Do I need NAT rules for this setup?

[blazingice3]

I just received 5 statitc ip from my IP provider (a.b.c.d/29). Pfsense is connected to Netgear DG834g. Nat is disabled in the netgear box but DHCP is on which gives one of the static ips to Pfsense. Whereas the LAN in Pfsense has 192.168.1.1/24 as a subnet. Any pcs connected to 192.168.1.1/24 subnet can't get Internet connection. Although skype seems to be the only application reaching the internet. I have no problem accessing internet from the pcs connected to lan/wifi of netgear box.

When I activate NAT in the netgear box (doubble Natting) and assign 192.168.0.1 to the wan of pfsense there is no problem at accessing the internet from both 192.168.0.1/24(netgear LAN) and 192.168.1.1/24 (pfsense LAN) subnets

Now that I have disabled Nat in the netgear box do I need to add NAT rules in pfsense to direct traffic from one subnet to the other? My impression was that I need NAT only when forwarding ports.

I want the pcs behind pfsense not to receive one of the static ips but stay in the 192.168.1.1/24 subnet.

Thanks

[danswartz]

Is there some reason you are keeping the netgear box in the setup?

[blazingice3]

It serves as an ADSL modem.

[danswartz]

let me rephrase that, then.  is there a way to set the netgear in bridged mode so it doesn't complicate things any more than you need?

[dreamslacker]

Go to:  http://< ip of netgear here>/setup.cgi?next_file=mode.htm

Select 'modem' from the drop-down box and it becomes an ADSL modem bridged to port '1'.