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Mooglestiltzkin's avatar
Mooglestiltzkin
Tutor
May 29, 2023
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DHCP not working?

I use a Netgear Smart switch, but i use the local managed mode.   I have a weird issue, when i factory reset, it uses DHCP by default which is fine.   But oddly dhcp doesn't work when using my pf...
  • Retired_Member's avatar
    Retired_Member
    May 29, 2023

    Mooglestiltzkin 

     

    It is a pfSense issue, not NETGEAR. Your ASUS router is VLAN-unaware so it works well with your NETGEAR switch in its factory default settings. However, you’ve created VLANs on your pfSense router. The pfSense port you were using needs to be added to the VLAN as an untagged member.

     

AnkitGH's avatar
AnkitGH
NETGEAR Employee Retired
May 29, 2023

Hello Mooglestiltzkin 

Please tell me the topology you are using and how you have connected the switch.

And tell the switch model you are using currently,
Have you assigned any static Ip to the switch?

 

Have a lovely day, 
Ankit G
Netgear Team 

  • Mooglestiltzkin's avatar
    Mooglestiltzkin
    Tutor
    May 29, 2023
    router (pfsense) > switch (GS728TPv2) > desktop
     
     
    switch static ip is set directly via the switch web ui. however to even do this, i have to setup and connect via my asus router. in that setup
     
    router (asus AC68U) > switch (GS728TPv2) > desktop
     
    once i am able to login to the netgear switch web ui which default is dhcp (works on asus, but not pfsense no idea why), i then configure the static ip (change from the default dhcp) in the netgear web ui. Apply.
     
    then replace back to the hardware back to the original setup
    router (pfsense) > switch (GS728TPv2) > desktop
    now the switch web ui is accessible. Before it wasn't until i made this change.
     
     
    So question is, why wouldn't dhcp work before on pfsense, but works on asus 😕 ?
     

     

    • Mooglestiltzkin's avatar
      Mooglestiltzkin
      Tutor
      May 29, 2023

       

       

      my pfsense dhcp is setup like this for lan

       

      192.168.0.0/24

       

      192.168.0.25 to 192.168.0.90

      • Retired_Member's avatar
        Retired_Member
        May 29, 2023

        Mooglestiltzkin 

         

        It is a pfSense issue, not NETGEAR. Your ASUS router is VLAN-unaware so it works well with your NETGEAR switch in its factory default settings. However, you’ve created VLANs on your pfSense router. The pfSense port you were using needs to be added to the VLAN as an untagged member.

         

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