How to configure pfSense with ISP router (no bridge mode)
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Agreed..
If changing the pfsense lan IP seems to be a challenge for him… I would suggest he first change his current routers network to something else 192.168.2/24 for example. Get that working for him..
Then plug in pfsense so he doesn't have to change its local network and should just work right out of the box with only a couple of clicks.
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Guy, like I already said I did a factory reset and used almost all default options except for a few (seemingly) inconsequential options like timezone etc…
I also said that there was an issue with port labels on the device and interface numbering not matching which meant I was using the wrong ports (LAN and WAN reversed) at first but now I swapped them to the correct position but still had some issues.
I dont find it a challenge to change LAN address or many other options, but blindly changing options when you dont know how they work is a bad idea. I was confused with some of the options worked like DHCP on LAN. I didnt see seperate DHCP option, that makes sense to me now. Thanks @Grimson for the DHCP explanation.
Te reason it did work with laptop connected irectl but not over network was bit silly, laptop was connecting to wifi from ISP router before firewall an desktop I tried had static ip (192.168.0.50) when pfsense used 192.168.1.1, so no wonder it didnt work.
Will try changing the ISP router ip next so my static ip's dont have to change when used with pfsense.
