Netgate Discussion Forum
    • Categories
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Search
    • Register
    • Login

    Creating loopback interface for management

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Routing and Multi WAN
    8 Posts 2 Posters 4.8k Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • S
      Saravanen
      last edited by

      I have a requirement to create a loopback interface on the pfSense firewall for management purpose. I can't find anyway to create loopback interface in the GUI. Can someone help point me in the right direction on configuring it?

      johnpozJ 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • johnpozJ
        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Saravanen
        last edited by johnpoz

        Its a vip.

        Here jimp answering the same question from 2017
        https://forum.netgate.com/post/682341

        An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
        If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
        Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
        SG-4860 24.11 | Lab VMs 2.8, 24.11

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
        • S
          Saravanen
          last edited by

          Thanks, I'll look into that. :)

          johnpozJ 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • johnpozJ
            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Saravanen
            last edited by

            Why do you think you need a loopback for management?

            An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
            If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
            Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
            SG-4860 24.11 | Lab VMs 2.8, 24.11

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • S
              Saravanen
              last edited by

              I just need to give another team temporary management access to the firewall as they can't use the LAN IP for management due to IP overlap issue on their end.

              So I'll create a VIP on the firewall and configure static route on the core switch for the VIP (next hop would be the LAN IP of the firewall).

              johnpozJ 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • johnpozJ
                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Saravanen
                last edited by

                You know any IP on pfsense can be used to hit the gui or ssh right. The wan IP, any other opt IP..

                An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
                If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
                Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
                SG-4860 24.11 | Lab VMs 2.8, 24.11

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • S
                  Saravanen
                  last edited by Saravanen

                  I'm using the pfSense firewall to protect a user VLAN, so both LAN and WAN IP range fall within a /19 subnet and that whole subnet is overlapping for the other team. :(

                  johnpozJ 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • johnpozJ
                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Saravanen
                    last edited by johnpoz

                    Seems like an odd thing to do - overlapping networks in the same network.. Good luck. Thanks for entertaining my curiosity cat..

                    I thought it could be a remote site via a vpn, having overlap of some vlan in your internal network.. Which you could just use say the tunnel IP to allow them to ssh/gui to pfsense. Where the tunnel network should be be overlapping any network either remote or local..

                    But sure a vip would allow you to put a non overlapping IP on pfsense to be able to access.

                    An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
                    If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
                    Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
                    SG-4860 24.11 | Lab VMs 2.8, 24.11

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • First post
                      Last post
                    Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC (Netgate). All rights reserved.