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      AddleDIT
      last edited by AddleDIT

      This is my VLANS tablevlans table.JPG

      If I try to delete any of the duplicates from the interfaces/VLANS I get the error

      interfaces-vlans.JPG

      But I cannot disable LAN interface because I still get "This Switch port is already in used by another interface."

      I have not added any of these vlans, they seem to get created by the system automatically

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        Um, yeah that VLANs list looks..... interesting! You should only have 3 listed there.

        But the important setting, the 'Switch port' value, is on the interface configure page and not shown on any of those tables.

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          Yeah the webgui error checking probably won't let you do that because they are duplicated.

          You may have to edit them out of the config directly.

          If you backup the config in Diag > Backup/Restore and check the xml file do you see all those VLANs listed?

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            AddleDIT @stephenw10
            last edited by

            @stephenw10

            Yes I do.

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by stephenw10

              Ok I would remove all but the expected three from the config. The VLANs section should be:

              	<vlans>
              		<vlan>
              			<if>mvneta0</if>
              			<tag>4090</tag>
              			<descr><![CDATA[WAN]]></descr>
              			<vlanif>mvneta0.4090</vlanif>
              		</vlan>
              		<vlan>
              			<if>mvneta0</if>
              			<tag>4091</tag>
              			<descr><![CDATA[LAN]]></descr>
              			<vlanif>mvneta0.4091</vlanif>
              		</vlan>
              		<vlan>
              			<if>mvneta0</if>
              			<tag>4092</tag>
              			<descr><![CDATA[OPT]]></descr>
              			<vlanif>mvneta0.4092</vlanif>
              		</vlan>
              	</vlans>
              

              While you are there check the interfaces section. Only the LAN should show:
              <switchif>switch0.port2</switchif>

              The WAN and OPT should be using ports 3 and 1 respectively.

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                AddleDIT
                last edited by AddleDIT

                Ok I deleted the duplicate vlans and now the interface assignments/vlans page looks like this
                interfaces-vlans2.JPG

                But I still cannot edit the settings on the LAN port

                issue.JPG

                Can I use the same method to fix this, by editing the config file directly?

                I know the WAN and OPT ports are correct, I am using the router now.

                *Just to clarify the IPv6 Configuration Type is listed, and will revert to on refresh, "Track Interface"

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  Right because it's seeing a conflict. Did you check the WAN and OPT to see what Port those are set to? One of them is probably, incorrectly, also set to Port2.

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                    AddleDIT @stephenw10
                    last edited by AddleDIT

                    @stephenw10

                    I backed up the XML of interfaces only and it looks like this

                    interfacesxml.JPG

                    Interestingly, the WAN interface does not explicitly state which port is in use, but that is the port that is plugged into my modem.

                    Can I just change my LAN IP here and reupload this config? I note that on my LAN 2 (opt) there are no entries for ipaddrv6 or subnet v6 so if I delete these entries in the LAN section of the file will this have the desired effect of setting the IPV6 Configuration type to none?

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by stephenw10

                      Hmm, curious. Yes the WAN is PPPoE so it's not on the switch interface directly.

                      Yes, you can just set the LAN IP there and restore the config bypassing the gui error checking.

                      You may need to update the DHCP server range for LAN also.

                      I'll try to replicate that.

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                        AddleDIT @stephenw10
                        last edited by

                        @stephenw10

                        Thanks a lot for your time today.

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