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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