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    • JKnottJ
      JKnott @ercan412
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      @ercan412

      That is bizarre. I would expect there would also be 176.xx.xx.122 at the ISPs end, which you'd have to route to via that gateway. What kind of connection do you have?

      PfSense running on Qotom mini PC
      i5 CPU, 4 GB memory, 32 GB SSD & 4 Intel Gb Ethernet ports.
      UniFi AC-Lite access point

      I haven't lost my mind. It's around here...somewhere...

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        ercan412 @JKnott
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        @JKnott said in Our ISP asking strange configuration for WAN Connection:

        That is bizarre. I would expect there would also be 176.xx.xx.122 at the ISPs end, which you'd have to route to via that gateway. What kind of connection do you have?

        We have Radiolink connection, ISP installed a switch to our rack and told us to use port 1 or 2 to this connection. I've asked themto which technology I have to use for this connection but I can't get a proper reply.

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          heper
          last edited by heper

          seems fairly common to me.
          10.59.126.136/30 is the transit network
          176.xx.xx.120/30 is your assigned subnet.

          you either use vip's & nat them; or you assign them to client devices on a seperate interface; or you can probably use the for a reverse proxy.

          or you don't use them at all

          https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/book/routing/routing-public-ip-addresses.html

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          • JKnottJ
            JKnott @heper
            last edited by JKnott

            @heper

            It looks like he has 2 transit networks, one on 10. and one on 176..

            PfSense running on Qotom mini PC
            i5 CPU, 4 GB memory, 32 GB SSD & 4 Intel Gb Ethernet ports.
            UniFi AC-Lite access point

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              ercan412 @heper
              last edited by ercan412

              @heper said in Our ISP asking strange configuration for WAN Connection:

              seems fairly common to me.

              I like to know is there is a configuration example for this type of connection. Does PfSense can handle this? I've checked the link, we're using opt1 interface for secondary ISP.

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                heper
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                The link provided has an example.
                Pfsense can handle this just fine.

                Perhaps you should explain what the problem is exactly. Also what do you want to do with your assigned public ipv4 subnet.

                Once that is clear, someone will probably ask for relevant screenshots of your current configuration.

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                  If the 176 subnet were, say, a /27 this would not seem unusual. The only odd thing here is that they appear to have given you a /30 routed subnet. Did you pay for some number of public IPs?

                  You should still be able to connect from the transit subnet IP unless they are explicitly blocking that, which would be unusual.

                  You should be able to connect from any IP in the 176/30 as a VIP on WAN.

                  Steve

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                    ercan412
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                    @ercan412 said in Our ISP asking strange configuration for WAN Connection:

                    10.59.126.138

                    I've configured like following screenshots. I can't get access to internet right now.

                    https://ibb.co/mb8FGjS
                    https://ibb.co/qJnxdsz
                    https://ibb.co/pQ1339d

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                      ercan412 @stephenw10
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                      @stephenw10 said in Our ISP asking strange configuration for WAN Connection:

                      If the 176 subnet were, say, a /27 this would not seem unusual. The only odd thing here is that they appear to have given you a /30 routed subnet. Did you pay for some number of public IPs?

                      You should still be able to connect from the transit subnet IP unless they are explicitly blocking that, which would be unusual.

                      You should be able to connect from any IP in the 176/30 as a VIP on WAN.

                      Steve

                      I have one static IP. I've tried 176.xx.xx.121/30 as directly WAN interface IP but it doesn't ping the posible gateway(176.xx.xx.122). Also internet doesn't worked.

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                        ercan412 @heper
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                        @heper said in Our ISP asking strange configuration for WAN Connection:

                        The link provided has an example.
                        Pfsense can handle this just fine.

                        Perhaps you should explain what the problem is exactly. Also what do you want to do with your assigned public ipv4 subnet.

                        Once that is clear, someone will probably ask for relevant screenshots of your current configuration.

                        Yeah I've checked that example, thanks for the link. But It based on opt1 interface wasn't used scenario. In my setup unfortunately I'm using that interface for secondary WAN Link. I just want to connect Internet with new Radiolink ISP Setup.

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                          The radiolink gateway shows as up I assume? (it responds to ping?)

                          When you ran that traceroute did you select 176.x.x.12x as the source?
                          If so it seems more like the provider has a routing issue.

                          Steve

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                            ercan412 @stephenw10
                            last edited by ercan412

                            @stephenw10 Radiolink gateway answers the ping

                            ping 10.59.126.138
                            
                            Pinging 10.59.126.138 with 32 bytes of data:
                            Reply from 10.59.126.138: bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=64
                            Reply from 10.59.126.138: bytes=32 time=42ms TTL=64
                            Reply from 10.59.126.138: bytes=32 time=96ms TTL=64
                            Reply from 10.59.126.138: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=64
                            
                            Ping statistics for 10.59.126.138:
                                Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
                            Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
                                Minimum = 35ms, Maximum = 96ms, Average = 52ms
                            

                            I can ping google dns from 176.xx.xx.121

                            Results
                            PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) from 176.XX.XX.121: 56 data bytes
                            64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=0 ttl=59 time=19.902 ms
                            64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=59 time=19.464 ms
                            64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=2 ttl=59 time=19.441 ms
                            
                            --- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
                            3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
                            round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 19.441/19.602/19.902/0.212 ms
                            

                            I can't test internet connection itself because I'm out of office at the moment. I got these results with VPN.

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                              Ok, well that looks good. What's not working then?

                              Seems like an issue with your outbound NAT config if other clients cannot ping 8.8.8.8. It must be NATing to the 176 IP.

                              Steve

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                                ercan412
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                                I've couldn't detect what is not working, after upper comment the ISP installed additional router between pfsense and radiolink switch. Now we're using 176.xx IP for the WAN Interface. Thanks for all comments.

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