No internet connection available through PFSense firewall.
No internet connection available through PFSense firewall.
I just installed a system update on my PFSense firewall. Everything worked during the update, but after rebooting, none of my LAN devices could reach the internet. I can ping Google DNS from the firewall itself, yet no LAN device can do the same. Need guidance on where to begin troubleshooting? All devices have IP addresses and DHCP is functioning correctly.
Disclaimer, my BSD experience is restricted. Either gateway_enable="NO" is configured in /etc/defaults/rc.conf (unlikely for a router appliance OS), or your firewall rules are incorrect. Could you share your pre/post update versions? The changelog might provide guidance.
Yeah, my BSD experience is also limited. WAN interface is enabled. When I manually specify the Google DNS server and assign it to the WAN interface, the error for DNS_PROBE is resolved on all of my devices, but they still do not have internet access. There is a change in the changelog for DNS to start using TLS, but I don't think that applies for me. The only change I made recently was setting the Outbound NAT rules to manual for port forwarding issues I was having last week, but after I made the changes I already reloaded the firewall and everything was working fine since then. I shall keep digging . . .
It seems you're asking about network communication methods. Are you trying to reach the router using FQDN or IP within your LAN? Could you test pinging both LAN and WAN IP addresses from inside your local network? Also, are you still active in this discussion?
I'm attempting a basic ping to 8.8.8.8 from my PC on the local network. My earlier configuration caused issues, but assigning Google DNS manually fixed the problem on my PC. However, internet access remains unavailable even after switching to automatic NAT outbound. There seems to be some complexity with the hotspot setup on my phone.
I can reach both LAN and WAP router IPs within my network. I can also send a ping to Google DNS from inside the network once I’ve made the static change. However, I don’t have internet access.
- You can ping your routers' LAN IP addresses.
- You can ping your public IP address, which is routed through the router to the WAN.
- You can check if a search for "8.8.8.8" inside your LAN works.
If you try to open http://79.79.40.67/index.html in a browser on your network, what happens?
I completely agree with everything you mentioned. When attempting to access the page, I encounter a Chrome error indicating a connection timeout. It's also difficult to reach Google.com, which is quite frustrating.
It was finally resolved. I noticed on the Default WAN gateways page that a peculiar gateway was set as the default, not using the DHCP WAN from our ISP. I changed the default setting and it worked perfectly. I don’t recall ever adjusting this value, but it likely reverted during the update. Thanks for your assistance, @Ralphred