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      neil1454
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      Hi

      I have 5 LAN ports on my hardware.
      I have configured them as 1 WAN and 4 LAN.

      when plugging a ethernet cable into the port initially setup as LAN and had the web panel ip set to it. With DHCP enabled my PC gets an IP and I can get web panel access.

      I've enabled the other 3 ports but I don't know how to set them up to work as LAN ports sharing the same IP range as the first LAN port. Just like a commercial router would work.
      Is it possible to have all 4 LAN ports use the same 1 IP range.
      I assume this is not how pfsense is designed to work?
      I tried bridge mode and unless I configured something wrong. The other 3 LAN ports are not assigning ip addresses from DHCP.

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        It's better to use a switch for that. But to do it without that you would need to use a bridge, yes.

        https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/bridges/index.html

        Steve

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        • johnpozJ
          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @neil1454
          last edited by johnpoz

          @neil1454 said in 4 LAN ports same ip range:

          Just like a commercial router would work.

          You mean the soho wifi router you buy the store or online - the ones that come with switchports, and not discrete interfaces..

          As mentioned by Steve - if you want switch ports use a switch.. Bridging interfaces is not a switch..

          Here a typical block diagram of what makes up those routers your talking about

          block.jpg

          Notice the "switch" that makes up whats inside of it..

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