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WAN 2 without external router

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Routing and Multi WAN
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    Steve Mustafa
    last edited by Dec 25, 2009, 9:47 PM Dec 25, 2009, 9:38 PM

    I just wanted to confirm that it is impossible to (currently) set up a dual WAN pfsense installation without the introduction of an external router on the OPT1 interface.

    Meaning:

    WAN 1 Modem –-------------
                                         | (WAN)
                                         |
                                          ----- pfsense ----------- LAN/DMZ/Wireless
                                         |
                                         | (OPT1)
    WAN 2 Modem ----- Router--

    For the record, both connections get PPPoE and one has a static IP and I'm not looking to do any load balancing (different subnets connect to different WAN connections)

    If it is possible to do it without a router, would someone be kind enough to point out how?

    TIA

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      GruensFroeschli
      last edited by Dec 25, 2009, 10:47 PM

      As long as the modem on the OPT interface does the PPPoE authentication you should be ok withou an additional router.

      We do what we must, because we can.

      Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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        Steve Mustafa
        last edited by Dec 26, 2009, 6:49 PM

        Thank you. This means I need to get a router.

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          GruensFroeschli
          last edited by Dec 26, 2009, 9:17 PM

          I'm not sure i understand.
          Is the WAN2 Modem not capable of doing the PPPoE authentication?

          If not: I would get a decent modem-router which is capable of doing the PPPoE authentication, but can work in a halfbridge modus where the devide behind the half-bridge gets the public IP directly.

          We do what we must, because we can.

          Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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            Steve Mustafa
            last edited by Dec 27, 2009, 6:28 AM

            No no, you understood it correctly. Currently, in Jordan, there is a monopoly in place where all ISPs have to use the same carrier, JTC-Orange, and to protect their monopoly, they have all the modems locked, now to add to that, it is quite difficult to obtain a modem locally.

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