Newb help on routing
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Desktop(DHCP)<–---->(ip 192.168.2.1/subnet 255.255.255.0)PfsenseLaptop(DHCP)<--------->(ip 192.168.1.1/subnet 255.255.255.0)LinksysRouter(Internet)
LAN(wired) LAN(wired) WAN(wireless) LAN(wireless) WAN(wired)I hope that is a good enough diagram to follow. I have been driving myself nuts with this and i'm pretty sure messing with settings that i shouldn't be although i reset it and set it back up to this point again.
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Do I have to do anything with the rules maybe?
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Did you disable "block private subnets" at interfaces>wan? Your wan has non public ips.
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So would that be all there is to it just uncheck block private subnets.
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All right! :D Up and running. Thank you for all of your help it is very much appreciated.
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Ok I have a new problem and I'm assuming a VLAN would be the way to go about what I need to accomplish, however I am uncertain as to how I set it up.
Desktop(DHCP)<–---->(ip 192.168.2.1/subnet 255.255.255.0)PfsenseLaptop(DHCP)<--------->(ip 192.168.1.1/subnet 255.255.255.0)LinksysRouter(Internet)
LAN(wired) LAN(wired) WAN(wireless) LAN(wireless) WAN(wired)
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Laptop(DHCP)(Wireless)I'd like to be able to transfer files to and from my desktop as well as printing from my laptop to the printer attached to my desktop. I also want to keep this connection seperated from my internet.
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you need a VLAN capable switch. usually quite expensive.
pfSense will work with the switch, but it cannot setup a VLAN.
If you have a spare port (OPT) on the firewall, you can try adding your desktop to that. You then have to set up rules that allow printing from the LAN to the OPT
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Well just thought I would do some looking around and it turns out my linksys is vlan capable(or at least a VLAN-trunking capable switch which I am kind of hoping is the same thing). So does this change my scenario?
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Is this not possible or perhaps there is a better solution? ???
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I would expect that the linksys works in the same way as the pfsense in that it can work WITH a VLAN, but not actually set up a VLAN.
Read up on VLANs.