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    PfSense console screen - screen info help

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    • GruensFroeschliG
      GruensFroeschli
      last edited by

      I dont know what the * means but your assignments are definitly invalid.

      LAN and WAN have to be in separate subnets to work.

      We do what we must, because we can.

      Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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        ericus
        last edited by

        For my setup, pfSense is working as a transparent bridging firewall.  As such, they both have local IP in the same subnet.  There's another DSL gateway in front of the pfSense box.  NAT is done at that DSL gateway, and the WAN side of the gateway has IP assigned from ISP.

        –Eric

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        • GruensFroeschliG
          GruensFroeschli
          last edited by

          If you have a bridge then dont assign the LAN :)

          We do what we must, because we can.

          Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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            mhab12
            last edited by

            I believe the asterisk you're referring to acts as a link light assuming it's a physical interface.

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              ericus
              last edited by

              But both the WAN and LAN NICs are physical interfaces (WAN side is the on-board NIC of my laptop, the LAN side is a add-on NIC via PCMCIA slot), how come only WAN has an asterisk?

              –Eric

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              • Cry HavokC
                Cry Havok
                last edited by

                It's a console version of the link light indicator.  If you don't have it then you probably don't have a link light on the interface either.  Of course, it could also be an artefact of the bridging.

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                  dvserg
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                  Maybe 'WAN*'  mean what WAN active? I have 'WAN*' and 'LAN*'.  ::)

                  SquidGuardDoc EN  RU Tutorial
                  Localization ru_PFSense

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                    Perry
                    last edited by

                    Maybe 'WAN*'  mean what WAN active? I have 'WAN*' and 'LAN*'.

                    My list shows

                    OPT5(UBUNTU)*      ->  em0
                      LAN*                    ->  em1
                      WAN*                    ->  vlan0
                      OPT1(WAN2)          ->  vlan1
                      OPT2(VOIP)            ->  vlan2
                      OPT3(HTPC)            ->  vlan3
                      OPT4(ProCurve)      ->  vlan4

                    Vlan's is assign to em2

                    /Perry
                    doc.pfsense.org

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                      dvserg
                      last edited by

                      @Perry:

                      Maybe 'WAN*'  mean what WAN active? I have 'WAN*' and 'LAN*'.

                      My list shows

                      OPT5(UBUNTU)*      ->   em0
                        LAN*                     ->   em1
                        WAN*                    ->   vlan0
                        OPT1(WAN2)           ->   vlan1
                        OPT2(VOIP)            ->   vlan2
                        OPT3(HTPC)            ->   vlan3
                        OPT4(ProCurve)       ->   vlan4

                      Vlan's is assign to em2

                      You have 3 physical cards, and 3 '*' in interface ranking.. ?  ::)

                      SquidGuardDoc EN  RU Tutorial
                      Localization ru_PFSense

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                        ericus
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                        Thanks for the info, folks.

                        –Eric

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