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    WAN is Gateway?

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    • R Offline
      redpine
      last edited by

      So trying to figure out what all this means.

      My Service Provider has cat 5 going to their router.  I want to plug this into the WAN port and bypass their router.  If it a works I should be able to get a dhcp address for my WAN Nic.  This would then mean my WAN is my Gateway?

      Thanks

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        grandrivers
        last edited by

        no not in how pfsense uses that gateway would be on isp side of your connection and a different ip than your wan ip

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          redpine
          last edited by

          So if I connect directly to my service provider, my gateway would be in the dhcp request and I'd set the WAN gateway to none?

          Thanks

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            KOM
            last edited by

            If you're assigning an IP via DHCP then you don't need to specify anything.

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