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      SteveITS Galactic Empire @Jarhead
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      @jarhead said in need help setting up!!!:

      Plus it would then be 192.168.1.1.

      Yeah, I was just thinking out loud, and I see now it says DHCP so not a user-typed IP.

      Ultimately it needs a LAN interface to function. :)

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        darktech311
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        thanks so much your all the help i finally was able to get the box setup. Also in order to get my wifi router to work do i need to spoof its mac address?

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          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by stephenw10

          No, not between pfSense and a router acting as a wifi access point behind it. There are no restrictions to MAC addresses there.

          The only MAC requirements would be between pfSense and the modem/ISP.

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            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @darktech311
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            @darktech311 said in need help setting up!!!:

            get my wifi router to work do i need to spoof its mac address?

            huh? Normally when replacing a wifi router with pfsense the best thing to do would be now to just use your old wifi router as AP. If it does not have that specific mode - any wifi router can be used as just AP.

            Turn off its dhcp server, set its lan IP to be an IP on your network and connect it to your network via one of its lan ports vs the wifi routers wan port.

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              darktech311 @johnpoz
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              @johnpoz ok understood thank you so much for the help!!

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