On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Evgeny Yurchenko <evg.yu...@rogers.com> wrote:
> Ron García-Vidal wrote:
>>
>> We have a /29 IP block through our ISP.  The problem is, pfsense is
>> going to be acting as a router off a /30 WAN.  Is there any way to set
>> up routing between the 2 IPs on the same NIC?  Here's
>> what I would *like* to do.
>>
>> Routable IP block
>> WAN IP: X.X.X.10
>> Def Route: X.X.X.9 (ISP's router)
>>
>> Routable Internet IPs: Y.Y.Y.96/29
>>
>>
>> So I gave my WAN interface the IP# X.X.X.10 and a virtual IP of Y.Y.Y.97.
>>  If I ping X.X.X.10, I get a reply, but if I try Y.Y.Y.97, I get a TTL
>> exceeded.
>>
>> (Of course, the LAN NIC sits on my non-routable private segment)
>>
>> Currently, we have yet another router that is dual-homed with one of each
>> of the above IPs, but I'd like to consolidate the two machines, if possible.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
> If your ISP routes Y.Y.Y.96/29 to you then it should not be a problem.
> Configure ProxyARP on WAN and that is it.
> Eugene.

And for the third opinion in this thread :)

You want the 'other' VIP type.  It's used in situations where you have
a subnet routed to you and just need to perform NAT.  It will not be
pingable (unless you nat the ICMP to some internal host).

--Bill

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