setup new non-active (yet) pfsense machine on network with working pfsense
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setup new non-active (yet) pfsense machine on network with working pfsense, and best way to do this.
So, probably self explanatory, but:
I just set up a new pfsense box that i want to replace my aging r210ii with. the r210ii is currently up and running without flaw. NEW is now setup having one cat 5 line coming into its WAN from the network (assuming DHCP is live on the new machine, i dont want competing servers). Problem is, I cant actually remotely connect to the PfSense WebGUI (i have terminal locally and can see its ip address) i can not ping successfully to that IP address either. (WAN shows an IP address of 192.168.3.205 (where it should be) and the LAN side show 192.168.1.1 )im not sure if this is where this should be as i feel it conflicts with the scope of the WAN, but, thats a little outside of my scope of skills (get it?)
Anyway, thanks for the replies and helps
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@menethoran if you’re just replacing one with the other, and the WAN is DHCP, I would:
- unplug pfSense WAN
- Set the pfSense LAN IP the same as the old LAN IP
- unplug the old router LAN and WAN
- plug those in pfSense
You can get to pfSense GUI only from its LAN by default.
The 192.168 addresses are different if the subnet mask is long enough for instance a /24 means the first three numbers have to match. If a /16 then it’s looking at the first two numbers so they would overlap.
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@SteveITS. I WILL be replacing one with the other, but I want to have the new one as set up as possible before switching.
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@menethoran If your ISP setup allows them to be in parallel, you could temporarily set a LAN IP different from the original, and turn off DHCP while setting it up. Or else plug it in like a LAN PC, put your PC behind it, and temporarily set a different subnet than your LAN.
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@SteveITS i ended up taking a backup of the original PFSense, restored it to new one, rebooted and works out of box. i just need to clean some stuff up first... i wanted a clean install, but this gets me where i need
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@menethoran said in setup new non-active (yet) pfsense machine on network with working pfsense:
I WILL be replacing one with the other, but I want to have the new one as set up as possible before switching.
The way to do that is to download the config file and use it to get started with the new system. However, you will likely have to reconfigure the interfaces to match the old system. You can do that from the console, using ssh.
