[Cialug] pfSense Guest WiFi

[Kelly Slaugh]

It has been awhile since I worked with pfSense but I believe you have to
enable ICMP via the FW configuration to receive ping requests.

FW > Rules > WAN page add a action to pass icmp protocol with subtypes echo
request.

That may have changed though.

On Thu, May 26, 2022, 15:18 L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:

>
> Setting up a new pfSense router, .. but can't figure out how to connect
> the LAN port (Linksys AC1200 WAN) to the pfSense WAN port (i.e. bypassing
> the internal network).
>
> The pfSense LAN port is configured 10.0.0.254, .. the WAN port on the
> AC1200 is configure 10.0.0.1; block private networks off for both
> interfaces.
>
> The AC1200 cannot ping 10.0.0.254, .. and pfSense cannot ping 10.0.0.1,
> even though the cable lights show connected.
>
> Appreciated any thoughts, ..
>
>         Thanks!
>
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