built it with nginx and everything worked fine.
Now, trying to secure it, things get complicated.
Im trying to setup a firewall/waf physically on ...
- 21
2
votes
2
answers
2k
views
Bridge-Mode to prevent double NAT/Firewall advantages?
In my network I currently have a cable connection with an ISP provided (consumer grade) modem/router combo device. Behind this modem there is a pfSense box. The pfSense box is acting as firewall and ...
- 123
3
votes
2
answers
6k
views
How do you properly allow two devices on separate subnets to communicate (PFSense)?
I'm trying to figure out how to get 192.168.0.22 to properly ping/be able to transfer files with 192.168.77.10. Firstly, is this a dumb setup? I'm mainly using it right now just for educational ...
- 53
0
votes
1
answer
445
views
Reconfigure pfSense to use wifi/eth bridge instead of internal Ethernet interface
I am using pfSense as an Internet router. So far I have not used the wifi adapter (it is present but disabled). I only use one of the Ethernet ports for the internal interface. For wifi I have a ...
- 980
0
votes
1
answer
283
views
Does pfSense in access point mode support WPS clients?
TL;DR: I would like to connect a wifi client which supports only WPS to a pfSense running in access point mode. Is that possible, and how?
I am in the process of replacing my ISP provided router with ...
- 980
0
votes
1
answer
812
views
Setting up high availability LDAP authentication using FreeIPA
I am trying to setup pfSense LDAP authentication using FreeIPA master/replica nodes.
I was able to directly connect to the master LDAP server using the hostname/ip-address but when it goes down how ...
