Fiber optic to pfSense Box
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You need to assign the WAN as the VLAN555 interface and set it to DHCP. It should then pull a lease from the ISP. Except that it may well require some custom dhcp client options as @keyser said.
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@demonaii Exactly what @stephenw10 said
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Okay I switched to DHCP for the VLAN and I pull a IP but still no net. Probably I would have to contact the ISP ?
EDIT: The same thing I do with the IPTV or is IPTV on top of Net ?
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Getting IPTV to work would probably require some other stuff in place, it depends how it's presented to stuff internally.
However I wouldn't worry about that until you get regular internet working.
It pulls an address/gateway via DHCP? Is the gateway pingable? Is it a real public IP?
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I can ping my public IP. I don't know about the gateway, however I do have internet. It's not the full 1 Gbps by contract, it's about 96 Mbps, but it works. I don't know what I did, I maybe It's because I turned pfSense of and unplugged the fibre.
What might be the reason for the low speed ?
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@demonaii said in Fiber optic to pfSense Box:
I can ping my public IP. I don't know about the gateway, however I do have internet. It's not the full 1 Gbps by contract, it's about 96 Mbps, but it works. I don't know what I did, I maybe It's because I turned pfSense and unplugged the fibre.
What might be the reason for the low speed ?
Cool!! - then you really were lucky and have a ISP that does not jump through hoops to make it difficult for customers to use their own equipment. I have experienced several times that pfSense requires a reboot when you assign new VLANs to active interfaces before it starts working. I actually just discussed this with @stephenw10 in another thread last week :-) I’m sure you just experienced the same thing.
About the speed. 96Mbps sound very much like something on your side is only linked at 100Mbps. Check both the physical link speed of WAN and LAN on pfSense and especially your Client PC/switch ports.
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Yup suspiciously close to 100Mbps. How are you testing?
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Strange, kind, lost the connection again. Probably because I halted the device and unplugged it from the outlet. I still have the public IP, tho. :/
I am directly or should I say was connected to the router . The standalone switch was planning to install it tomorrow but it looks like it has to wait . :(
I plugged my laptop directly to LAN1. The cable, probably, can't be the problem . WAN,LAN and OPT all says 1000base . The LAN port is on default. The laptop can achieve the speeds of the ISP router.
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So you are testing against speedtest.net or some similar public site?
It's possible the ISP limits you depending on the login.
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@stephenw10 Well, I use whatever is out there speedtest, fast.com .
What do you mean exactly ? Using mine or their router ?
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I mean some ISPs will provide some limited connection speed, often for testing, until you authenticate correctly. It's possible you're seeing that if everything internally is linked at 1G or higher.