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    Accessing WAN Moden from behind firewall

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    • D Offline
      danreed
      last edited by

      Hi,

      I want to access my Modem from inside the lan network, but I cant seem to get there. I found a Netgate document detaining what I need to do, but the option to create a new OPT Interface does not exist on an SG-1100. Can anyone help me?

      The document im following is this:

      https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/interfaces/accessing-modem-from-inside-firewall.html

      Thanks,

      Dan

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        JKnott @danreed
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        @danreed

        You shouldn't have to do anything special, as pfSense should just route connections to the modem out the same interface as you use to get to the Internet. For example, I can just open a browser to 192.168.100.1 (That address is secret, so please don't tell anyone. ๐Ÿ˜‰ ).

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          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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          haha - your secret is out @JKnott my modem is using the same 192.168.100.1 IP ;) heheheh

          An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
          If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
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            danreed
            last edited by

            Thanks for your replies guys. Strangely I use that same IP too!!! ๐Ÿ˜‚

            Unfortunatekly I use a Draytek 130 modem in Bridge mode, so I use a PPPoE connection on my WAN. So I am unable to connect across that way. When I connect my laptop directly to the modem I can access it and the stats im looking for. It's just a bit of a pain!

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            • johnpozJ Offline
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
              last edited by

              well yeah if your using a pppoe connection you would have to create vip on your wan (physical) interface to let pfsense know it can talk to that 192.168.100 network, and nat to its 192.168.100.2 say address to talk to it.

              An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
              If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
              Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
              SG-4860 25.07 | Lab VMs 2.8, 25.07

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                NogBadTheBad @danreed
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