I have an ADSL Provider in my area, and they provided me with a router, with 5 useable IP addresses. I swapped it out for a Zyxel router really nice. I used the first IP for that device… And then with my pfsense i used the secondary IP in the range and my gateway was the Zyxel Router (first IP). Then added the rest using Alias in pfsense. The reason for this, is so that i can still access the Zyxel interface if i need. And plus if i was ever outside the network i could ping the Zyxel to make sure the internet was up without compromising the network, and Pfsense.
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