multiple ISP/WAN interfaces
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Hi guys.
Looking at helping a friend improve their home setup.
My friend comes up and visits his parents on a regular bases...
he has to improve the internet contracted his own ISP which has installed their own fiber and ONT -> Router - Wifi AP
his father has his own ISP with their own ONT ->Router-AP.it's a "mess"
thinking of changing the one from 192.168.0.0/24 to 192.16.1.0/24 and the other from 192.168.0.0/24 -. 192.168.2.0/24
each of th above will have DHCp disabled and their AP's disabled.
then take each router and input it into lets call it WAN1 and WAN2 on a hw device running pfsense.
this will be configure to run dhcp for 192.168.0.0/24
hanging off LAN1 and LAN2 will be 2 ubiqiti unifi 6 lite's.pls comment....
this way the routers will continue as they are other than the base IP range and disabling of the SSID/AP's
and then the introduction of pfsense as a central WAN access point.
can it be configure to load balance across the WAN1/2 based on %. ?G
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Pretty straight forward as a general setup. It can be done, easily.
However I would steer away of any common 192.168 networks, like 0, 1 and 2.
Use something else for your new lan, for example 192.168.55.xx
(using your house number is an idea, (if its not 1 or 2 that is)
If you have dedicated ont's throw away all the routers and connect directly with pf sense.I don't get what visiting on a regular basis has to do with networks, but you probably know better.
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@georgelza HA (this category) requires two pfSense. Netgate has an example:
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/recipes/high-availability-multi-wan.htmlIf you just mean multiple WAN that’s possible too:
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/multiwan/index.html -
@netblues I understand why you dont like 192.16.x.x
and for me to do that for myself, easy peasy...
for the generate user, that buys devices that expect a 192.16.0.0/24 network it just cause a head each for me... needing to go help.my problem is one of the ISP's have locked down their ONT and router.... why I'm thinking of getting them to remote in and change the default range... and disable the AP.
for the other ISP I can access the router as admin so can make the changes myself.I want to make it as simple as possible, without me becoming their IT department....
G
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@georgelza said in multiple ISP/WAN interfaces:
that buys devices that expect a 192.16.0.0/24 network
Such users don't buy such devices. Not in reality.
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@georgelza said in multiple ISP/WAN interfaces:
I want to make it as simple as possible, without me becoming their IT department....
Well, you ARE their it department.
Leave it as it is, if it works why fix it?
