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    Pfsense Transparency

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved 2.0-RC Snapshot Feedback and Problems - RETIRED
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      oswazi
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      Hello All,

      Here is my setup

      Alpha 1.3-ALPHA-ALPHA
      Pfsense built using snapshot on Tue Jul 22 21:50:49 EDT 2008

      WAN–---------Pfsense-------------LAN

      I didn't know what the description of this issue would be and where to start searching, so here is what i'm looking into:

      1. I would like to just use pfsense as a bandwidth monitoring box.
      2. I need to keep the LAN IP's static and Public (no private addressing)
      3. Would I even use NAT to complete this (1:1 ?)

      I would appreciate any assistance given.

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        cwadge
        last edited by

        You could NAT 1:1, or you could use PFSense as a bridge. See here:

        http://pfsense.icehosting.com/tutorials/transparent_firewall/transparent_firewall.pdf

        The gist is that in a bridge config, both interfaces will exist on the same subnet, but with different IPs. The PFSense will not provide routes, but may need some static routes if you have layer-3 switching immediately upstream or downstream of it.

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