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    Pfsense as router-on-a-stick

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Routing and Multi WAN
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      regis
      last edited by

      Hi all,

      I would like to know if somebody here has already tested pfSense in a router on a stick setup (only one physical interface used to do inter-vlan routing, no WAN)

      I have seen some time ago a post where somebody explained how to use pfSense as a server with only one interface, can this be done with this kind of setup ?

      Or will it surely fail ?

      I'll try it anyway as soon as I have some time, because I can't afford a layer 3 switch to do this

      thanks for your answers

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        eri--
        last edited by

        It can be done but the specifics are related to intimate knowledge of pfSense.
        I do not have time to give you a detailed step-by-step for this, sorry.

        If you try it and succeed please post the steps here for others.

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          sullrich
          last edited by

          My suggestion is to wait until 1.3 for this.  No ETA however.

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            regis
            last edited by

            OK, thanks guys for your answers

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              sai
              last edited by

              you could set up pfsense with a WAN interface and not connect the WAN interface to anything….

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                GruensFroeschli
                last edited by

                http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,7052.msg40058.html#msg40058

                you could set the WAN on a unused VLAN.

                We do what we must, because we can.

                Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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