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    PfSense is not getting dhcp from comcast

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      buddy101
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      My pfSense 2.3 box running on fitlet is not able to get DHCP address on its WAN interface. I have tried tweaking MTU and the media settings, turned off DHCPv6. Even cloned the mac from the firewall I am replacing, rebooted modem, etc. but no joy so far.

      Why is my old box able to get DHCP ip but not pfSense ?

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        divsys
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        Are you sure you're using the correct physical interface for WAN?

        -jfp

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          buddy101
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          Thank you for the reply.

          I have since found out that the blocking of private networks is most probably why this fails. The modem seems to set a 192.168.x.x as a 30s lease before it hands out the real IP after some time. So I am good now.

          Thanks again.

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