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    • johnpozJ
      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Jarhead
      last edited by johnpoz

      @jarhead that is actually a pretty slick way of coming up with network without having to put much thought into it, and should be unique, etc..

      This came to mind when you mention

      Been doing that for years and still never used the same subnet twice!

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem

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        SteveITS Galactic Empire @Digiguy
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        @digiguy There is not much maintenance needed. Updates come out 3x/year for plus and apparently less for CE.

        Everyone will have their own way of doing things. We turn off logging if the default block rule so there’s very little noise in the logs. (In logs page settings)

        Netgate has video “hangouts” if you prefer video.

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          Jarhead @johnpoz
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          @johnpoz Ha! Interesting graph.
          By that, it should've happened by now!
          Still wondering what I should do when it does happen, does that warrant buying the owner a beer?

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          • DigiguyD
            Digiguy
            last edited by Digiguy

            Great to get such quick detailed responses to such a vague and generalized post! Thank you!!! I have D/Led the pfsense documentation/manual. Will start memorizing all 2000+ pages... LMAO!

            For my private address, I have gone away from 192.168.x.x and utilzed 172.16.0.x/16 Its what I used with what I had before won't mention any names but here is the initials (Untangle - lol) Seems to have worked.

            One reason I question my configuration is I have had some issues. My wireless access point wasn't working. A power cycle and cable reconnecting looks like it helped. I did notice my wan did go down/up and not sure if that was the start of the issue. Still attempting to read the logs to see if I can determine the issues...

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            • johnpozJ
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Digiguy
              last edited by

              @digiguy said in Whats Next?:

              utilzed 172.16.0.x/16

              /16? You have plans of 65k some devices on this network?

              I'm pretty sure /24 would work fine, or /23.. /16 is huge for a single segment..

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              • DigiguyD
                Digiguy
                last edited by

                uhh.. no plans to expand that big... lol.. will change it to 24... thanks!

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                  Jarhead @Digiguy
                  last edited by

                  @digiguy I see a lot of people using /16's for their LAN. Think of the broadcast traffic that generates alone. It makes no sense at all.

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                  • DigiguyD
                    Digiguy
                    last edited by Digiguy

                    Nevermind... doing some reading and I am seeing some of the answers in Dr Google... lol

                    You are certainly correct on the extra traffic. If I setup another interface for a internal web server, a DMZ(OPT1), do I need another segment? a subnet? What or how should that interfaces IP be setup? Static? dhcp? What should my internal web server's static IP be?

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                      Jarhead @Digiguy
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                      @digiguy The answer to all of those questions is "Up to you".
                      It really depends on what you want but yes, you would use another subnet on another interface and you would set the interface address statically but you can use DHCP for connected devices. Really is up to you.

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                      • Dobby_D
                        Dobby_ @Digiguy
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                        @digiguy

                        pfSense Documentation

                        You could have a look in, if you find something you may interested or it is matching your needs or fitting the rest of
                        your network. If you find something configure it out following that docu.

                        #~. @Dobby

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