Set gateway and DNS in shell

SyRenity · Oct 23, 2011, 1:37 PM

Hi.

I'm connected to pfSense over another machine, and trying to define gateway on WAN, so I could get to management interface.

There is no such option in pfSense shell settings, any idea how to sent the gateway and DNS?

Thanks.

jimp · Oct 24, 2011, 5:38 PM

Permanently? Not so easy. Temporarily, easy.

echo "nameserver x.x.x.x" > /etc/resolv.conf
route add default y.y.y.y

Where x.x.x.x is your DNS and y.y.y.y is your gateway.

Once you're in the GUI, fix up the settings properly and you're good.

dmad · Dec 19, 2011, 8:57 PM

@jimp:

Permanently? Not so easy. Temporarily, easy.
echo "nameserver x.x.x.x" > /etc/resolv.conf
route add default y.y.y.y
Where x.x.x.x is your DNS and y.y.y.y is your gateway.

Once you're in the GUI, fix up the settings properly and you're good.

Perfect this is exactly what I needed..

nothing like trying to configure using GUI via super delayed remote console link ugh