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    • markdudovM
      markdudov
      last edited by

      Hello guys,

      Does anyone know what could be causing this problem?
      I enabled interface igc1 and changed its name to WAN 2

      188958cd-8d88-4311-b09c-412db741bf2e-image.png

      But after I go to VLANs and open the drop-down menu of Parent interface and looked at igc1 it is not named wan2 and it has a name opt1

      b0b5bf8b-320f-4f39-ac5d-69231ab1ba06-image.png

      How can I fix it? Thanks for your time!

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      • Bob.DigB
        Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @markdudov
        last edited by

        @markdudov Only WAN and LAN will be named like this, everything else will be optN.

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          SteveITS Galactic Empire @markdudov
          last edited by

          @markdudov For lack of a better description, pfSense has an internal interface name and a public interface name. If you look into your config file I'd expect that opt1 is labeled WAN2, and it shows as WAN2 in most places in pfSense for example firewall rule tabs.

          It can be a bit confusing especially if they are added out of order and opt1=OPT2, opt2=OPT3, etc.

          <lan> <---
          <if>igc0</if>
          <enable/>
          <descr>LAN</descr>
          <spoofmac/>
          <ipaddr>...</ipaddr>
          <subnet>25</subnet>
          <ipaddrv6>...</ipaddrv6>
          <subnetv6>64</subnetv6>
          </lan>
          
          <opt1> <---
          <if>igc1</if>
          <descr>OPT1_PFSYNC</descr>
          <enable/>
          <spoofmac/>
          <ipaddr>...</ipaddr>
          <subnet>24</subnet>
          </opt1>
          

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            Yup, that^.

            It could be clearer on some pages though. https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/14555

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