Remove LAN interface
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@johnpoz said in Remove LAN interface:
Are you on a business line
No, just a plain residential account. However, I generally don't use the 2nd address, other than for occasional testing.
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My ISP used to offer the service of a 2nd IP but now they don't. Yet they don't lock down customer modems with multiple ports.
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So I tried removing the spoofed Mac and turned the modem off for a few minutes. Second wan connection received an IP but the first did not.
Also, when I purchased my modem I had to give the MAC address to them. Since the modem only has one MAC I think that's where they are limited although I could be wrong.
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@angdigi said in Remove LAN interface:
Also, when I purchased my modem I had to give the MAC address to them. Since the modem only has one MAC I think that's where they are limited although I could be wrong.
The modem MAC address is used only for communication with or through the modem, not what's beyond.
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Interesting. Do you know of any tips/tricks to keep the interface up instead of bouncing up and down?
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@angdigi
Not really, as I've never experienced that problem. My service is rock solid.
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Isn't this considered "flapping". Maybe it's something on the NIC that's causing the issue and not the ISP....
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@angdigi said in Remove LAN interface:
of any tips/tricks to keep the interface up instead of bouncing up and down?
Take a switch.
Put it between the modem and pfSense.
Now, observe where the flapping happens.
On the flapping side, check port parameters - or just change the materiel and/or NIC if possible. -
@angdigi said in Remove LAN interface:
Isn't this considered "flapping". Maybe it's something on the NIC that's causing the issue and not the ISP....
Flapping is generally a term for when a mac address moves rapidly between different ports on a switch / switches.
