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    Nokia G-240W-A bridge mode to pfsense machine

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      i want to make the pfsense machine the primary router so that i can avoid double nat .

      any help please ?

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        What have you tried? What happened?

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          learn @stephenw10
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          @stephenw10 thanks for your reply

          okay what i want to do is bridge my fibre nokia ont router/modem to a pfsense machine which willl be functioning as a router to my lan computers i did the bridge on the ont port but there's no connection on the pfsense
          any help please?

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            What is the connection? PPPoE?

            Does it require anything special? VLAN tagged traffic maybe?

            Steve

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              learn @stephenw10
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              @stephenw10 yes it is PPPoE
              but i don't know if it needs vlan tag or not
              how i can check ?
              and thank you for your time

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                The Nokia router will probably show how it's connected when not in bridge mode.

                Otherwise ask your ISP.

                Steve

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                  learn @stephenw10
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                  @stephenw10 checked it does need a vlan id

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                    Ok, then you might need to setup that VLAN in pfSense if the ONT/modem stops tagging in bridge mode.

                    Add the VLAN to the parent NIC then create the PPPoE session on that VLAN.

                    Steve

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                      learn @stephenw10
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                      @stephenw10 can you please show me the steps i don't have any idea how to do it
                      and thanks for your feedback and your time

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                        Go to Interfaces > Assignments > VLANs and create a VLAN on the existing WAN NIC using the appropriate VLAN ID.

                        Now go to Interfaces > Assignments > PPPs and edit the PPPoE connection. Change the 'Link Interface' to the new vlan.

                        Steve

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                          learn @stephenw10
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                          @stephenw10 thank you so much

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