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    Only internal router / remove WAN

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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      vjordan
      last edited by

      Hi,

      I want to use pfsense only for internat network routing. I need three LAN interfaces. I have an alix board and after installation one interface is bound to WAN and I can not remove it.
      Is there a possibility to remove the WAN and use it as a regular LAN interface ?

      Regards
      Volker Jordan

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        dreamslacker
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        Under Advanced system settings, you can disable NAT.  That will turn the box into a pure non-gateway router.

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          vjordan
          last edited by

          Ok, thanks. Without NAT the WAN interface is just a regular LAN interface ?

          Regards
          Volker

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            dreamslacker
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            Without NAT, the interfaces are just interfaces regardless of the name.  You can perform policy based routing or even bridge them.

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              cmb
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              @dreamslacker:

              Under Advanced system settings, you can disable NAT.  That will turn the box into a pure non-gateway router.

              No that's to disable the filter. It also disables NAT, but that's not what you want if you only want to disable NAT. For that, see:
              http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/How_can_I_completely_disable_NAT%3F

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