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Agreed.

You guys have been above excellent.

Thank you.

It will be sad to go...ha-ha.

Keep well and I wish you and all the guys on the board the best.

Dan

Still have the issue.

Sorry.

Dan

Guys

you have been brilliant. Knowledgeable and patience.

I hope it is fixed. Crossing fingers.

Thank you.

Dan

Hi Guys,

Thank you. I have been a little busy today, my apologies.

Basic test. I pulled the plug from the OPN-Box and the NBN Box and moved some files from various PC's and this was no problem.

It passed the test, so I am assuming I do not follow instructions in paragraph 2. I have reconnected the ONP-box and NBN-Box.

Cookiemosters diagram looks correct.

As for my house it is a 100 plus year old stone cottage in Broken Hill. So that means it is in need of total renovation. I have the original electrical wiring and all the joys that comes with an old house.

Internet arrives at the house via a copper wire. I have removed ALL additional cabling that the previous people had attached. So there is 1 wire into the house.

I have plans to re-wire this house and after that get FTTP. But it has taken me 1 ½ years to get 4 power points and I am not holding my breath for the remainder of the re-wiring to happen anytime soon. The NBN man wants me to run conduit into the roof and down into the house where I want the modem. The electrician has agreed to do this sometime.

This is the joy of living in the back end of nowhere.


Thanks

Dan

Hi Passeri,

Thank you.


NBN to OPN to 2.5Gb Switch to another switch.

OPN box has 3 but I could only get 2 to work. The PC had 1 Ethernet port and I bought a twin (2) port card, but only 1 worked. (Probably my mistakes).

Thank you.

Dan

Hi Passeri,

Thank you.

The NBN Box is only connected to the OPN Box and the OPN Box is connected to the 2.5GB switch.

Thanks

Dan
PS - looks like I managed to attach the map

Sorry for the delay.

Trying to re-size the image.

No matter how small I make the file, I cannot upload it

Dan

Hi Cookiemonster

Thank you.

I have tried to keep it simple all Windows 10 Pro OS on all PC's.

192.168.1.1   OPNsense Box HP Elite Desk i5            OPN Box
192.168.1.115   HP i5                     Movies
192.168.1.105   GA-X99-SLI-CF i7–5829K       Self-built   Back up
192.168.1.118   GA-X299-UD4 Pro-CF i9-7900X   Self-built   Main Back up
192.168.1.124   GA-X79-UP4 i7 3820         Self-built   Tax
192.168.1.144   GA-X299-UD4 Pro-CF i9-7900X   Self-built   Main
Future                           Back up II

Dynamic
192.168.1.151   NetCom Wireless
(old modem/router modem part not working)            Wireless Hub for Phone
192.168.1.152   Samsung                   Phone

NBN Box
TP-Link 2.5Gbit Switch 8 port.
TP-Link 1.0 Gbit Switch 8 port.
Netgear 1.0 Gbit Switch 24 port.


Outside world – NBN Box – TP-Link 2.5Gb Switch
NBN box – OPNsesnse box – TP-Link 2.5Gb Switch
Main – TP-Link 2.5Gb Switch
Main Back up – TP-Link 2.5Gb Switch
TP-Link 2.5Gb Switch – TP-Link 1.0Gb Switch
Movies – Netgear 1.0Gb Switch
Back up – Netgear 1.0Gb Switch
Netgear 1.0Gb Switch – TP-Link 1.0Gb Switch.

I could possibly remove the TP-Link 1.0Gb Switch and rout this all through the Netgear.

Hope this helps.

Dan

Hi Passeri,

Thank you. And a big thank you to Patrick and Cookiemonster and the whole community.

I am glad you are knowledgeable. Even some Aussies have no idea where Broken Hill is. Thank you.

Due to my synchronisation issue, I have a lot of data I need to move to its soon to be permanent home. I have been slowly moving large amounts of data – usually takes (estimate from Windows) 1-2 hours. (Large for me. And it takes sooooo long.)

No cloud, Google Drive, OneDrive, Drop Box. The data transfer is all from my local PC's in my house connected via switches via ethernet.

I did a large file(s) transfer last night and it stopped. I had to push re-start, and it resumed. Presumably the internet dropped out overnight.
You have confirmed my worst fears. OPNsense users hate/do not use Windows. I looks like I have fallen down the rabbit hole.

Thank you.

Dan

Hi Passeri,

Thank you.


What is this transfer software? – Windows Explorer.

What if your transfer is breaking and that stops internet?

When I move the file to another computer, the transfer stops when the internet connection stops, and Windows Explorer says that the location was not reachable (or something like that). When the internet connection is reestablished the file location was found, and the transfer continues.

This is what I have experienced for the last few months.

When you are not doing a file transfer, does everything stop when the internet connection does?

I do not know as I only have noticed it during file transfers.

How do you know the internet connection stopped prior to breakdown of the file transfer?

The file transfer stopes, then I check the internet logo (bottom right) and it says internet connection not available (or something like that).

When the problem happens, are you able to access Opnsense to view connections and logs?

I do not know how to view the logs and do not know what I would be looking at.

What steps do you take to fix the apparent internet failure?

This is a known failure of my internet; it is an intermittent drop out that happens each and every day. My ISP accepts its existence. I think it is a function of my remote location, but NBN refuses to acknowledge this. The frequency is recurring and can happen from a few seconds frequently, or a few seconds 4 – 5 times a day. Sometimes 45mins. Mostly a few seconds, but enough to stop data transfers from PC to PC. This is not the way I think the network should function????

Google Broken Hill NSW Australia on maps. This will give you an indication as to the remoteness of my location. It is a mining town of 16,000 people. As far as I know I am the only one with OPNsesne.

In writing this note the network has dropped out 2 times. But the last time I did not notice the internet indicator saying offline.

Thanks

Dan

Hi Guys,

I have been moving files from one PC to another. The same problem: when the internet is down the transfer stops.....

I am confused.....

Dan

Hi Cookie monster,

Thank you.

"You need now to change the clients from static IP on them to DHCP. Then you assign them on OPN instead".

Why?

I think and that is only me the novice. I need static IP because I synchronise my data each night. (Not 100% happy with my synchronisation programme, but II am working with it)..

Thanks
Dan

You have been great, patient and very helpful.

I do not do this all all the time. I do not do it at all. It is interesting...but.

Yes, I set the static IP addresses in each PC and I am hoping they will stick.

Thanks again. I really do not know the full capability of OPNsense, but I hope I can slowly work my way through as I do things I think I need.

Thanks

Dan

Hi Passeri,

Thank you.

Just to confirm.

   My static leases are in the range 192.168.04 to 192.168.1.149
   
   My dynamic leases "should be" in the range of 192.168.150 to 192.168.1.245

What will happen if my dynamic leases are Not in the new range - 192.168.150 to 192.168.1.245?

My phone is 192.168.1.150. So it automatically went into the new range.

I am assuming this I OK
Thank you and thanks to all the great guys.

Eventually when I become brave enough, I will do a VPN and a Firewall. Not sure what a Firewall is, but I think I need one

Thanks

Regards
Dan

Hi Passeri,

Thank you.

Just to confirm.

"change your Range, shown in OPN-2025-01-11-04.JPG, to start at 192.168.1.150".

So – 192.168-1-150 to ???? 192.168.1.245?

"Renew leases on any dynamic clients -- this has to be done on the client -- to make sure they are in the new range" – How do I do that?

"All static leases remain as they are." So NO change to the static leases.

Thanks

Dan