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    PF Sense With 2 NIC with 2 broandband connections

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      forum.rp1983hotmail.com
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      Hi,

      I am new to Pf sense. so i wanted to know that before i start installing and config is this possible with below details,

      I have 2 broadband connection
      2 Network cards ( one for LAN and WAN connected to isolated 8 port switch with 2 broadband connections )
      one public IP given by ISP1 with their broadband connection
      P4 machine with 512MB RAM

      I need to enable these pf sense features,

      1. load balancing and fail over on 2 broadband connections
      2. NAT with inbound port forwards to 3 production servers to access from internet with public IP given by ISP1
      3. reporting & bandwidth usage of uses
      4. DHCP , DNS forwarder , NTOP
      5. VPN access(OPENVPN) with public IP by ISP1 from internet.

      I want to know, is this design possible or not? if not what are the drawbacks with this design.

      THANKS

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        filament
        last edited by

        If you are talking more then one IP, then I believe you need the paid version?

        ~J

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          There is no paid version. You get everything.  :)

          It's not clear tome how your two WAN connections are connected. What sort of broadband connections are they?

          Steve

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            forum.rp1983hotmail.com
            last edited by

            Hi Steve,

            Thanks for your reply. those 2 broabband connections are PPOE 4M and 16M connection

            THANKS.

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Ok, so you have two DSL modems? Two routers?
              You say they are both connected via a single NIC using a switch? I don't think you can do pppoe directly from the pfSense box in that setup. You can do two subnets and static ips behind routers but that's also 'unconventional'. It would be better to have 3 NICs.

              Steve

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