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    WAN IP address issue

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      haris262
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      I'm not the best with networks, but setting up pfSense was a good opportunity for me to get a little better at it. Still, I was under the impression that my WAN IP address was actually my public address. But when I turn on my pfSense box, both my WAN and LAN addresses are in 192.168.1.x form. I know that's how the LAN address is supposed to be, but not the WAN address. Can someone please explain to me what's going on?

      Thanks a lot!

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        fragged
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        Your ADSL/Cable/Whatever modem is handing out a private address to your pfSense. You need to set the ISP supplied modem to bridged mode to get a public IP for pfSense WAN port.

        If your pfSense WAN also gets 192.168.1.1 as it's IP you need to change your pfSense LAN to another subnet like 192.168.2.1.

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          haris262
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          Thanks a lot! I think I get it now  ;D

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