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    • R
      renatohtpc
      last edited by

      The journey from IpCop to PFsense still continues…..

      Current IPCOP Setup. 4 ethernet cards:

      etho = LAN
      eth1 = WAN
      eth2 = BLUE (i.e. wireless AP)
      eth3 = DMZ (Web, SIP etc servers)

      eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF 
                inet addr:192.168.1.1  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
                UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                RX packets:6023 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                TX packets:6591 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                RX bytes:955773 (933.3 KB)  TX bytes:4102758 (3.9 MB)

      eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FG 
                inet addr:98.XXX.YYY.ZZZ  Bcast:98.AAA.BBB.CCC  Mask:255.255.255.0
                UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                RX packets:3768 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                TX packets:3571 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                RX bytes:2124635 (2.0 MB)  TX bytes:807496 (788.5 KB)
                Interrupt:27 Base address:0x2200 Memory:feb7f000-feb7f038

      eth2      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FH 
                inet addr:192.168.2.1  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
                UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                RX packets:3946 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                TX packets:3623 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                RX bytes:3415030 (3.2 MB)  TX bytes:724744 (707.7 KB)
                Interrupt:25 Base address:0x2240 Memory:feb7e000-feb7e038

      eth3      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FI 
                inet addr:192.168.3.1  Bcast:192.168.3.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
                UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                RX packets:2707 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                TX packets:2637 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                RX bytes:938878 (916.8 KB)  TX bytes:1551496 (1.4 MB)
                Interrupt:20 Base address:0x2400

      IpCop has a gateway for each network (i.e. 192.168.1.X points to 192.168.1.1. 192.168.2.X points to 192.168.2.2 and lastly 192.168.3.X points to 192.168.3.1)

      Currently, the servers on the DMZ network have all fixed IP's and gateway pointing to 192.168.3.1.

      What should I set to gateway to in the pfsense configuration?

      In other words, the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 for one of the DMZ servers looks as follows:

      Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5703X Gigabit Ethernet

      DEVICE=eth0
      BOOTPROTO=none
      BROADCAST=192.168.3.255
      HWADDR=AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FM
      IPADDR=192.168.3.6
      NETMASK=255.255.255.0
      NETWORK=192.168.3.0
      ONBOOT=yes
      GATEWAY=192.168.3.1
      TYPE=Ethernet

      How should I modify it so that it works within a pfsense environment?

      Thanks again

      Renato

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      • D
        doktornotor Banned
        last edited by

        Do NOT set any GWs on LANs. Even written in the GUI.

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        • R
          renatohtpc
          last edited by

          doktornotor

          Thanks for the reply.

          My orange Interface (i.e. the ported DMZ from IpCOp) does have the IPv4 Upstream Gateway set yo "None".

          My question was more at the client site. Should I modify the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 on the attached server machine? If so, how?

          Current settings:

          Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5703X Gigabit Ethernet

          DEVICE=eth0
          BOOTPROTO=none
          BROADCAST=192.168.3.255
          HWADDR=AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FM
          IPADDR=192.168.3.6
          NETMASK=255.255.255.0
          NETWORK=192.168.3.0
          ONBOOT=yes
          GATEWAY=192.168.3.1
          TYPE=Ethernet

          Thanks again
          Renato

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          • johnpozJ
            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
            last edited by

            And what IP did you give pfsense on your interface that client is connected too?  Yes pfsense would be your gateway off that segment for clients on that segment..

            Looks like you set them up as 1.1, 2.1 and 3.1 – so yeah those would be the gateways off those specific segments for clients on those segments.

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            • R
              renatohtpc
              last edited by

              johnpoz

              Yes, you are correct, I have created 3 equivalent Interfaces on pfSense,

              LAN 192.168.1.1
              BLUE 192.168.2.1 and
              Orange 192.168.3.1

              Thanks for your reply.

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