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I did what you said and those devices still connect to the internet.

ADDED: when I turned off then on the power(breaker in the panel) it worked. I guess the devices(A/C switches) has to be restarted for it to work. anyway it seems to be working now. thank you for your help.  :)

Hello,

after making the changes the iot devices are not blocked. the way I test this is load the app(wifi=off) and I can still control the iot devices.

the setup of the alias below
type: internal (automatic)
content: x.x.x.x - x.x.x.x

thanks for your help

What steps exactly with all details did you try that are not working? Your post contains ways too little information to help.

Thank you for replying.

I guess I will start with the blocking internet for a range of IP's.
- fireware
   -rules(new)
   +(ADD)
   enable
   description
      -blockip
   interface
      -lan
   quick
      -on
   action
      -block
   direction
      -both
   version
      -ipv4
   protocol
      -any
   source
      -internet net, internet address
   source Port
      -any
   destination
      -IOT devices (I have set an aliase and direct IP)
   destination Port
      -any

I have tried different combinations with interface, direction, source, destination.
thanks

Thank you all that replied. I hope to see an option to remove/delete in the near future. I have changed my lease time to 60 seconds(it doesnt go away) and even turning off the device for an hour when the device turns on it still gets the same IP it had before ignoring my preset IP address. There is no option on the device to release/renew the IP that is why it is needed on the router side. Currently I am stuck with 4 devices that will not use the set IP.

I use set IP's for traffic/device management also in a set range.

in any case thanks for discussing the topic.

Hi,

After switching to Dnsmasq DNS & DHCP, nothing I did before works now.

example.
-setup a vpn as the steps that i used before changed.
-have my network use a vpn service(all computers, wifi)
-I used to defer ips(static ip) from using VPN(like TVs, iot etc.)
-block iot devices from internet completely(I had it working but an hour later the iot's connected to the internet so, that is a big fail)
-have 2 different dhcp ranges(example 192.168.1.1, 192.168.2.1) each with its own dns service

I have tried so many different options(some things I could not find. like the manual dns for each dhcp range) that I have lost track of what I did. I have been trying to get this working(with my spare time that I have) since v26.

If anyone may help me to get the above working it would be most appreciated and many thanks.

I used this with the old version a lot. now I have to wait days for leases to be expire, it is frustrating. I want to see if a device is still active on my network. if I reboot opnsense it will just give the active valid lease so, rebooting does not work. If I had a button like before I can just delete the lease and see if the device requests again without rebooting. Also, when I add a static ip the dhcp lease stays.

Is there a way to delete the ip lease so I may better control my network? not having it seems illogical as it is very handy and useful to have.

Thanks in advance

After a few times turning the computer on and off, when I pressed the power button to turn it on from an off state it would turn on the led spin fans turn off and repeat so I guess it was the power supply and it finally gave up.So, you are right power issue it is. I have tested this with a power supply that I took out of another PC and had no issues. I have ordered a new power supply as it is a small form factor PC.

Thank you for your help.

on the console (direct on the monitor connected to the opnsense computer) I get an error "iflib_netmap_config txr 2 rxr 2 txd 1024 rxd 1024 rbufsz 2048", after this comes up 7 times a few minutes later a bunch of lines(not the same lines) scroll down very fast and then it reboots or shuts down.

Maybe start with 'dmesg' output but I think there's a good chance this is a hardware problem.  Maybe thermal or power related, or failing memory?

thank you for the reply. I will look at the 'dmesg' output after I test the hardware items you mention. It seems to be failing quicker so, I am not even sure I can check the output before it fails. This is a small form factor PC and I do not have any spare power supply's for it so, I hope it is not the PS. I started a memory test as that was the easiest for me as of now.

hello all,

so, I have made a pc(9th gen 9500k, 16g, 250g spinndle hdd) my router. it was running well for a long time then it started to turn off randomly but not often. today it happened 8 times(I am currently tethered to my cell phone). I have logs turned on but not sure what to look for as the logs are a lot of lines. please someone point me in a direction to look for. I have checked the PC settings(BIOS) and did not find anything wrong. I have the fans set to increase speed with temp.

thanks in advance.

oh, thank you for the clarification. I guess I should redo the vpn the new way, I didn't even click on that option yet. lol

cheers.

why is openvpn Server/Client ending support in 26.1. does that meant that it will be removed from opnsense? how will I connect to my vpn?

thanks