General questions about PFSense
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Thought you were further along than that. You might want to disconnect the wireless for now. The DHCP server on it will not allow the one on pfsense to start and would cause problems.
Nope still with the same problem..but I will try using a switch.. I think I have one laying around. I was just stuck on how to connect the modem and the router..so I think I now have an idea on how it needs to be connected.. The modem goes on the Ethernet adapter from the motherboard and the switch connects to the 2nd ethernet adapter I installed..then the wireless router connects to the switch..Am I on the right track?
It is apparent that you do not know a lot about networking. Some things you are doing are going to work but they are not supposed to be hooked up like this.
Your internet comes in and it looks it comes into an ISP router box. From this router box you need to connect the WAN interface of pfSense to it. After that you need to connect the LAN interface of the pfSense computer to a switch. This switch is where all your devices are going to be plugged into.
You WAN interface will attain an IP automatically via DHCP. Your LAN interface should be something like 192.168.44.1/24. This means that your router will be at 192.168.44.1 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 . Your WAN interface should not be the same as the LAN interface. You cannot have a network that is 192.168.1.1 and have another network that is 192.168.1.2. The third digit has to be different. (Look up subnetting if you want to know more.)
You want to make your LAN wireless? You can connect the WAN of a router to the LAN of your network but the wireless clients will not be on the same network. You really should have an ACCESS POINT or configure your routing device to be that. You plug the access point into the switch.
Well.. I wouldn't say it's apparent I do not know a lot about networking…It's pretty clear.. lol - But thank you for taking the time and explaining it the way you did on your last post.. I understand it better now, I think..haha.. I will try and get back as soon as get this going...thank you all for taking the time and for all your patience