Building my own router.
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Both LAN and WAN has the same ip address.
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Ok well that is a conflict and is invalid.
The WAN and LAN must have different subnets and hence different IP addresses.
For example:
WAN (wan) -> ix3 -> v4/DHCP4: 172.21.16.85/24 LAN (lan) -> igc0 -> v4: 192.168.92.1/24 -
@Master-Henry Are you trying to setup the pfsense behind your current router so you can have internet while you're setting this up initially?
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Hey guys, so every time you ask me to check. I unplug both my WAN and PC ethernet port cable from my router and plug in both back and forth with the pfsense router. So right now, if you ask me to plug it back in again. I am going to have my internet cable WAN plugged in, the 2nd cable plug into my switch and I will have my PC plug into my 2nd port of my switch.
As of now, I only have an IP address of WAN.
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What do you actually see on the console?
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Just my WAN. Both Interfaces are assigned and working. But there is no IP address for LAN.
Following on what you guys say from now on and not going ahead.
What should I try and do?
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Then assign an IP address on LAN using menu option 2. Enable the DHCP server when it asks you to do so.
Can we see a screenshot of what you see on the console?
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Use a external wireless access point just use the router for pfSense software and its RJ45 ports
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Hey guys, so I assigned an IP address for the LAN. I really don't know what is going on. I can't get into pfsense. I did assigned with and without using the switch. It said the IP address is unreachable. I don't know what I am doing wrong.
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Can we please get a picture of your console? We are just guessing without it.
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@Master-Henry OK, so your LAN IP is not a valid private IP. Try setting it to 192.168.1.1/24. That's the default and things will probably work.
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Hey guys, sorry I missed your reply @GeorgePatches. I reset my pfsense router both times for when using unmanaged switch and no switch. No dice. I've seen various videos that the default IP address for pfsense is 192.168.1.1 and it is unreachable. No rice cooker sound and no notification that my computer sees that there's another network; usually when I use/install a new router it shows. Very weird. It's almost midnight in NY and I am going to crash. If you guys have any more suggestions, I do appreciate it but find it very weird that it is not working. If all doesn't work. I'm gonna try and install OPNsense.
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@Master-Henry said in Building my own router.:
the default IP address for pfsense is 192.168.1.1 and it is unreachable
It would only be reachable on that IP when the LAN interface is configured to use it of course.
Is there any particular reason you chose to use 168.142.6.1?
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No reason. I changed it just to get into pfsense.
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@Master-Henry said in Building my own router.:
No reason. I changed it just to get into pfsense.
Ok guys. Good news. I got pfsense. Internet and Xbox is working. How do I get Xbox to open NAT? How do I port forward? I do not want UPNP on.
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@Master-Henry said in Building my own router.:
I do not want UPNP on.
Any particular reason? It would make life easier for you.
@Master-Henry said in Building my own router.:
How do I port forward?
Step 1, you need to setup your xbox with a static IP. So either manually set that on the xbox or assign it a static lease in pfsense.
Step 2 to X, follow theses instructions. Assigning port forwards
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Hey George, sorry for the late response. Been playing around with my pfsense router.
Xbox NAT is still strict if I forward all the required ports by Microsoft/Xbox. For one of my PC programs, I port forward a port and it opened up.
Do I need to enable UPNP? I know that there is a deny tick box. On my consumer routers, I disable UPNP because of security reasons/concerns and for gaming NAT. I would get moderate/strict NAT.
Is there another way?
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You might need a static outbound NAT rule for the xbox to prevent it changing the source port.
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/nat/outbound.html#nat-staticport
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@stephenw10 I went this route for games it works amazingly well, I also have it running on a different subnet and interface so my NAS and secure VPN side doesn’t see or touch the gaming guest network. Great guide
