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    Adding 2,000 External IPs to device

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    • K
      KenBeanNet
      last edited by

      Hello Guys, 1st post, don't hate.  :)  Two questions.

      I just bought an XG-1540 unit.  I need to have all IP addresses assigned to my WAN interface reply to ICMP packets due to ARIN rules.  I have about 2000 (8x /24 subnets).  Is there a way that I can just do "All"?

      Second, I want each outbound request to go through the NAT Pool.  If the answer to part 1 is somehow Virtual IPs, how can I have it do for instance anyone internally on 10.0.0.0/24 is Round Robin to any of the 2000 IP addresses.

      I really hope this does as the tech who sold me the device said it does.

      Thanks,

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      • KOMK
        KOM
        last edited by

        Is there a way that I can just do "All"?

        I would think that you could create 8 network virtual IPs, and one ICMP rule on WAN should be enough.

        how can I have it do for instance anyone internally on 10.0.0.0/24 is Round Robin to any of the 2000 IP addresses.

        I don't know if this is possible.

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          KenBeanNet
          last edited by

          KOM is correct.

          I was coming back to update the question.

          I added the virtual IPs under WAN, then I added a NAT rule to direct all ICMP to 10.0.0.1 (Internal pFsense IP).

          As for the random IPs, I got it working under 1 x /24 but it seems the policy apply to first come first serve.  When I created a 2nd and 3rd subnet, it only gave me an IP from the 1st policy.  Is there a way to round robin/random the NAT Outbound Policies?

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            podilarius
            last edited by

            Seems like you could change the outbound so that each source /24 could use its own /24 from the public pool.
            So,
            10.0.0.1/24 goes out x.x.0.1/24
            then
            10.0.1.1/24 goes out x.x.1.1/24
            and so on.
            Otherwise it going to count up sequentially for each connection.

            I could be very wrong since I don't use IP pools for outbound.

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            • luckman212L
              luckman212 LAYER 8
              last edited by

              @KenBeanNet:

              I added the virtual IPs under WAN

              I'm curious what VIP type you chose for this- are you using "Other" or Proxy ARP?

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