Routing from pfsense to a router on lan
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Hi everyone, I'm using pfsense as my main router to my cable connection and have a lan address of 10.1.1.1. For wifi I used to use an access point and let the pfsense box run dhcp but it has been replaced by an AC router. I still use pfsense as the main router and only it.
The wifi router does not have an access point mode so all the wifi clients have a 192.168.1.x IP I'm hoping I can get the wired clients (10.x.x.x) to speak to the 192.1.1.x wireless ones. I tried setting a static route with 192.168.1.1 on the lan but this isn't working. Does anyone have advice or a guide to help do this?
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It should work as long as you add the firewall rules to permit the two LANs to talk to each other. You shouldn't need to worry about static routes.
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I set the static route and it allows me to talk to the 192AP (the ap is a client of the pfsense lan) and that works fine but if I try to talk to a client of the AP it blocks it. Would the block come from pfsense?
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I can't answer that without knowing a bit more about your configuration. Is this how you have your network?
CableModem -> pfSense -> (switch) -> WiFI_AP -> WiFi clients (192.168.1.x)
-> LAN clients (10.10.1.x) -
yes that's exactly how it is, I'll fiddle around with the firewall settings when I get home
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Getting an AP that you can run in bridged mode would make it so much easier. Does the AP you have come with any firewall or port forward ability?
