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    Introducing Netgate Nexus: Multi-Instance Management at Your Fingertips.

    Is it possible to use PFSense as DSL router?

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      elementalwindx
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      I notice a PPPoe section in pfsense. Is it possible to use one of the ports on the 2440 as a port to connect the phone line for DSL?

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        heper
        last edited by

        an ethernet port is not a phone-line jack / it could damage your motherboard. (phonelines in belgium run between 48Vdc for analog & 96Vdc for isdn)

        you could bridge your modem & let pfSense handle the PPPoE (the oE stands for 'over ethernet')

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          Wolf666
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          Use a cheap dumb modem like Vigor120 that I use and do its job flawlessly.

          ISP FTTH PPPoE 1000/300 Mbps
          pfSense 25.11.1 CPU i5-11320H @ 3.20GHz - 16GB RAM - NVMe 256GB -
          Switch Zyxel XGS1210-12
          AP Netgear RAX200 (Stock FW)
          NAS Synology DS1621+

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            GomezAddams
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            Some (most? all?) vendor provided DSL routers are capable of being switched into bridge mode. Google your router make and model and "bridge mode"

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