Unable to access internet once router is in place….
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Alright, I have pfSense up and running on one of my older machines however I am having some issues. First off if I connect my main machine to the LAN (192.168.1.1) on pfSense, I am able to access the internet without issues, along with the web gui.
The firewall can also resolve addresses, etc. Once I replace the main machine with a router, all goes to hell. I am able to talk to my cable modem (192.168.100.1), which is past the firewall obvisouly; however I cannot reach the internet. The router was set to DHCP (wouldnt think that should be a issue) and address/DNS info is assigned.
Again, I am new to this and Linux in general. Any help would be appreciatted!
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If the router isn't doing NAT then you need to ensure you tell the pfSense host how to find the network behind the router. In general, anything that can't be found via the default gateway needs a static route set up. In pfSense this is done from System -> Static Routes. In your case the Interface would be LAN. Then provide the address of the network beyond the router and the IP of the interface on the router that's connected to the pfSense host.
