"Accessing a CPE/Modem from Inside the Firewall"
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I'm running into an issue following the documentation for "Accessing a CPE/Modem from Inside the Firewall": bug -- and was asked to migrate to the forum.
Note I do not use PPPoE, but a DOCSIS Cable Modem.
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@cwmoriarty
Perhaps if you provide a bit more details on the CPE/Modem in question. And typically you would find the instructions or information for these things in the manual for your modem.If it is set up in "bridge mode", you may still have access to the UI on the default private IP. What you have to do though is to make sure that IP on the modem is different from your pfsense LAN IP.
The way I had it set up when was using a modem in this way, was the following:
- Change the LAN IP on the modem to something different than my pfsense LAN (e.g. 192.168.10.1).
- Change to bridge mode - this gave me a public IP on my pfsense WAN port.
- Add a static route to 192.168.10.1 at WAN Gateway.
That's all I had to do to access the UI on the modem which still responded on requests for 192.168.10.1 on the LAN side.
Obviously this means taking the modem back to default settings which in your case might require factory reset. But if you know the IP address of the modem, and it is already different from your pfsense LAN, then try setting the static route...
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You should be able to get that from your manufacturer's docs. Since it's on the far side of the FW, it's no different than going to any external website. My last 2 modems, Motorola and Netgear) used 192.168.100.1 while I use 192.168.0.0/24 inside.
