Captive portal while in transparent mode

[alltime]

Can pfSense now be used as a captive portal while in transparent mode?  I was reading an old post from around 2008 stating that pfSense cannot be configured in such a way.

[eri--]

If transparent mode is a bridge or http proxy with transparent mode, the answer is yes.
If it is something else please state to get the answer.

[alltime]

My use of transparent mode is to achieve the following:

Server1 - 192.168.3.5
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|Cisco Firewall
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|VPN (Internet)
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|Cisco Firewall
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pfSense WAN - 192.168.3.1
pfSense LAN - 192.168.1.1
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Server2 - 192.168.1.5

Until we put pfSense in place, Server1 was always able to access Server2 due to the VPN.  Now, since pfSense is in place, Server1 has no knowledge of Server2.  I would like pfSense to disappear on the network and allow us to go back to the "old days."  But I still would like to use the Captive portal.

Is this possible?  and am I defining transparent mode properly?  I am attempting to follow these rules: http://pfsense.trendchiller.com/transparent_firewall.pdf

[eri--]

You would want server2 on an allowed ip in the CP settings.

[alltime]

@ermal:

You would want server2 on an allowed ip in the CP settings.

Ermal,

Thank you for your suggestion.  Would we implement what you mentioned after configuring the server as a transparent bridge?

[eri--]

It is unrelated to your pfSense installation being a transparent bridge or not.

[daveg]

@alltime:

Can pfSense now be used as a captive portal while in transparent mode?  I was reading an old post from around 2008 stating that pfSense cannot be configured in such a way.

No! Captive Portal does not work in transparent mode (layer2 bridge), you have to setup pfsense as a gateway & use pfsense DNS forwarding for Captive Portal to work.

~ Dave ~

[eri--]

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