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    • J
      jqureshi
      last edited by

      Hello Every1, I am a member of this forum. I am very excited to be a part of this forum. I am hoping to get help from you guys and share my expertise also.

      Scenario: Internally, there are three networks (A, B, and C) with computers and a router (Router A, B, and C respectively) serving that LAN network. The organization has a central router (Router X) with an internal network connecting internal routers A, B, and C as well as providing a connection to the external world network.

      Question: I have to select an IP address for the overall company. I am trying to draw a network diagram here that can help to solve this issue.
                                                                   network A           subnet 1
                                                  PC1                           PC2                               PC3
                                                    |                               |                                   |
                                                    –------------------------------------------------
              PC4 -------|                                                     |
                              |                                                  Router A
                              |                                                       |
      network C          |----------------Router C----------------------------------Router X----------> To External Network                    
      subnet 3            |                                                                  |                                            (Ignore)
                              |                                                             Router B
              PC5--------|                                                                  |
                                                    ---------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    |                           |                                |                        |
                                                  PC6                        PC7                             PC8                    PC9
                                                                                     network B, subnet 2

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      • jahonixJ
        jahonix
        last edited by

        The most important information is missing from your post:
        How many hosts will there be in each subnet / in total?

        And what do you mean by this:
        @jqureshi:

        Question: I have to select an IP address for the overall company.

        The one external IP for your "router x"
        Public or private subnet ranges for your subnets
        …

        BTW, how is this related to pfSense?
        And your post would be better suited in the "General Discussion" forum than here at "Routing and Multi WAN" ...

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        • J
          jqureshi
          last edited by

          First of all I wanna thank you for the quick reply. I appreciate it very much You asked about the number of hosts on each subnet (PC represents the hosts in each subnet.
          As far as I know that you can connect two routers directly to each other but I am still confused with the figure.

          Mr. Chris I am very sorry for the wrong posting I'll make sure next time to choose the right blog.

          Regards.

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          • jahonixJ
            jahonix
            last edited by

            Of course you can connect routers that way.
            In your scenario it could be much easier with one centralized pfSense and 4 NICs.

            Where in your picture is the pfSense and which subnet do you need to figure out?

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