New to Pfsense Questions

[mikeman]

Hi,

Im new to pfsense and I have some questions. First I want to say that I have a box up and running. I am not sure if my configuration is correct at the moment, but it is working.

Here is a diagram of what I have and/or what I plan to have: http://img170.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pfdiagpf7.gif

Eventually I want load balance WAN1 and WAN2 into my wireless router for speed and reliability.

Questions
Looking at my diagram, do I have the correct setup? lol
I normally just go DHCP from both my ISPs. Should I be doing it this way, or is it easier to configure static?
In order for my Wireless Router to distribute DHCP do I need to bridge WAN and OPT1 (OPT1 goes into WAN port of the router)

I have many other questions, but I will start with these

Thanks for your time

[mikeman]

how do I determine the next hop gateway for wan2? I see the actual gateway, but is this the same?

[cmb]

I recommend against setting it up the way you have it diagrammed. Using two firewalls back to back inline like that should be avoided.

@mikeman:

how do I determine the next hop gateway for wan2? I see the actual gateway, but is this the same?

Yes.

[mikeman]

Hiya cmb,

Thanks for taking the time to respond. What I am trying to do is create a dual wan router with load balance+failover capabilities, then hook this up to a wireless access point so that I can have this wireless as well.

Could you maybe provide a model for me that does this?

I was able to set up 1 isp through my setup, but I have run into a snag with the second ISP. Its a cable ISP provider and I am sure that you MUST register your mac(s). I hate dealing with this ISP, so I have decided to do all my research first then call and get them to turn me back on. Configure the load balancing and failover, then I should be set.

I know that its a problem with my second ISP because I had this issue in the past, and when I hook my modem directly into the router and do a release/renew I get IP timeouts.

I have all the hardware in place now. Its a PIII 500 with 512 meg ram, 4 nics. Pfsense 1.2 is installed and I can access the webgui. Its just a matter of configuring now.

I tried following http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/MultiWanVersion1.2

as close as I could, no luck yet…

Thanks

[mikeman]

Ok, progress… then dead end

When I woke up this morning the cable ISP corrected itself and I was able to get an IP (I did not change anything overnight, must have been something on the ISP side). This is good because it saved me a phone call.

Now I was able to setup load balancing and failover on both wans, BUT...

I dont think I am going to be able to feed this into my WAP (using WAP auto DHCP) this is what I wanted  >:(

Can anyone tell me if Pfsense can load balance dual wan then feed into a WAP and use WAP's DHCP, or is this impossible?

Thanks

[les_garten]

Is it possible that the MAC/IP you were using were under attack?  With the DLINK, you are using a different MAC and possibly a different IP.

Les

[mikeman]

@les_garten:

Is it possible that the MAC/IP you were using were under attack?  With the DLINK, you are using a different MAC and possibly a different IP.

Les

I think its more of a security feature this ISP has. Also, I believe that at the end of the night it re registers the current mac, then leases the line. I cloned the mac of the router after I remembered you must register, but it was too late, I was already locked out. When I woke up i had an ip and it was working.

I am about to abandon this project because I am pretty sure I cant do what I want.

Thanks to all that helped me try

Im out