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    • R
      riaano
      last edited by

      Hi all,

      I searched all over and could not find a post that pertains to my situation….
      So if this is a duplicate post i really do apologize....
      We just received our fibre broadband and the ISP gave us 5 public ips.

      my set up  looks something like this :

      Fibre  / Internet ----> Router (192.168.0.1/24) ------> pfsense 2.0.1 (10.0.0.1/8) ------> network (10.0.0.0/8)

      Now 1st off...only when my wan interface is on DHCP do i have internet access (i have tried multiple combinations )
      2nd - im assume it's not as simple as doing a NAT to say source address : xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (public ip) and destination : yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy (local pc ip)

      Can someone please point me to a tutorial for NAT with multiple public ips on 1 wan interface (and if possible the static ip wan interface)

      Feeling really stupid....

      Thanks,

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      • chpalmerC
        chpalmer
        last edited by

        Create a VIP for each of the public IP addresses.  Then 1:1 NAT to the intended devices on your LAN.

        Ive never done a public IP on the WAN when the primary address is a private space address though so someone else will have to comment or you will have to experiment.

        Triggering snowflakes one by one..
        Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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        • chpalmerC
          chpalmer
          last edited by

          Also- there are alternative language forums lower in the list.  I assume you speak French so I will link it here…

          http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/board,7.0.html

          In case that helps you better..    :)

          Triggering snowflakes one by one..
          Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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          • R
            riaano
            last edited by

            Hi,

            Thanks chpalmer for the reply, i am actually Afrikaans, but English is my second language :)

            I figured out how to get internet access via static ip address :)  so that part i got sorted.

            What type of VIP do i create for public ips ?

            I would like to confirm :

            Once i created the VIPs, the nat 1:1 will look like this :
            External IP : Public IP / Virtual IP
            Internal IP : IP of pc it needs to be forwarded to
            Destination IP : blank

            Thanks,

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            • C
              cmb
              last edited by

              Your 1:1 NAT description is correct.

              Info on VIPs here:
              http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php?title=What_are_Virtual_IP_Addresses%3F

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              • chpalmerC
                chpalmer
                last edited by

                Sorry-  I meant to post that language post on another thread..    ::)  I was wondering where it went…

                ;D

                Triggering snowflakes one by one..
                Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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                  cmb
                  last edited by

                  @chpalmer:

                  Sorry-  I meant to post that language post on another thread..    ::)   I was wondering where it went…

                  ;D

                  I was wondering where the comment came from. ;D Seemed to be perfectly fluent in English to me.

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                  • R
                    riaano
                    last edited by

                    Thanks for all the replies,

                    Finally they setup my router correctly today and now 1 of my 5 public / external ips is my WAN address. NAT also needed to be disabled on the router.
                    Then i setup the remaining 4 public / external ips as VIP (Proxy ARP) and just did normal NAT port forward and it works like a charm  ;D
                    No NAT 1:1 needed ;D

                    Thanks everyone !

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