Installing 2.8 behind archaic PPPoE/VLAN from CenturyLink
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For whatever reason, our CenturyLink fiber provider still requires PPPoE. In the past this was no problem as I could install pfSense CE from the full image, then set the configuration.
Since there's no full install image for 2.8, how is this handled when installing on new hardware? Does the installer know enough to allow configuring this kind of Internet connection?
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@jhg the installer allows to configure PPPoE WAN for the installation.
pfSense Installer documentation: Configure WAN interface, quote:
"The installer supports DHCP, static IP address, and PPPoE configurations for WAN interfaces. Additionally, interfaces may be VLAN tagged if necessary."
Interesting to remember: all these settings you configure in the installer (for WAN and LAN) or only used in the installer.
After the installation you will have to configure it again on the first boot, as with previous versions. -
The new installer version (real soon now) can pass though the WAN config to the resulting install.
