----- "David Burgess" <apt....@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 4:22 PM, Joseph Wagner > <lawn.dart.de...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I tried assigning the WAN to a new interface and that didn't work > either. I > > even unplugged and plugged the cable and checked the status of the > link in > > the interface status page just to see if Pfsense was "looking" at > the right > > port. It sensed whether or not the cable was plugged on whatever > port I had > > set up as the WAN at the time. I hope that makes sense. The funny > thing is > > that I actually have two of these soekris boards (one that I just > bought and > > another that I've had for about a year) and I have the same problem > on both > > of them. So, I really don't think it's a hardware issue. > > Here's what I would suggest trying. > > 1. Plug into the serial console. Reset to default. When setting up > interfaces use autodetect. Don't plug in the cable until it tells you > to. Just set up WAN and LAN. Apply changes and then try pinging an > internet host that you know will respond. yahoo.com will, > microsoft.com will not (you should see an IP address anyway if DNS is > working). > > 2. Download the config file from your pfsense that is working as > expected. Edit it, changing only the name of the WAN and LAN > interfaces to vr0 and vr1, or as you like. Upload the config to your > soekris box and test. > > If neither of the above works for you then I would have to suspect > hardware troubles or serious user error. >
Joe- Quickly looking at the previous posts, I don't see where you've specified what type of connection you're setting your WAN to. Is it PPPoE? Static? DHCP? Etc? Just another quick item to check on... --Tim --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
