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How to resolve an asymmetric routing issue?
I have a network consisting of the following:
PfSense router with untagged network 10.1.0.0/23 and tagged VLAN 40 network of 10.1.40.0/24.
I have a wireless computer connected to the the 10.1.0.0 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Bridging a WIFI adapter in AP mode to a VM
Linux Mint, using hostapd I have a wifi adapter set up in AP mode. I have bridged a VMware virtual network to this wifi adapter and connected it to a VM running pfsense.
Devices can connect to the AP ...
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Why is static routing failing in this case?
I am experimenting with networking and trying to get the following to work. Computer A has two interfaces, one connected to Computer B and the other connected to a pfSense router. I'd like to ...
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Why is my static route not working?
I have a Linux host with two network interfaces between a Windows host and a pfSense router. I am attempting to get the Linux host to act as a router. What I've done so far:
Enable ip forwarding on ...
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Why is pfSense giving me incorrect memory usage when VirtIO memory ballooning is used?
I am running pfSense as a KVM/libvirt guest. When I configure memory and currentMemory both to 2048 MB the pfSense dashboard shows ~2GB of ram and 18% utilization. If I set memory to 2048 MB and ...
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Why is iperf3 faster in one direction than the other?
I've got a Windows 10 PC with Realtek RTL8125b 2.5GbE interface and I have a Debian Linux 5.10 server with an Intel I225-LM (rev 3) 2.5GbE interface. Running iperf3 -s on the server I get 1.14Gbit/s. ...
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What challenges will I face if I install Pfsense on my home router?
In my cybersecurity course, we installed a lab in VirtualBox with Pfsense (Bridged Adapter) and several other VMs (Connected to Pfsense's internal network adapters). It was a success.
My question is, ...
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Does a Dell DRAC 4 PCI card have any use these days?
I have inherited a couple of PowerEdge 840s and they each have a Drac 4 card, which as supposed to be used for Remote Access. The motherboard already has a Gigabit NIC and I have a couple of 4 port ...
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Serial console shows scrambled output
I am trying to connect to an APU1C device which has only a serial port using a Usb-to-Serial cable and the Prolific pl2303 module. I was able to connect to it in the past but now I am struggling with ...
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Proper configuration for Quagga OSPF on an OpenVPN network
First, a simple version of my network topology.
[ hub ]
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OpenVPN
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10.77.1.0/24--[ base ]---|---[ mr0 ...